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		<title>National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial to join forces with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Community partnership to allow both organizations to further presence in Kansas City The Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation and the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial are pleased to announce a partnership which will allow both organizations to further their respective missions. The relationship will allow both organizations a unique platform to raise awareness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2012/02/07/national-wwi-museum-at-liberty-memorial-to-join-forces-with-the-veterans-of-foreign-wars-foundation/</link>
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		<title>KC Convention Bookings Run Strong at Year-end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December was a busy month for the convention business in Kansas City. A total of 46 conventions – a nearly 50 percent increase from last December &#8211; were booked in December 2011 by the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Association. Collectively, these bookings will generate more than 85,000 room nights and bring an estimated economic impact of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2012/01/27/kc-convention-bookings-run-strong-at-year-end/</link>
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		<title>Launch Party Is Planned for New Downtown Elementary School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Momentum is building for a new academically rigorous charter school in Downtown Kansas City by the fall semester of 2012, including plans for a launch party on Saturday, Feb. 4. Crossroads Academy of Kansas City is designed to be a tuition-free elementary charter school in Downtown. The Crossroads Academy mission is to prepare students to excel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2012/01/12/launch-party-is-planned-for-new-downtown-elementary-school/</link>
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		<title>Downtown Council endorses continuation of Downtown streetcar feasibility study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Downtown Council endorses continuation of Downtown streetcar feasibility study “Kansas City Mayor Sly James is starting the new year pushing hard for a downtown streetcar plan, traveling to Washington this week to lobby federal officials and winning early support Thursday from a key local constituency, the Downtown Council,” The Kansas City Star reported in today’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2012/01/06/downtown-council-endorses-continuation-of-downtown-streetcar-feasibility-study/</link>
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		<title>Saveur and Today Show Agree: KC&#8217;s Food Scene is On the Rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saveur and Today Show Agree: KC&#8217;s Food Scene is On the Rise Kansas City as a top culinary destination for 2012 Kansas City made a national splash on NBC’s Today show on Thursday for the second time in three months. Saveur, one of the nation’s top culinary magazines, announced its Top Food Trends for 2012 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/30/saveur-and-today-show-agree-kcs-food-scene-is-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<title>Ring in the holidays this weekend in Downtown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ho, ho, ho! Downtown holiday cheer is being served this season at more bars and restaurants (220), retail stores (130), art galleries and studios (74), museums (13), theater stages (13), concert venues (12) and performing arts stages (5) than anywhere in the region. Here are four sips of cheer to lift your holiday spirits this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/16/ring-in-the-holidays-this-weekend-in-downtown/</link>
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		<title>Legendary songbird Mavis Staples to perform at Kauffman Center on Thursday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gospel singer Mavis Staples will perform in Downtown Kansas City on Thursday evening as part of the American Legends Series at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. With her bold new album, You Are Not Alone, the legendary vocalist adds a remarkable new chapter to an historic career. Staples is a Rock and Roll Hall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/07/legendary-songbird-mavis-staples-to-perform-at-kauffman-center-on-thursday/</link>
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		<title>Public open house of Courthouse Lofts set for 4-7 p.m. today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public open house of Courthouse Lofts set for 4-7 p.m. today; Make plans to see this $40 renovation of the 72-year-old courthouse The former U.S. Federal Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, named by Affordable Housing Finance as the Best Historic Rehabilitation of 2011 and as the Historic Kansas City Foundation’s 2011 Merit Award Winner for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/05/public-open-house-of-courthouse-lofts-set-for-4-7-p-m-today/</link>
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		<title>Exhibition of UMKC graduate students design work opens today in Box Gallery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Exhibition of UMKC graduate students design work opens today in Box Gallery Form Follows Functions, a special design exhibition featuring the work of UMKC Theatre students, will open today (Friday, Dec. 2) with a reception from 4-6 p.m. in The Box Gallery, 1000 Walnut St. Theatrical Designers are charged with the responsibility of transforming dramatic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/02/exhibition-of-umkc-graduate-students-design-work-opens-today-in-box-gallery/</link>
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		<title>Quality Hill to celebrate with 2nd annual Holiday Extravaganza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality Hill to celebrate with 2nd annual Holiday Extravaganza The public is invited to Quality Hill on Saturday for a free event that will feature holiday shopping, raffles and sampling. Fourteen vendors will be participating from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Quality Hill Leasing Office, 1003 Broadway. Donations of new toy will be cheerfully [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownkc.org/2011/12/01/quality-hill-to-celebrate/</link>
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