The Downtown Council’s Annual Luncheon, Downtown KC 2030, will celebrate Downtown’s remarkable renaissance and serve as the launch into a new strategic planning process. This year’s keynote speaker, Paul Goldberger, is a Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic and author of BALLPARK: Baseball in the American City, an architectural history of baseball parks as a form of civic space.
Goldberger began his career at The New York Times, where in 1984 his architecture criticism was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. From 1997-2011 he served as the architecture critic for The New Yorker, where he wrote the magazine’s celebrated “Sky Line” column. Goldberger currently holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City.
Please follow the links below to register for the luncheon. Individual tickets are $125 for Downtown Council members and $150 for non-members. There is a maximum of 8 individual tickets per order. If you would like a full table of 10, please select a Sponsor level. Sponsorship Levels range from $10,000 to $500. Please click here for a complete outline of sponsor levels and benefits. Thank you for your interest in the Downtown Council’s Annual Luncheon!
Sponsorship Registration
Sponsorship Registration closed on Monday, January 20th. Please contact Ashley Broockerd (abroockerd@evenergy.com) or Ann Holliday (ann@downtownkc.org) with any questions about registration or sponsorship.
Individual Tickets - Credit Card Only
Interested in sponsoring the Downtown Council luncheon? Learn more about the benefits below. Click here to complete a sponsorship form. Please contact Ashley Broockerd (abroockerd@evenergy.com) or Ann Holliday (ann@downtownkc.org) with any questions about registration or sponsorship.
The Urban Hero Award recognizes small businesses and individuals who are passionate about making Downtown Kansas City a more vibrant place to live, work and play.
The Urban Hero Award reception, presented by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will honor this year’s recipients – the small businesses and individuals who are passionate about making Downtown Kansas City a more vibrant place to live, work and play.
This award is presented annually to leaders whose vision, guidance and commitment have helped set Downtown on a clear path for revitalization. The 2019 honoree will be Suzie Aron, venerable champion of the Crossroads Arts District and president of Aron Real Estate.
Thursday, January 30
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | East Lobby of the Grand Ballroom
The Spirit of Downtown KC Exhibit is a highlight of the Annual Luncheon. More than 40 organizations show off their business, development project, cultural arts programming or upcoming events during the exhibit. The exhibition will take place from 11am-12pm, immediately prior to the luncheon.
In addition to the pre-luncheon exhibit, businesses are invited to exhibit during the Urban Hero Reception, which will be held in the East Lobby of the Kay Barnes Grand Ballroom on Wednesday, January 29 from 5-7pm.
Exhibition space is a benefit of sponsorship. To learn more about sponsorship or exhibits, please contact Ashley Broockerd (abroockerd@evenergy.com).
Urban Hero Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, January 29 | 5 – 7 p.m.
Annual Luncheon
Thursday, January 30 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
The Downtown Council’s Annual Luncheon and Urban Heroes Awards Ceremony will be held at the Kay Barnes Grand Ballroom at the Kansas City Convention Center. The Grand Ballroom is located at 1502 Wyandotte in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
We encourage you to ride the KC Streetcar. The nearest KC Streetcar stop to the Grand Ballroom is the Kauffman Center stop. Nearby parking garages include the Arts District Parking Garage and the Auditorium Plaza Garage.
