UPBEAT OR SOUR NOTE?!?! WILL NEW KANSAS CITY TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SAVE 18TH & VINE DISTRICT?!?!
Kansas City local government continues an endless quest to "build density" by playing the real estate development market. So far this strategy has failed at nearly every turn and caused this town to bleed red ink worth tens of millions every year.
The latest eco-devo real estate effort will be celebrated today in the 18th and Vine District.
Background and Money Quote: Since 1997, the city has spent more than $70 million redeveloping the area by preserving the history while attracting people to move back to the area.
The latest scheme:
Kansas City leaders hope new apartments will help revitalize Jazz District
And now the question . . .
WILL THIS KANSAS CITY REAL ESTATE SCHEME FINALLY PRODUCE A PROFIT IN THE 18TH AND VINE DISTRICT GIVEN SO MANY CITY HALL FAILURES AROUND THE SAME LOCATION?!?!
More . . .
FUN FACT: TKC HAS INTERVIEWED A COUPLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN SMALL BIZ OWNERS WHO SWEAR THEY'LL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH 18TH AND VINE AGAIN BECAUSE OF COMPLACENT STAFF AND MISMANAGEMENT!!!
So, we can hope that these apartments turn things around but we're talking about a City Hall spending spree that has lasted more than 16 years without really changing the neighborhood beyond a couple of city blocks.
DEVELOPING . . .
Seventy million dollars and NIGGERS still fuck it up. When will humans learn that NIGGERS ruin everything??
ReplyDeleteKen Baccus is a racist asshole who profits off of his own people. Add him to the long list of "Black Leadership" who routinely butt-fucks their own.
ReplyDeleteWhen at first you don't succeed just pump tens of millions more into it till you either get lucky or break the city.
ReplyDeleteWhen you have a pile of shit in front of you it makes no difference how much frosting you apply to it or the cost of the frosting, in the end you still have a pile of shit with some frosting that now tastes like shit.
Superdave is CORRECT sir!
ReplyDeleteI have worked down there, the people that I worked with were pretty nice and everyone had the best of intentions, but this is typical city hall bullshit.
This place will NEVER succeed.
What a loser. The only thing they need to make it worse would be do dump the asbestos from the Citadel Project into the middle of the street.
The 70 million should have been spent on Troost and teh business' there. The economic activity there is not robust, but it exists and the East Side would have been far better served.
18th and Vine is an emotional investment with no hope. It is a bridge too far.
Maybe dumping the asbestos in the middle of the street isn't a bad idea. If you tell the NIGGERS it's valuable, they'd be sure to steal it. Problem(s) solved.
ReplyDeletea carpenter how to fix a problem and he'll reply that it will take a hammer. Ask a plumber the same question and he'll say a wrench. We work with the tools we have. Ask a government guy how to fix something and he'll say that we need to spend money on it. That is what he knows. The solution is to get the government guys out of the way. There isn't a government conceived development project in this city that has succeeded because there isn't a market mechanism to tell them that there is or is not demand for their projects. Expecting anything different to occur dismisses the laws of human interaction and behavior.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, but for fuck's sakes everyone who can fog a fuckin mirror should know that by now.
The model for getting neighborhoods revitalized should be the Crossraods and Squier Park. Both were done by people without government help. (In the case of the Crossroads it happened in spite of government interference.)
ReplyDelete18th & Vine has a lot to offer, but the city telling people they should move there is likely to keep people away.
Oh yes I'm sure people are just going to flock there to live. Downtown Living!!!!! Especially since everyone has so much disposable income they don't know what to do with these days.
ReplyDeletePeople that don't mind being killed will move down there.
ReplyDelete8:19am Actually, a lot of the rehabbed buildings in the Crossroads District got 353 or TIF funding. To me, the area is what government funding SHOULD accomplish! Kudos to all the folks who made this happen...it didn't just happen overnight!
ReplyDeleteNot at first, 9:45. Remember when the city tried to impose parking restrictions?
ReplyDelete8:24: And how about Squier Park? People who could easily afford to live elsewhere are moving there. And just to the south of Squier Park is Manheim Park, which seems to be drawing people. And the Northeast--especially Pendleton Heights? Most of this is happening without tax dollars except those used to tear down dangerous buildings, which only makes the areas more attractive.
ReplyDeleteAnd Hyde Park? Especially the parts that used to be dicey? Not everyone wants to live in JOCO, which is not to criticize anyone who does want to live there. It's just not for everyone.
It would be nice if the 18th and Vine area would blossom into a jazz Mecca and oasis attacking jazz musicians and events from all over the world but If Kansas City is a jazz town, why are there no radio stations in Kansas City that regularly play jazz? The closest station is KANU, the KU’s NPR station in Lawrence, Kansas some forty miles away from Kansas City. Lawrence is more of a jazz center than Kansas City. Great scene in the great movie, Bird, where Charlie Parker tells his girlfriend: “Don’t let them bury me in Kansas City.”
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that jazz does not have mass appeal. It requires a knowledge and appreciation of music from its listeners that pop music does not have. In a country where the majority of people want to make Justin Bieber, Justin Timberland and Lady Gaga or the factory produced country music singer stars, jazz does not have a chance.
WILL NEW KANSAS CITY TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SAVE 18TH & VINE DISTRICT?!?!
ReplyDeleteShow one good example where subsidized housing actually worked. This town is full of worthless, asleep sheep.
Here's a place on the east side for the kids to hang out.
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