TKC EXCLUSIVE AND BREAKING NEWS!!! NORTHEAST KANSAS CITY INSIDERS SHARE THE NEXT STEP TO SAVE THACHER!!!
Last night our KICK-ASS TKC BLOG COMMUNITY was the FIRST to break news of impending Thacher demolition in Northeast Kansas City.
Now . . .
HERE'S FIRST WORD FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS CITY INSIDERS ON THE CONTINUED FIGHT TO SAVE THE SCHOOL AND BRIGHT REFORM TO THE BUSTED KCPS RE-PURPOSING PROCESS!!!
The sneak peek at upcoming arguments offer greater detail about the next step and underlying strategy of neighborhood activists. Take a look:
"We are looking into a number of options. Some of our leaders have threatened an injunction and also for the school district to hold all of their schools to the same "green space" standards (which was their justification for demolition.)
There are still more vacant schools creating blight in underserved communities that have seen stagnant or negative population growth. Many residents and community leaders have expressed interest in our proposal to turn them into community centers that are in line with the school district's master plan and the city's efforts to reduce crime, provide safe, monitored activities for youth as an alternative to the Plaza, promote entrepreneurship, and other services and amenities that urban neighborhoods need to attract new investment."
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Developing . . .
Maybe some local investor will step up and turn this into a nice neighborhood theater pub and live music venue.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, I was still thinking that this was Portland.
With our, ahem (clears throat) demographics we can't really have nice things like that in town.
Are the people clamoring to save this building paying for its upkeep? Didn't think so.
ReplyDeleteHaving an investor with private money identify the building or others as viable commercial enterprises and invest in some type of business in them is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteApparently, at least so far, there isn't anybody like that and far too often when someone steps forward with some innovative ideas, they find themselves muscled out by the insider swells or usual suspects or blocked at every turn by "community activists" who think they have lots of great ideas, but not $1.98 among themselves.
Same song, 998th verse.
How bout a shiny brand new Steak and Kale?
ReplyDeleteMake it a crack house. Maybe that will get the violent crack dealers out of the neighborhoods and into a place where they can conveniently shoot each other.
ReplyDeleteHey Theresa Garza Ruiz here is an idea, how about you blame yourself for your own greed and quit throwing your ex husband under the bus. You look like a puta malpagada doing it.
ReplyDeleteThe Northeast Chamber of Commerce offered $5,000 in earnest money to show that we were serious about protecting this historic icon in our neighborhood. Furthermore, we had multiple developers who were interested in redeveloping the building but the school district was concerned about selling the parcel because they wanted to maintain control of what that site would be used for and therefore they were extremely difficult to work with. We brought forth a proposal that would provide services to the students in the community that were in line with the school district's master plan but it would have required multiple funding sources and cooperation. Bottom line, they tore down a an historic building because they didn't want to sell the property.
ReplyDeleteBlocked by the usual suspects.
ReplyDelete9:56 was right.
The eyesore at 20th & West Pennway Street remains untouched year after year. Guess some promoter is waiting for a handout from City Hall so he can turn it into an indoor soccer area.
ReplyDeleteThe eyesore at 20th and west pennway is the result of Westside freak outs about new white residents/"gentrification" (which is a myth in KC, just like "traffic" and "no parking" and "density", aka, returning the neighborhood to the level of residents it had when it functioned as a...neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteCrime is going down anyway. Infant mortality is something that needs to be taken seriously
ReplyDeleteNo real developer would touch that with a ten foot pole unless the City paid 99% of the costs. Get real.
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