Downtown news beat: Breweries team up for Negro Leagues museum; Historic Folly Theater reveals its $4.2M makeover; TranSystems stays in the fast lane with another acquisition; Mid x Midwest aims to connect 50 VCs with 50 startups; Downtown may land new skyscraper near the Kauffman Center.
Downtown KC is the place this weekend for Day of the Dead celebrations; Kansas City Horror Play Festival; KC Ballet performs ‘Giselle’; KC Current playoff watch party; ‘Man of La Mancha’ marches on; ‘Tell-Tale Electric Poe’ chills The Coterie; Science City’s Countdown to Halloween & more.
Port KC CEO reviews next steps for South Loop Link; Ending homelessness in KC; Qatar’s FIFA World Cup Fan Fest holds lessons for KC; Google Fiber elevated KC’s ‘capacity for collaboration’; How haunted houses shaped the West Bottoms; Folly Theater’s grand reopening follows $4.2M renovation.
The popular Garment District Grooves concert series will wrap up its 2022 season of free lunchtime concerts this Wednesday, Oct. 19 in Garment District Place, 8th & Broadway.
Westside neighbors drive ‘creative use’ of incentive program; VanTrust Real Estate joins Streetcar land rush; Florida fund acquires 132-unit Crossroads apartment complex; Downtown attractions dominate list of popular destinations; East Crossroads brewery wins medal at Great American Beer Festival.
Metropolitan Community College (MCC), founded in 1915 as the Kansas City Polytechnic Institute, is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri. Its 107-year-old legacy began at 11th & Locust, right in the heart of Downtown.
KC Current breaks ground on women’s soccer stadium at Berkley Riverfront; 5 big projects that are shaping the future of Downtown; plus LaunchKC spotlights founders via Social Venture Studio.
Power & Light District issues first Community Impact Report; Speculation grows over location of Cordish Four Light project; Voters to decide fate of $175M bond for parks & affordable housing; KC Current selects Rye owners/chefs; and Transit leaders seek feedback on east-west options.
Downtown is the place to be this weekend, featuring two Oktoberfest celebrations; First Friday in the Crossroads; Troostapalooza; KC Symphony performing the Strauss Alpine Festival; concerts by Kelsea Ballerini and Karol G; the opening of ‘Man of La Mancha’ & much more.
Philanthropist donates $15M to local Health Forward Foundation; NFL Draft wants diverse vendors for ‘largest event’ in KC’s history; Mexican garment company to open shop in the Crossroads; City claims $32M savings from employee retirements; Seamstress dedicated to reaffirming gender identities.
LaunchKC’s Social Venture Studio wins international acclaim; Green Dirt Farms to open Crossroads cafe; Out-of-town joint venture to acquire Walnut Towers; 1400KC office building poised to retain $20M property tax incentive; Largest public art project in KC history set for the new KCI terminal.
Holiday Mart rings in the spirit of shopping; Haunted Houses spook it up in the West Bottoms; Violent Femmes dance with the Symphony; Diana Krall brings her jazz hands to the Kauffman Center; and 6 more headline events and attractions this weekend. Life is good in Downtown KC.