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A
Hi
everyone
I'm
Chris
Fernandez.
This
is
the
weekly
report,
a
look
at
your
news
from
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri
at
the
American
jazz
museum,
a
colorful
and
exciting
interactive
experience
celebrates
the
historical
roots
of
Kansas
City,
jazz
right,
where
it
all
took
place
at
the
corner
of
18th
and
vine
streets.
A
The
collection
on
display
includes
one-of-a-kind
items
such
as
an
elegant
gown,
worn
by
Ella
Fitzgerald,
and
a
priceless
saxophone
once
played
by
the
yardbird
himself,
Charlie
Parker
and
speaking
of
Charlie
Parker
August
fourteenth
kicks
off
a
two
week
celebration
honoring,
kansas
city's
favorite
son
display
and
performance
spaces.
All
across
Kansas
City
will
be
buzzing
during
the
17
day
event.
This
includes
the
historic
gem
theater,
the
American
jazz
museum
and
the
Blue
Room.
This.
B
Is
a
great
event
sponsored
by
a
group
of
14
different
organizations
called
jazz
alive,
are
going
to
put
this
great
event
together
with
performances
and
tours,
and
public
programs,
and
one
of
the
most
exciting
events
for
me
is
the
music
boot
camp,
which
will
give
kids
an
opportunity
to
learn
Charlie
Parker's,
music
and
perform
it
I'm
so
excited
about
that.
It.
A
Is
hoped
that
this
year's
inaugural
Charlie
Parker
celebration
will
become
an
annual
Kansas
City
tradition?
Are
you
trying
to
avoid
paying
your
city
taxes
you
can
run,
but
you
can't
hide
since
the
city
rolled
out
its
new
quick
tax,
integrated
revenue
system
last
November,
it
has
collected
more
than
900
thousand
dollars
for
more
than
2,800
individuals
and
businesses
who
owed
back
taxes.
The
city's
quick
tax
system
syncs
with
the
IRS
data
to
identify
those
who
failed
to
pay
their
earnings
tax
to
learn
more
about
the
city's
revenue
system.
A
Visit,
KCMO,
gov
and
search
quick
tax
residents
needing
urgent
home
repairs
may
be
able
to
get
assistance
from
the
city's
Federal
Home
Loan,
Bank
home
repair
program.
This
program
provides
repairs
such
as
roof
replacement
or
electrical
work
to
qualified
residents
who
live
in
seven
neighborhoods
that
have
some
of
the
city's
most
urgent
housing
repair
needs
eligible
neighborhoods
include:
Wendell,
Phillips,
Washington,
Wheatley,
East,
twenty-third,
Street
pack,
Santa
Fe,
Ruskin
vineyard
and
the
middle
Blue
River
sustainability
area
for
more
information,
or
to
download
an
application
visit,
KCMO,
gov
and
search
for
federal
home
loan
bank.
C
Hi
I'm
Heidi
downer,
with
Kansas
City,
Parks
and
Recreation
the
summer
is
winding
down,
but
there
is
still
plenty
of
fun
activities
happening
all
over
town
feel
the
world
beat
in
the
heart
of
America
at
the
35th
annual
ethnic
enrichment
festival,
August
fifteenth
through
17th
in
Swope
Park.
The
festival
is
one
of
the
largest
and
longest-running
of
its
kind
in
the
United
States
and
features
food
crafts
and
culture
from
65
countries.
C
Admission
is
three
dollars
for
adults,
and
children
under
12
are
free
for
more
information
visit,
eec,
kc,
dotnet,
Union
Station
is
a
location
for
the
third
annual
sly's
rock.
The
block
party
on
Saturday
August
sixteenth.
This
free
family-friendly
event
is
held
in
the
parking
lot
from
4
p.m.
to
midnight
and
celebrates
the
conclusion
of
the
2014
mayor's
nights.
Programs.
C
Entertainment
includes
music
by
The,
Fantasticks
and
other
performers,
carnival
games,
one-on-one,
basketball,
video
game
tournaments
and
free
food
for
the
first
four
thousand
attendees
visit
kc
mayor
org
for
all
the
details.
Kc
parks
in
partnership
with
North
Kansas
City
will
open
the
city's
third
off-leash
dog
park
on
Wednesday
August
twentieth.
The
official
opening
of
the
gates
will
take
place
at
5,
15
p.m.
and
a
pet
fair
with
local
dog
centric
vendors
and
amenities
will
run
until
7pm.
The
new
park
features
small
and
large
dog
areas,
a
shelter,
water,
fountains
agility
course
and
walking
trail.
C
It
is
located
at
thirty
second
and
Swift
in
North,
Kansas
City
for
more
information
visit,
kc
parks,
org
enjoy
buy
one
get
one
free
at
the
Bay
Water
Park
on
single
day
admissions
and
eight
past
punch
cards
through
the
end
of
the
season.
The
bay
is
home
to
the
bay
riders
surf
simulator
and
is
located
on
Long
View
Road
in
South
Kansas
City
visit,
KC
parks,
dot,
org
and
download
buffet
bogo
coupon.
C
D
Kansas
city's
west
side
and
the
west
side
can
center
have
made
giant
strides
in
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
their
citizens,
and
those
efforts
are
being
replicated
across
all
shifts.
Thanks
to
the
good
work
of
officers
like
Nathan,
Canaan
and
Bradley
Bailey
for
insight
into
their
efforts,
we
spoke
with
their
commander.
Captain
Darren
ivy
Braddon.
E
Made
really
taken
this
project
to
heart.
They
notice
that
there
is
a
a
problem
of
tracking
individuals
over
there
in
problems
on
the
west
side,
and
they
took
the
whole
concept
of
community
policing
and
grasped
onto
it
and
ran
with
it
have
done
an
excellent
job,
along
with
other
members
of
their
sector
and
other
members
of
central
patrol
division.
I
know
we're
making
a
difference,
because
the
way
that
the
community
is
reaching
out
to
the
officers
now
it
used
to
be
that
they
would
reach
out
to
maybe
this.
E
The
officers
assigned
to
the
west
side
can
Center,
but
now
officers
who
work
at
that
area
are
getting
phone
calls
from
the
community
who
need
their
assistance.
We
want
to
pass
on
information.
Community
policing
should
never
be
going
out
of
style.
It
is
a
concept
of
police
working
with
the
community
to
solve
problems,
and
that's
what
police
works.
All
about
our.
F
Motivation
for
our
project
with
the
less
I
communities,
but
primarily
just
increase
the
quality
of
life.
It
started
out
as
a
violent
crime
project
and
it's
turned
into
a
quality
life
project
and
just
helping
the
community
target
specific
problems
that
have
come
up
over
the
last
couple
months.
You
know
we
just
encourage
everybody
else
to
increase
their
presence
and
their
communities,
and
this
is
something
that
we
thought
was
a
long
shot
and
it's
it's
in
turn
paid
off
for
the
community
police
relationship
in
the
west
side
and
can
be
taken
anywhere
else
in
the
city.
F
Things
are
letting
us
know
we're
actually
making
a
difference
in
touching
the
touching
the
community.
Is
the
citizens
coming
out
contacting
us
voluntarily,
rather
than
us
having
to
seek
them
out
people
waving
to
us
as
we're
driving
up
and
down
the
streets?
People
stopping
us
to
say
thank
you
as
we're
driving
through
their
neighborhoods
I
would
definitely
say.
Relationships
is
the
biggest
key
without
building
the
relationships
that
we've
built
over
there.
We
could
have
gotten
this
far
with
the
project
as
we've
gotten
the
the
property
crimes
the
graffiti.
F
The
tagging
is
all
of
a
sudden
started
to
calm
down.
People
are
starting
to
paint
over
the
old
graffiti,
that's
been
out
there
and,
in
turn,
take
more
pride
in
their
community.
It's
been
rewarding
to
actually
get
some
momentum
back
into
daily
patrol
to
actually
come
to
work
and
have
a
goal
know
that
you're
gonna
go
out
and
target
specific
individuals,
specific
problems
and
and
reach
an
outcome
with
that.
That's
going
to
help
somebody
else.
This
project.
G
People
in
the
neighborhoods
know
us
by
name
now,
they're
coming
out
of
their
houses
to
talk
to
us
and
they're,
not
just
doing
that
with
us,
but
they're
doing
that
with
other
officers
as
well.
We're
trying
to
essentially
change
the
culture
towards
the
police
and
how
people
viewed
the
police
to
know
that
we're
on
their
side
and
we
want
to
help
them
better,
their
neighborhood
and
better.
The
community,
the
west
side
can't
center
has
been
a
big
part
in
kind
of
providing
a
starting
point
for
this
project
officer.
H
C
C
C
C
To
watch
the
artists
paint
or
our
artists
at
work
anyway,
I
particularly
like
to
thank
mwe
incorporated,
who
is
the
sponsor
of
the
purchase
award,
and
they
have
a
team
of
three
here
who
have
been
reviewing
the
paintings
and
they
have
chosen
purchase
Award
winner.
And
so,
if
the
artist
who
painted
this
painting
so.
C
I
A
The
city
seeks
resident
input
on
the
future
of
the
historic
West
Bottoms
neighborhood
and
Kemper
Arena
residents
may
provide
ideas
on
kc
momentum,
calm,
which
is
the
city's
virtual
town
hall
website,
and
you
can
attend
a
series
of
public
meetings
with
a
special
city
council
committee
that
is
studying
this
issue.
The
meetings
take
place,
August
fourteenth
and
august
twenty-first
from
9
a.m.
to
noon
on
the
26th
floor
of
City
Hall.
A
Also,
there's
a
meeting
on
August
25th
at
six
pm
at
a
to-be-determined
site
in
the
West
Bottoms
Mayor
Sly
James
invites
the
public
to
celebrate
the
end
of
a
great
summer
and
another
successful
mayor's
night's
program
with
sly's
rocked
the
block.
It's
Saturday
August
sixteenth
at
4pm
in
the
south
parking
lot
of
Union
Station.
This
free
event
features
family-friendly
activities,
food
and
entertainment
from
four
to
eight
pm
and
then,
after
a
the
event
transitions
to
the
final
night
of
club,
KC
for
middle
and
high
school
students,
residents
are
invited
to
join
city
and
neighborhood
leaders.
A
At
a
roundtable
meeting
on
Thursday
August
twenty-eighth
from
6
to
730
p.m.
at
the
southeast
community
center.
The
meeting
will
present
information
on
land
bank
properties
and
the
receivership
program.
Legal
aid
of
western
Missouri
will
also
share
tips
on
how
neighborhood
associations
can
prosecute
negligent
property
owners
for
more
information
about
any
of
today's
stories.
Please
log
on
to
KCMO,
gov
and
search
for
the
weekly
report.
That
does
it
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
Chris
Fernandes
have
a
great
week.