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A
B
I'm
carrie
griffin,
director
of
community
engagement
and
public
programs
right
here
at
the
american
jazz
museum.
Welcome
to
the
weekly
report.
Please
join
us
Saturday
September
21st
here
at
the
American
jazz
museum.
It's
museum
day,
museums
across
the
country
celebrate
national
museum
day
organized
by
Sonia
magazine
with
free
admission
here
at
the
American
jazz
museum,
we'll
be
celebrating
the
year
of
music,
featuring
music,
related
content
in
art,
history,
culture,
science
and
education.
B
B
If
you
like,
listening
to
great
jazz
or
playing
instrument,
please
join
us
weekly
in
the
Blue
Room
on
Monday
nights
from
5
to
11
p.m.
on
Thursday
to
Saturday
evenings.
Please
join
us
in
the
Blue
Room
we're
local
and
international
jazz
musicians.
Take
the
stage
in
the
Blue
Room
for
more
details.
Go
to
our
website,
American
jazz
museum
org.
B
If
you
have
students
that
are
interested
in
learning
how
to
play
jazz,
please
check
out
jazz
academy
here.
Our
students
plan
at
City
Hall,
the
Academy,
is
held
each
Saturday
through
December
14th.
The
jazz
academy
offers
a
Samba
instruction
for
middle
and
high
school
students
and
a
special
program
for
our
young
children.
It's
the
region's
premier,
youth,
jazz
education
program.
C
Ok,
so
the
students
that
are
performing
are
with
Kansas
City
jazz
Academy,
which
is
a
youth
jazz
program
which
takes
takes
place
at
the
American
jazz
museum
on
Saturdays
number
one.
These
students
are
compensated
for
playing,
and
so
they
get
an
opportunity
to
have
a
real
gig
experience
where
they
have
to
find
parking
and
they
have
to
come
early
and
figure
out
everything
they
need
to
do
to
be
ready
to
play.
But
this
also
gives
them
an
opportunity
for
our
city,
councilmen
and
other
city
employees,
to
see
what
they're
doing
and
as
an
educator.
C
B
Now
that
the
new
mayor
and
council
have
moved
into
City
Hall,
here's
your
chance
to
find
out
more
about.
What's
going
on
in
your
district
stay
up-to-date
with
them
by
signing
up
to
receive
newsletters
and
emails
directly
from
your
council
members
sign
up
at
KC,
MO
dot,
gov
/
subscribe,
you
can
also
follow
them
on
social
media,
go
to
KC,
MO
gov,
slash,
social
and
don't
forget!
B
D
The
one-bedrooms
are
I
would
say
more
traditional
in
size,
so
there's
somewhere
between
550
and
650
square
feet,
and
then
the
two
bedrooms
are
a
little
smaller
than
your
traditional
two-bedroom,
so
they
range
anywhere
from
850
to
a
thousand
square
feet
and
they're
split
up
among
the
building.
So
each
building
has
kind
of
an
assortment
of
the
different
unit
types.
D
We
have
about
300
parking
spaces
on-site,
including
a
parking
structure,
and
the
parking
structure
is
interesting
because
it
actually
has
a
car
elevator
in
it
and
it'll,
be
manned
by
valet,
so
you'll,
actually
through
an
app
call
your
car
up
with
the
time
that
you
need
it'll,
get
brought
down
by
the
valet
and
it
gets
staged
in
a
lot
next
to
the
garage.
It's
pretty
cool,
there's
a
few
cities
that,
if
you've
ever
been
to
them,
they
just
kind
of
have
it
kind
of
a
vibe
and
they're
there,
true
to
their
soul
in
Kansas
City.
D
Has
that
also
when
you
come
here,
it's
got.
It's
got
soul
and
it's
the
whole
speakeasy
kind
of
environment.
It's
not
trying
to
be
something
that
it's
not
I.
Think
the
it'll
have
such
a
huge
impact
on
the
bottoms,
because
you're
talking
about
270
residents
in
a
neighborhood,
that's
never
had
that
many
people
actually
living
down
there.
It's
usually
a
long,
drawn-out
process
with
council,
and
it
wasn't
that
at
all
it
was
really
simple
and
straightforward.
Frankly,
it
was
one
of
the
smoothest
processes.
We've
ever
been
involved
in.
E
We're
out
here
at
the
elephant
exhibit
today
and
it's
a
great
day
because
it's
time
to
take
care
of
the
elephants
and
elephant
visitors
and
remodel
our
elephant,
exhibit
that
was
opened
in
the
early
90s
I
think
this
will
offer
the
opportunity
for
our
visitors
to
come
out
and
really
take
some
long
leisurely
looks
at
the
elephants.
We
want
to
open
up
a
viewing
plaza,
open
up
the
area
where
we're
doing
our
chats
and
elephant
demonstrations
put
up.
E
Speakers
will
mic
up
our
keepers
and
no
matter
where
you're
sitting
or
standing
you'll
be
able
to
see,
which
is
one
of
our
primary
goals.
Also,
in
this
area,
putting
in
a
food
operation,
outdoor
grill
and
totally
changing
out
the
restrooms
gender-neutral
will
include
one
mothers
room,
we'll
have
an
adult
changing
table
trying
to
become
as
inclusive
as
we
can
be.
So
everybody
in
town
everybody
in
reaching
come
on,
see
all
the
animals,
but
especially
the
yellow.
F
Hi
I'm
Scott
nettle
with
the
office
of
culture
and
creative
services
for
over
two-and-a-half
decades,
the
Waldo
Fall
Festival
has
been
bringing
people
in
Kansas
City
together
today,
we're
in
the
parking
lot
of
the
CVS
at
75th
and
Wornall,
where
the
event
will
be
held.
September
21st,
we
have
with
us
Debbie
Allman
from
the
Waldo
Area
Business
Association,
to
talk
to
us
about
the
event
hi
Debbie
hi.
G
F
G
G
The
event
started
here
in
Waldo
27
years
ago,
and
it
began
as
kind
of
an
a-hole
weekend
event,
but
really
that
was
too
much
to
manage
in
such
a
busy
area.
So,
as
the
festival
has
grown,
we've
condensed
it
into
a
one
just
jam-packed
day
with
live
music,
entertainment
and,
like
I,
said
food
and
activities
for
everybody.
Awesome.
F
G
Waldo's
like
this
little
gym
in
the
middle
of
the
city
and
the
opportunity
to
showcase
it
with
so
many
people
and
activities,
is
just
great
for
the
businesses,
as
well
as
the
community
partners,
like
churches,
not-for-profits.
Anybody,
that's
in
our
area
has
an
opportunity
to
showcase
what
they
do
here.
Awesome.
G
Well,
some
of
them
are
yeah,
Betty
raised,
I,
know
we'll
be
one
of
them,
and
so
we
try
to
get
anybody
in
everybody.
That's
in
Walter
to
participate
in
it
as
well.
Most
everything
in
the
entertainment
is
local
and
we're
gonna
have
a
little
something
for
everybody:
we'll
have
some
local
schools
that
their
band
or
their
choir
will
sing
and
perform.
G
We
have
some
rock
and
roll
bands,
three
bands
playing,
and
we
also
have
at
a
Pathan
that
is
celebrating
I,
believe
it's
26th
year,
Betty
Tillotson,
who
has
owned
a
dance
studio
in
Waldo
for
decades,
gets
together
a
whole
group
of
dancers
from
throughout
the
area,
and
they
learn
a
quick
number
and
do
at
a
Pathan
and
it's
really
fun,
and
it
has
people
that
are
2
and
3
years
old
up
to
80,
90
years
old.
It's
anybody
and
everybody,
and
so
it's
a
tradition
at
the
Fall
Festival
that
we
love
awesome.
G
I
J
City,
you
know
it's
particularly
violent
last
couple
of
years
and
we
felt
and
we
meaning
the
police
department,
the
Crime
Commission
our
program
itself,
Crimestoppers,
the
city
of
Kansas,
City,
Missouri
and
other
partners
like
the
Jackson
County
Prosecutor's
Office.
You
know
some
of
our
federal
partners
etc.
We
thought
that
potential
raise
in
the
specific
area
of
homicide.
A
rise
in
that
particular
reward
amount
would
encourage
people
to
contact
us.
So
we
have
gone
from
the
$2,000
which
we
offered
back
pre
November
of
2017
in
November
2017.
J
We
increased
it
to
$5,000
for
Kansas
City,
Missouri
homicides.
We
let
that
run
for
a
period
of
about
seven
months.
During
that
time,
we
did
see
an
increase
in
our
homicide
tips.
We
did
clear
two
cases
at
the
$5,000
level,
which
was
pretty
good.
Then
in
May
of
2018
we
increased
the
reward
to
$10,000
for
homicides
in
Kansas
City
Missouri.
I
J
J
J
It
to
your
phone
that
way,
you
always
have
that
with
you.
You
can
simply
go
on
there.
You
set
your
location,
which
would
be
Kansas
City
Missouri,
you
select
greater
Kansas,
City,
Crime
Stoppers
and
then
anytime,
you
have
information
on
a
felony
crime.
You
can
submit
it
right
there
from
your
phone
and
we
get
it
24/7
in
real
time
and
with
the
app
you
can
also
upload
video
pictures
and
documents.
So
it's
a
huge
help
to
detectives.
I
K
City
market
is
thrown
a
big
eight
one
six
day
party
all
day
long,
our
shops
and
restaurants
are
offering
really
great.
You
know
eight
one,
six
themed
specials
and
that
sort
of
things,
and
then
we
also
have
vendors
all
day
long
in
both
of
our
sheds,
lots
of
local
artists
and
other
exhibitors,
and
then
the
big
finale
is
this
evening.
From
six
to
ten
o'clock,
we
have
entertainment,
starting
our
lead
and
at
8:16
p.m.
Kenneth,
the
Phantom,
a
local
musician
and
artist,
is
putting
on
a
really
great
electric
park.