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A
B
Everyone
I'm
Chris
Hernandez
with
the
weekly
report,
your
look
at
news
from
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
we're
right
across
the
street
from
Kansas
City
police
headquarters,
downtown
they're,
just
across
from
City
Hall.
There
have
been
a
lot
of
discussions
lately
about
how
to
fight
violent
crime
in
Kansas
City.
C
B
D
To
tell
you
this
is
so
thrilling
to
be
here,
first
of
all,
in
Kansas
City
and
seeing
so
many
great
things
that
you
have
going
on
here
and
that
I
know
is
thanks
to
your
leadership
here
in
Mayor,
Sly
James,
but
also
thanks
to
the
Kansas
City
Royals
and
all
the
folks
who
made
this
facility
possible.
I
commented
on
as
we
were
walking
across
the
field.
Today
we
were
talking
about
team
building.
D
E
Governor
has
been
very
good,
very
gracious
in
allocating
time
to
come
and
spend
an
entire
day
in
Kansas,
City
and
then
to
later,
we'll
all
go,
spend
an
entire
day
and
st.
Louis
and
then
we'll
also
spend
an
entire
day
in
a
rural
area
of
this
of
the
state
so
that
we
can
learn
from
each
other
benefit
by
each
other's
knowledge
and
to
make
sure
that
we
are
closing
the
gap
between
those
who
have
one
belief
and
those
who
have
another.
Those
who
live
in
one
place
and
those
who
live
in
another.
B
At
City
Hall,
getting
your
opinion
is
always
important,
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
budget.
So
we
want
to
know
what
your
priority
is
at
public
safety
like
we've
been
discussing.
Was
it
something
else?
Let
us
know
at
an
upcoming
resident
work
session,
that's
where
you
can
actually
play
a
game
called
pick
your
priority
and
you'll
be
doing
it
with
city
budget
staff.
Tell
us
what's
important
to
you:
is
it
infrastructure
or
Public,
Safety
or
neighborhoods
or
housing?
Your
input
will
help
shape
next
year's
city
budget.
B
So
now
we
need
to
know
who's
coming
so
be
sure
to
RSVP,
for
one
of
these
dates
join
us
on
August
23rd,
from
noon
to
2:00
p.m.
at
the
Liberty
Memorial
Saturday
August
25th,
from
9
to
11
a.m.
at
the
southeast
community
center
4201
East
63rd
Street
in
Swope,
Park
or
Tuesday
August
28th
from
6
to
8
p.m.
at
Briarcliff
Church
located
at
800
Northeast
Vivian
Road.
B
This
project
is
partially
funded
by
PI
AK
and
will
be
completed
in
spring
of
2019.
And
if
you
want
to
see
a
PI
AK
program
in
your
neighborhood,
now
is
the
time
to
apply.
We
are
taking
applications
until
August
31st.
Please
join
us
also
at
any
one
of
the
citywide
piak
hearings
they'll
be
held
on
Friday
August
24th
from
9:30
to
noon.
In
the
City
Hall
10th
floor
committee
room,
another
one
is
Tuesday
August
28th
from
6:30
to
8:30
p.m.
B
at
Grace
and
Holy
Trinity
Cathedral
at
4,
1,
5,
West,
13th,
Street,
right
in
the
heart
of
downtown,
also
Wednesday
August
29th
from
6:30
to
8:30
p.m.
at
Northland
neighborhoods
office
at
40,
420,
northeast
Chouteau,
Trafficway
and
Thursday
August
30th
from
6:30
to
8:30
p.m.
at
Hillcrest,
Community
Center
in
South,
Kansas
City,
located
at
104,
o
1
Hillcrest
Road,
and
we
just
cut
the
ribbon
on
a
brand
new
bike.
Lane
project,
it's
the
first
of
its
kind.
G
H
D
I
So
we
developed
an
English
shopping
center
sort
of
like
a
revitalization
of
the
soul
of
a
neighborhood,
because
this
was
sort
of
the
center
of
the
black
community
for
a
long
time.
Forty
years
ago,
when
the
hospital
was
still
here
used
to
have
Moonies
across
the
street,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
small
shops
over
there,
that's
where
all
the
black
community
was
going
to
do
their
thing
to
cut
their
politics
to
talk
about
what
happened
to
church
last
week
or
what's
going
on
in
the
community.
That's
where
all
everything
was
happening.
The.
J
St.
Joe
Hospital
made
the
community
vibrant
because
having
800
employees,
they
were
doing
business
around
the
neighborhood.
They
closed
and
left
a
big
mess.
So
we
asked
especially
the
ladies
in
this
community.
What
do
you
want
to
see
it?
They
all
said
a
shopping
center
and
we
want
a
grocery
store
that
we
could
be
proud
of
our
first
door
start
moving
in
1987
well
started
to
decline
because
of
poor
management,
especially
on
the
part
of
the
grocery
store.
Ultimately,
it
closed
in
2007.
So
for
ten
years
the
shopping
center
was
basically
empty.
G
I
K
G
L
Don't
think
people
have
recognized
the
value
that
exists
in
our
community.
You
have
a
lot
of
folks
say
we'll
do
grocery
stores
on
the
edge,
but
we're
not
gonna
go
right
in
in
the
heart.
There
are
people
here
who
eat
every
day
right
people
that
deserve
plate,
so
you
can
shop
and
feel
safe,
and
so
that's
why
government
had
to
be
part
of
this.
We've.
E
Been
talking
a
lot
about
the
problems
of
getting
fresh
food
on
the
east
side
of
Troost
and
what
that
meant
in
terms
of
health,
the
burden
of
travel
I'd
always
thought
that
Lynwood
shopping
center
could
have
a
catalytic
impact.
We
needed
more
economic
activity
that
provided
jobs
and
opportunities.
Ultimately,
we
decided
that
the
only
way
that
we
were
going
to
get
it
done
was
for
the
city
to
buy
it
itself
and
act
as
a
co
developer.
When.
I
The
city
took
it
on:
we
hired
a
firm
to
do
Market
Analysis
and
looked
at
a
5-mile
radius
with
Lynwood
shopping
center
in
the
middle
we
found
that
about
45
percent
of
all
the
income
for
groceries
and
food,
etc,
leaked
out
of
the
area
that
told
us
that
there
was
a
market
here
for
a
new
grocery
store.
What.
M
We
tried
to
do
was
take
a
a
problem
and
then
craft
a
solution.
How
do
you
provide
a
first
glass
grocery
store
that
could
be
successful,
economical,
really,
it's
a
partnership
that
was
really
a
win-win-win
for
everybody.
You
take
tax,
increment
financing,
you
put
the
city's
resources
on
the
front
end
to
bond
the
project,
sell
the
bonds
upfront
to
get
it
built,
and
then
you
work
with
a
partner
to
attract
additional
retail
tenants,
and
then
you
put
a
tip
district
in
place
to
capture
all
the
incremental
revenues
to
flow
back
into
service.
The
bond.
E
I
N
G
I
M
Goal
at
the
very
beginning
was
I
wanted
to
walk
into
this
Sun
fresh
and
think.
I
was
anywhere
else
in
the
metropolitan
area.
I
needed
a
proven
grocer,
which
we
were
able
to
identify
with
John
and
Pamela
Parr.
A
partnership.
Don
Maxwell
was
a
key
component.
He
owned
the
property
here
and
you've
got
to
have
a
City
Council.
That's
fundamentally
supportive
of
all
this
get
it
done.
I've.
G
O
P
M
K
E
G
I
Proud
of
this,
it
was
something
that
I
wanted
to
really
really
done
and
I
want
it
to
be
as
good-looking
as
it's
looking
now,
as
folks
will
coming
in
just
to
see
their
faces,
and
then
here
to
comment,
this
is
a
beautiful
thing.
This
is
the
first
time
we
have
had
a
decent
store.
I
can
only
say
just
drop
the
mic.
Q
For
over
20
years,
the
Charlotte
Street
foundation
has
been
supporting
artists
in
the
art
community
in
Kansas
City,
and
today
we
are
at
La
Esquina
gallery
one
of
their
many
venues,
and
today
we
are
with
Amy
Kligman
the
executive
arts
director
here
at
Charlotte
Street
and
Pat
Alexander,
who
is
the
programming
manager,
so
today,
I
would
love
to
talk.
If
you
could
talk
about
the
Charlotte
Street
foundation,
give
me
some
general
information
and
maybe
Pat
you
could
talk
about
the
loss.
Can
a
gallery
in
particular
so.
R
And
Charlotte
Street
is
an
organization
that,
as
you
said,
has
been
around
for
20
years.
We
primarily
are
here
to
stoke
and
cultivate
the
art
psychology
of
Kansas
City,
and
we
choose
to
do
that
by
providing
direct
support
to
its
artists
and
we
have
a
residency
program.
We
have,
as
you
mentioned
several
venues,
Laskey,
that's
one
of
them
and
we
also
provide
grant
money
and
directly
tardis
yeah.
S
And
laws
Skeena
would
be
one
of
these
many
venues
that
are
opportunities
for
exhibitions,
so
there's
an
open
call
process.
That's
been
going
on
for
the
last
11
years,
where
artists
or
curators
can
make
proposals
for
different
projects,
maybe
not
just
visual
exhibitions
but
performances,
our
festivals
and
things
like
that.
That
can
just
kind
of
add
to
this.
The
arts
ecosystem
here
in
Kansas
City,
so.
Q
R
Of
course,
so
all
terrain
is
an
exhibit
that
will
be
up
through
August
11th
and
that
exhibit
features
artists
in
our
residency
program.
So
this
is
an
entirely
local
show
and
it
was
curated,
a
radar
which
is
a
curatorial
project
of
Madilyn,
glue,
cheese
and
past
that
our
next
exhibition
will
be
welcome
to
the
neighborhood,
which
is
happening
towards
the
end
of
August.
R
That
exhibition
is
actually
also
entirely
local,
but
it's
happening
during
the
window
of
open
spaces,
and
the
goal
in
the
hope
is
to
be
highlighting
artists
in
the
Kansas
City
area,
talking
about
their
experience
living
as
an
artist
in
the
Midwest,
and
so
we're
excited
to
be
presenting
that
work,
it'll
be
a
larger
group
show
and
then
later
in
the
year,
we
have
a
rehab
fountain
verse,
which
is
a
small
press
and
poetry
festival
and
that's
a
three-day
festival
that
will
be
happening.
Also
during
the
window
open
spaces.
You.
Q
S
I
mean
because
the
organization
has
been
around
for
21
years.
We
definitely
have
a
lot
of
attendance
from
other
artists.
There's
a
great
community
here
for
that
and
that
support
afraid
show
they
have
distinct
groups
that
come
through
and
some
shows
when
there
are
regional
and
national
artists.
It
will
pull
in
other
artists
so
like
when
we
did.
The
show
this
last
summer
was
in
exchange
with
Oakland
and
Kansas
City
galleries.
S
So
the
Oakland
artists
were
able
to
come
to
Kansas
City
and
install
the
work
and
meet
the
artists
working
in
Kansas
City,
and
that
might
first,
that
we
took
the
show
to
Oakland
and
had
it
in
their
gallery
and
the
artists
got
to
go
meet
with
that
when
we
toured
that
area.
So
so
it's
different
for
every
show,
but
it's
always
open
to
the
public
when
it's
an
exhibition,
so
anybody
groups
can
come
as
well
and.