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From YouTube: The Weekly Report - April 28, 2022
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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments.
A ribbon cutting for Maplewoods Parkway was held this week, The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum celebrated Jackie Robinson Day by announcing a new exhibit, and In recognition of Earth Day last week, the city sponsored litter cleanups across the metro.
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Hi
everyone
welcome
to
the
weekly
report.
I'm
colleen
doctoring
with
city
communications.
Here
are
the
top
three
things
you
should
know.
This
week,
a
ribbon
cutting
was
held
for
maple
woods
parkway,
which
made
improvements
to
the
roadway
between
96th
street
and
shoal
creek
parkway
improvements
include
a
six-foot
sidewalk
on
the
east
side,
a
10-foot
multi-use
trail
on
the
west
side,
new,
enclosed
storm
drainage
system,
new
curbs
and
gutters
new
street
lighting
and
roundabouts
at
major
intersections.
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The
project
was
funded
with
federal
grants,
go
bonds,
shoal,
creek,
tif
and
kayak
funds
from
council
district
1
and
2..
The
negro
league's
baseball
museum
celebrated
jackie
robinson
day
by
announcing
a
brand
new,
exhibit
the
museum
received
the
plaque
that
marked
jackie
robinson's
birthplace
in
cairo,
georgia.
The
marker
was
defaced
about
a
year
ago,
someone
shot
it
up
with
a
shotgun
and
a
rifle
major
league
baseball
heard
of
the
damage
and
replaced
the
damage
marker.
A
B
C
E
A
while
back
kevin
and
I
were
having
a
conversation
with
our
park,
our
public
works
director,
and
he
says
you
know
it's
amazing.
Whenever
you
guys
put
a
road
in
up
there,
all
of
a
sudden
development
everything
starts
popping
up
all
around
it.
You
need
to
do
some
more
of
that.
I
said
yes,
we
absolutely
do,
because
that
is
a
benefit
to
the
whole
city.
F
Once
we
knew
that
the
piece
was
coming
to
kansas
city
to
the
negro
leagues
baseball
museum,
it
was
pretty
easy
for
us
to
be
smart
enough
to
time
the
unveiling.
With
the
75th
anniversary
of
jackie
robinson's,
breaking
of
the
color
barrier.
They
had
the
foresight
to
understand
that
it
was
indeed
an
opportunity
to
continue
dialogue
in
and
around
these
issues
relative
to
race,
sports
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
F
That
is
never
easy
for
us
to
talk
about,
but
through
the
lens
of
baseball,
it's
a
little
bit
of
an
easier
entree
into
a
much
more
difficult
discussion
and
really
that's
the
premise
of
this
museum.
Along
with
the
launch
of
our
traveling
exhibition.
Called
barrier
breakers
is
a
wonderful
companion
website.
By
the
same
title,
you
can
access
the
barrier
breaker
website
at
www.nlbm.com.
H
I
J
K
For
12
years
of
my
life,
I
lived
right
across
the
street
from
this
lot.
We
dealt
with
challenges
ranging
from
homicides
to
just
unkempt,
weeds,
so
many
issues
and
now
to
see
a
multi-million
dollar
project,
that's
led
by
a
developer
from
the
community
building
up,
18th
and
vine
once
and
for
all
in
some
ways,
not
just
with
the
museums
in
the
theater,
but
really
private
development,
real
investment
and
capital
in
the
core
of
kansas
city's
inner
city
and
our
black
community.
This
is
something
to
cherish
and
celebrate.
K
This
will
be
a
district
where
you
can
say:
oh
I'm
not
driving
by
one
rackety
building
while
trying
to
go
out.
Instead,
somebody
will
get
to
see,
I
think,
the
full
culture,
the
full
tapestry,
the
real
story
of
18th
and
vine
anew,
and
you
know
what
it's
been
a
long
time
since
we've
been
able
to
say
that
in
kansas
city,
this
is
something
that
gives
me
really
in
some
ways:
chills.