KCRag Forum

Sealed until they are handed over to the election board after the August 1 deadline.

Holding it ransom for the special session? Never gonna happen after this long? Tell me!

It's not the most used route.

My personal prediction: September

agreed, but what do you think about 75% vs 100% abatement?

rabbit hole has vacated their temporary home on southwest boulevard. new location is in progress, but hasn't been announced.

alley vacation is on the july 18 CPC agenda.

http://cityscenekc.com/

former star reporter kevin collison has started a blog focused on downtown development. much needed!

40% leased, opens in september: http://cityscenekc.com/historic-new-eng ... or-sept-1/

abbott to seek incentives for six east crossroads projects: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... roads.html

we're not talking about my preferences here. i'm just conveying the conversations i've heard. upgrading independence and north oak to MAX requires additional operating funds (especially true if you leave the local service in place) and that has to come from somewhere.

The X2 v DC streetcar comparison is flawed. The X2 goes way further than the initial streetcar segment and runs more frequently than the streetcar. Main Street MAX is not particularly useful south of Plaza, with headways no higher than 20 min during weekday peaks. Streetcar will run more frequently ...

Copaken is just part of the Corrigan team, unlike many of their other developments downtown.

You assume the streetcar implementation will be be same in Midtown as it is downtown. That is not assured.

You'll have to make the case that the ridership on something like that would be greater than the other investments.

The 51x still exists for that limited use case.

It will be additional retail/office if they can find a tenant (or financing for spec).

It will not stay. A few schools of thought for the $5 million in annual operations that go to Main Street MAX: - Move to Independence (MAX upgrade study starts this year) - Move to Broadway (ridership in his corridor has been problematic, and IMO is now in a "death spiral") - Distribtute t...

results of the study are now available online: http://kcmo.gov/publicworks/crossroads-parking/

photos: http://www.midcoastrecord.com/atlasloft ... =hootsuite