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Are they offering to reimburse their employees for private schools as well? $5K isn't exactly a large enough incentive to make it worth any family to put their kids though the Hickman Mills School District. Lee's Summit wants to annex 96 acres from KC for the Paragon Star project and they they are ...

my company sent out a "don't forget to vote" thing and talked about the advantages the airport gives us today. Smart move to get the corporate citizens nudging people.... I think the thing is there is nothing else on the ballot. The pro airport people are way more likely than the negative...

Missouri could undercut any Kansas airport in one day. The state would have to issue the bonds and even then... One of the main points the recent proposals made was that kci has runway infrastructure that other cities would beg for. A Kansas airport is a pipedream. Kansas isn't going to replace KCI...

It's difficult for me to see it the way it is now. I worked in the offices of Caldwell's Shoes (over the grocery store; next to Country Club Bank where Jan Stenerud & Len Dawson worked at the time) in 1971-73. I miss those days of lunch at Putsch's, getting prescriptions delivered by the pharma...

beautyfromashes wrote:And Coopers Hawk can go with them. That burple they peddle as wine has got to go. It's going to take awhile to unsuck the Plaza.

that would take committed local ownership

beautyfromashes wrote:Ugh! Seasons 52. Can't wait til they close.

from the same people who brought us Olive Garden and Red Lobster

Looking like TMobile/Sprint will target announcing an intended merger by October. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/report-t-mobile-sprint-finally-figuring-out-this-merger-thing/ TMobile CEO may lead the combined company, which could be bad news for KC unless they realize how m...

AlbertHammond wrote:

im2kull wrote:This is certainly a boon to the surrounding communities. Look at all the spin off development happening! I definitely want to move out there now!

Hey!....The area did get a new Wendys!

also a new Quiktrip and Hardees

I don't think they will change this at all, i remember a quote by another Cerner like company moving here a few years ago say something like "Downtown Buildings" do not fit the office type/environment of health software companies or something to that affect how many software developers ar...

I hear reports that housing prices are climbing in the Red Bridge area due to Cerner. Know of one house in particular that has increased over $100,000 in less than 3 years and many houses have been improved and updated for sale in a longer period of time. I'm sure Burns and McDonnell is also helpin...

At one time, much like parts of the KCMOSD, the schools suffered from students having to change schools because of the high rate of moving with the rental housing. Sante Fe use to be the #1 school, that is 35 or so years ago. http://kcur.org/post/heres-how-hickman-mills-became-forgotten-community-k...

In Cerner's case they are going after college grads who would more likely want to live downtown anyway. And downtown is getting schools and developing towards family living anyway, so many may not 'grow out of city living', as it this the case with professional leaning families in much larger citie...

Warford IS THE PREMIER of the district (actually not a terrible school). Smith Hale Middle, where I work, is pretty rough. I'll have my third all new administration team in as many years. From the school stand point, IMO, with out a lack of cohesiveness in our school buildings many of the problems ...

grovester wrote:Pretty bad when the proximity of a cult improves your demographics!

but I doubt they'll send their kids to Hickman Mills schools

kboish wrote:We better hope the state doesn't pass some bathroom bill because if they do, the tournament will certainly be gone.

Texas might also pass a bathroom bill

Garmin probably wants to get into the car dashboard business to replace the OEM units. The OEM car units are pretty much the only GPS devices left where you still see companies charging exorbitant prices to upgrade the maps. I remember prior to 3 to 5 years ago it was somewhat pricey to get map upg...

chrizow wrote:i dont know if it's closing or what, but the Zoom toy store is having an unusual sale right now. most, if not all, of the store is 50-75% off.

isn't this time of year slow for toy sales?

NorthOak wrote:

MidtownCat wrote: The Plaza has basically devolved into a poor man's version of Town Center at 119th and Nall with some nice Christmas lights. It's essentially the only difference at this stage.

This is just wrong, Town Center does not have tennis courts or a run off creek.

but it does have a drug store