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https://conservatory.umkc.edu/release.cfm?cont=1A2AE7 More than $29 million has been raised with $19 million needed to complete UMKC’s private fundraising goal for the project. Once that is accomplished, UMKC will submit a request to the State of Missouri for a matching $48 million appropriation th...

UMKC has about a year left to obtain the rest of the funding for this project in order to get the 20 million dollar match from Kauffman. I believe that also means getting the MO state government to pitch in 50% of the cost for the project. Does anyone have any idea how the private part of the fund r...

Question for those who favor expansion. I think the most logical expansion would be down Main to a point on the Plaza. Would that extension still generate annual surplus funds for the expanded TDD? And I would think with the expansion would be additional trains with those capital and operating expe...

DaveKCMO wrote:catenary is up on both sides of main through the crossroads:

That doesn't look bad at all.

flyingember wrote:I would guess 3-4x for offices vs hotel

a hotel room frequently has one car per 500 square feet. you have a lot more dedicated hallways, suites for business travelers, lounge space and such. whereas offices tend to have a lot more small cube work spaces.

Makes total sense. Thanks.

Boutique hotel would need less parking? How much parking would it need to leave it as an office building? Is it a class B or C building? I remember reading somewhere that taking up a lot of the B and C office buildings for residential has a consequence of taking up space that entrepreneurs use for ...

Not much chatter here about last week's installation of the first set of hardware for the streetcar stops, so I missed my chance to applaud what may be the best part of the stop's design ... http://www.pitch.com/binary/5c75/mj.jpg ... which is the blue-gray plastic rumble strips at the edge of the ...

anything further south should be center-running (but not dedicated ROW) because the character of the street is different and traffic volumes are higher. both charlotte, new orleans, and DC are doing this on segments of their new routes. So, something like below, but not dedicated? https://farm5.sta...

The old road was Front St.. Same as the new road I don't see how that line could be in front of several dozen other options. It's roughly $75 million that would be better put to crossing the river. Access to thousands of blue collar jobs in NKC and help eliminate some need for a super expensive i-3...

You forget the casino. If the track could be extended to Berkley Riverfront Park at least to the Isle of Capri casino, you might be able to collect some type of additional revenue for the construction from the casino, which would benefit from having a streetcar from downtown hotels to their facilit...

DaveKCMO wrote:

grovester wrote:If you ever want the system you're referring to you will need to vote yes for the main street extension. Otherwise you will get nothing ever.

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DaveKCMO wrote:Yes

Thanks

I am not sure if this was answered before, but will the city repave the roads for the starter line before it operates?

Wonder why they chose Manchester as their first and likely only KC location? It would seem to be a long way from both their core buyer demos and the kind of visibility they might want (JOCO?). I was about to type the same thing, seems like an odd location. A better location would have been around I...

Noticed today on Manchester north of Stadium Dr that there was a Tesla dealer of some sorts, it had like 3 tesla cars that you could see in its showroom and there was a tesla sign on top of the building. I think this is new, I drive by there a lot and have never noticed it before. Nice find and it ...

This building seems short for 25 floors. Wish it were about 150-200 ft taller. It was originally supposed to be a 35 story building. Nice to see it finally coming out of the ground though. I believe at one time a hotel was going to be included with this building. That could be the reason why there ...

Another performing arts center in the region? How many do we need? Are we going to hear next that KU wants to build an arts campus right next to it as well? The developer...is proposing a performing arts center that would be central to the 210-acre site. Overland Park Development Co., led by by Curt...

"It is the American Royal — it doesn't have to be in Kansas City," said Patterson, who is also a lifetime director of the American Royal. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2014/09/11/patterson-we-can-take-american-royal-elsewhere.html One day, and I hope today's it, the KC region...

DaveKCMO wrote:Yes, there is.

Thanks!

DaveKCMO wrote:west of troost:

55% yes
45% no

Do you know if there is enough tax revenue west of Troost to just extend the line from Union Station to the Plaza on Main Street (if we kept the tax increase at the same amount)?