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Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems like the quality and service of the KCATA bus system has fallen quite a bit since they made it free. I predicted it would happen. Nothing good comes from making a transit system free to use which is why there are pretty much no large high quality, high use tra...

Not to get into that but we do have a vast city footprint with not a lot of density which does strain the ability to plow it all (money and manpower) but yes annoying to continue to hear the same excuse and no real action to make it better.

He is 100x the city manager shulte was, it's not even a debate.

The no vote needed comments getting the exact pushback predicted.

DColeKC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:30 pm

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:23 pm I know "my" should be "be" in that last sentence but man what a typo!

Fixed.

lol I even had a typo pointing out a typo.

Bills, Titans, Pirates, Steelers, Mariners, Milwaukee all built stadiums without a vote. Mix of local/state bonds, TDD. Port Authority issuing bonds sure seems likely, not sure the capacity of any of these entities, to akp point.

I know "my" should be "be" in that last sentence but man what a typo!

I'm not saying they were materially the reason but the downtown voting bloc ending up such in the no camp the whole impacting the neighborhood had some impact. I'm just saying overall if a vote goes so badly and then the government finds a way to make it happen anyways without another vote, it typic...

Gonna get ugly if the city does this without a vote after losing the last vote so bad. Better have small business impacted on board

appreciate the info

The bartender was at Mean Mule. Supposedly got "pulled into a meeting" about it. seems pretty unreliable but they sounded confident so thought I'd share.

what was the scope of the study? Crossing the RR is one problem but even using industrial is pretty treacherous and I wouldn't recommend anybody walk it currently.

digging up some delayed projects here, nothing new has been filed plans/permit wise. Site was last inspected back in 2023 for property violations.

walking by the auto repair store yesterday had me remembering this project. nobody has heard any updates on it?

Can't wait for an actual ped connection. That main street bridge is cool as an overlook but sucks for connection. The other option through Columbus park is dangerous and almost unusable. Where is the pedestrian connection going to be? What option do you have from Columbus Park? Walking down Guinott...

I've now heard from a random that target has signed for the star building. Just s random bartender so who knows the validity

DMNBT_RCJH wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:14 pm So, they are putting in windows, albeit at a very slow rate.

Great news

DColeKC wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 12:40 pm I’m not saying let’s find the view first and go from there.

that's literally all I'm saying. Some are picking sites or hating on EV because the view is bad. It's inconsequential when making a huge urban splash like a downtown stadium is.

That’s not what happened. Once again. They still were going to invest the same amount. They were still going to build entertainment, residential properties and more. The only thing that changed was the location and some of the programming of the village. It was never about doing less, it was about ...

It doesn't make sense to enough people, though. So best to just move on unless you've really got the time and energy to engage and commit to doing things differently. On top of the botched roll out, the rug being pulled out at the last minute didn't help -- not to mention skeezy things like offerin...