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Rail meeting eyes Arkansas City Kimsey was one of 100 people who attended a meeting here to expand the Heartland Flyer, an Amtrak service from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City, north through south-central Kansas, with a possible stop in Arkansas City. Others in attendance included Winfield Mayor Mike Le...

i voted for ava's. that's exactly what i am going for in our new place.

i was finally able to convince piper lofts to let us get a tankless water heater and delete the standard granite countertop for a 100% post-consumer recycled paper one. hooray for green! http://www.paperstoneproducts.com/paperstone-certified/ http://www.tanklesswaterheaterguide.com/ i figured if the...

Critical_Mass wrote: perhaps if we rename it CRT (Coach Rapid Transit)?

or The Everybody Taxi! who wouldn't pay a dollar to ride that!?!?!?

i love this picture:

vegas tickets for EJ start at $100.

was browsing the cimo website today and noticed this project: Scope: This project provides preliminary design services to determine the basis of construction documents for landmark signs at the east and west entrance to the 18th & Vine Jazz District . The design will also include an outdoor terr...

...and 2 or 3 times that for structured parking!

KC0KEK wrote: Maybe we should start a thread titled, "Schlitterbahn is Seriously Stalled."

...or "has interest in schlitterbahn has dried up?"

27 homes were mentioned earlier in the thread. how many will go on this one block of oak? even though they are single-family detached (ugh), i assume it will still be more dense than a typical suburban block?

[kemper tucks tail between legs, goes back to manure-laden corner]

i don't blame AEG for booking this "sure thing", even though EJ is washed up (disney! vegas! hair plugs!) and i probably won't go. whoever was quoted in that article as saying a jimmy buffet show would help KC shed it's cowtown image should be shot. in the end, it's money ... not street cr...

not to change the topic (because it's not really changing the topic at this point)...

did anyone read this biz journal brief?

isn't tax abatement an economic development tool? isn't 1508 grand a downtown address?

12th street viaduct.

no one believes you.

if CBS films the concert we could stage scenes in the P+L so people will think it's already open.

i went to the session tonight. i asked a bunch of questions, but here are the main points: - BNSF is requiring a third track, hence the high cost. the merger between BN and SF in the early 90s are what derailed the first proposal (pun intended). - land use (and really the municipalities themselves) ...

tough to remember, but thanks!

shopper's parkade... it's an eyesore.

so what are their hours? someone asked earlier in the thread and there wasn't a clear answer.