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mgsports wrote:Pizza Ranch dropped KCk

flyingember wrote:the Legends will now have a used car dealer. sort of

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/30/49 ... gns-a.html

it sounds like it's mainly a remote office for cars in *Chillicothe* with some cars on hand

aknowledgeableperson wrote:Not really. Just a car dealer trying to expand its market, trying a new way to sell used cars. The dealer probably buying off-lease and rental cars. Tell them what you are looking for and they will try to buy it with the set fee the markup and their profit. Son has bought a few cars that way.

aknowledgeableperson wrote:Is it any different from car dealers displaying vehicles in indoor shopping center? Which they have been doing for decades.

flyingember wrote:the Legends will now have a used car dealer. sort of

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/30/49 ... gns-a.html

it sounds like it's mainly a remote office for cars in *Chillicothe* with some cars on hand

Eon Blue wrote:

flyingember wrote:the Legends will now have a used car dealer. sort of

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/30/49 ... gns-a.html

it sounds like it's mainly a remote office for cars in *Chillicothe* with some cars on hand

This is exactly the type of synergistic amenity that Cerner had in mind when they built out there, right?

pash wrote:The Star: As Kansas agonizes over budget, Wyandotte County ponders a $12 Million annual windfall

Village West's bonds will be paid off early, at some point in 2017, freeing up a decent wad of cash. It's about time WyCo started reinvesting in its old urban core, yet it seems that the early favorite in the race to spend the money is a proposal to use a chunk of it to fund a scant decrease property tax rates. Other brilliant ideas mentioned in the Star's article include spending millions to subsidize an effort to bring a grocery store or other basic services downtown.

Not mentioned: investment in transit infrastructure. But if WyCo's leaders want my advice—and I know, they don't—they should plan to set aside about half of the annual sum and start talking to KCMO about getting its streetcar line extended across the West Bottoms. It's only 1.1 miles down Minnesota Avenue and the viaduct between Sixth Street and the state line, and if WyCo had a credible source for $50MM–$60MM, you might think that would get a serious conversation started. ...