KCRag Forum

Last week, councilman Jermaine Reed introduced ordinances that would make it easier to get liquor licenses around 18th and Vine.

“The business case at work here is the city is doing all it can to demonstrate … we support our business owners, which will include new restaurants and clubs,” Reed told me.

Under one current ordinance, by-the-drink bars are generally limited to one license for every 1,500 residents within 3,000 feet of an establishment. Reed’s plan would waive that restriction for 18th and Vine.

Another ordinance prohibits a bar license within 300 feet of a church or school unless they give permission. Reed wants to end that requirement at 18th and Vine too.

rxlexi wrote:On a side note, really wish the Peach Tree had never closed the 18th location to move to P&L, and eventually fold the "fine dining" concept.

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Last year Alta Vista could barely interest enough players to field a full baseball roster. But now, with the new Kansas City MLB Urban Youth Academy in their backyard, the team roster has nearly tripled.

Major League Baseball and the Kansas City Royals hope every school in the urban core will be similarly transformed with the official opening Thursday, March 29, of the $21 million state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor baseball facility.

The academy will host a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. prior to Thursday afternoon's Royals opening day game against the Chicago White Sox.

On Saturday, the academy will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., when members of the community can sign up for programs, test out the grounds and tour one of the most talked about development projects in the city.

Designed by Populus and J.E. Dunn Construction in the 18th and Vine District, the academy features four outdoor fields — two regulation baseball fields, one softball and one Little League. Those have been open for months.

The big reveal will be the sprawling 38,000-square-foot indoor facility. The outside walls are covered in colorful murals of baseball players in hues of black and brown, Caribbean and Latin American flags and portraits of Kansas City baseball royalty such as Satchel Paige, George Brett and Salvador Perez.
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Acting to exert greater control over the financially strapped American Jazz Museum, the Kansas City Council's Finance and Audit Committee Wednesday approved two ordinances that would halt any new city money going to the museum, remove Third District councilpeople from the board and, eventually, clear the way for Mayor Sly James to name a new board of directors.

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