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KCMO is building a skate park under the Buck O’Neil Bridge (and tagging artists for the blank canvas)

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2025

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Local artists can have a hand in creating public art to accompany a planned skate park between River Market and the…

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These 15 KCMO projects just got a $19M+ boost; funding focused on inclusive community investments

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2025

A pair of high-profile projects at 18th and Vine — restoring the Boone Theater and its Kansas City jazz legacy, along with transforming the long-vacant Workhouse Castle into a boutique hotel — offer just a few notes from a chorus of just-funded redevelopment initiatives aimed at buoying small business and tackling challenges in Kansas City’s urban core.…

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‘America the Entrepreneurial’: Can builders restore the promise of ‘the most courageous startup the world has ever seen?’ 

By Tommy Felts / July 3, 2025

Risk-takers set the story of the United States of America in motion, said Victor W. Hwang, lamenting a modern day reality where needless barriers too often work against entrepreneurs and young businesses. An upcoming milestone birthday for the nation offers a focal point for restoring a coast-to-coast commitment to supporting builders and dreamers, he said,…

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This Blue Valley teen uses AI to research cancer; Trump’s budget cuts could halt his work

By Tommy Felts / July 2, 2025

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. An Overland Park high schooler traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for cancer research funding after the Trump administration proposed slashing…

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KC arts groups ‘left reeling’ after MO governor slashes millions from budget

By Tommy Felts / July 2, 2025

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Months after area arts and culture nonprofits saw a loss of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Gov. Mike…

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