If you build it, they will come: KC leaders pitch downtown baseball to expats eying a return to home plate

By Tommy Felts | September 24, 2024

Downtown baseball remains a winning prospect for Kansas City — and the Royals — civic and business leaders told a crowd of former residents who are considering a move back to KC, encouraging them to imagine a homecoming of big league proportions. “I think everyone agrees that Major League Baseball is a downtown sport,” Jon Stephens,…

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FAQ: How KC’s riverfront is going from a dumping ground to an entertainment district

By Tommy Felts | May 20, 2024

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Kansas City Beacon, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert. Click here to read the original story from The Kansas City Beacon, an online news outlet focused on local, in-depth journalism…

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Come to the water: How KC Current’s stadium-side $200M mixed-use development could lure Kansas City back to the riverfront

By Tommy Felts | April 23, 2024

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Kansas City PBS/Flatland, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, The Kansas City Beacon, and Missouri Business Alert. Click here to read the original story. [divide] A $200 million project that will include 400 apartments along with retail…

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Scoring Google’s $1B data center feels like Super Bowl overtime as KC keeps notching wins, officials say

By Tommy Felts | March 20, 2024

Kansas City is hitting it out of the ballpark, said Mike Parson, returning from the governor’s office to the region Wednesday for yet another major economic development announcement — this time, a billion-dollar Google data center coming in 2025. “Maybe I should say, ‘You’re hitting it out of the ballpark and scoring touchdowns,” Parson, R-Missouri, told…

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