Blight

Since its inception in 2019, the Marlborough Community Land Trust has sold three renovated houses. Each was sold below market rate, in an effort to avoid gentrification.

Under the Paseo bridge at 77th Street in Kansas City, native flowers and insects are springing up thanks to one local artist bringing beauty to a neglected corner of the metro.

Kansas City and private investors are finally starting big redevelopment efforts in the Historic 18th and Vine district, after years of fits and starts. But locals worry that these new projects may come at the cost of its current residents and historic legacy.

A trio of Kansas City business owners is transforming 2000 Vine Street for office and retail use.

A Beacon investigation into Kansas City's 363 listed dangerous buildings reveals a convoluted and confounding system missing one thing: accountability.

Segment 1: Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, can be remembered for more than brick-and-mortar accomplishmentsWith his successor officially sworn in…

Segment 1: With only three weeks left in the regular legislative session there are still major issues to be addressed.From asking Missourians to vote…

Segment 1: Initiative to improve neighborhoods east of Troost Avenue calls for $13 million but fails to identify a source for the needed funds.Ambitious…

Emergency preparedness is in the national consciousness in a big way. Today, the Smart Money Experts make a special trip to the studio to discuss…

Jean Peters Baker's work doesn't end when she steps out of the Jackson County Courthouse. In fact, the county's top prosecutor recently hosted a cleanup…

The push for safe spaces and trigger warnings is leading many educators to more carefully curate their syllabi. The issue inspired creativity in a Kansas…

In many ways, Kansas City, Kansas, is a tale of two cities: growing wealth and optimism out west, dilapidation and empty houses in the east. But Mark…