community improvement districts

Businesses were split on their reaction to the vote on April 2 that rejected the extension of a 3/8th-cent sales tax for a ballpark in the Crossroads. Some said the loss of a downtown stadium just blocks away would hinder progress in the district. Others said the campaign was doomed from the start.

These special taxing districts are especially popular in the city's commercial and entertainment districts. But some reports have revealed a lack of accountability and oversight.

From their new spot on the south end of the Historic 18th and Vine district, Vine Street Brewing Company’s owners want to create an inclusive, multicultural atmosphere with artwork, community service, music and — of course — beer.

The once-a-decade review of city council districts offers some drastic changes. The council has until the end of December to approve a final map.

Trust Neighborhoods has a blueprint for developing low-income communities minus gentrification and displacement.

Historian Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. highlights the lessons on race in America's history through the writings of James Baldwin, and Trust Neighborhoods has a blueprint for developing low-income communities minus gentrification and displacement.

There's been a lot of debate lately over proposed Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) — namely, over two luxury hotels who were approved to establish…

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Plaza’s InterContinental would seek blight status from Kansas City so it could establish a special sales tax…

In Kansas City these days, the phrase “tax-increment financing” generates lively conversation. But a different type of economic development tool, called…

Whenever you make a purchase at the Ward Parkway Center, say a pair of shoes or a dress, you pay the customary 8.35 percent Kansas City sales tax on every…

A Kansas City council committee continued to hear from the public on plans to tighten rules on community improvement districts. CIDs are areas the city…

The Kansas City Council has been talking about tightening up on community improvement districts since this summer, but the talk goes on with no decision…