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The long-stalled Mission Gateway project, a $268 million redevelopment plan whose future has been up in the air for a decade, is back on the table again. Plus: After a medical condition abruptly ended Marcus Walker's pro basketball career, he's turned to teaching the next generation in Kansas City.

Gov. Mike Parson proposed a $69 million investment to convert 78 additional miles of the Rock Island corridor into trail, but his plan got cut by the Senate. Still, communities along the trail are forging ahead despite the absence of legislative support.

A $1.2 billion plan dubbed the Gateway South Project would see the land south of the St. Louis Arch grounds transformed into entertainment, residential, recreation and industry space.

Good Development Group owns or controls approximately 50 acres of "potential development site" located south of Interstate 64 and proposes developing the location into a residential, retail, entertainment, office and industrial area.

This latest version of the much-watched Mission Gateway project devotes more space to residential units and less square footage to a proposed retail aspect and food hall. A previous agreement with the city expired after developers failed to make enough progress.

As it did with its original stretch of track, KC Streetcar is renewing development interest in properties along its extended route.

Independence Mayor Rory Rowland signed an ordinance Wednesday approving the development of a 1,200 acre industrial park in eastern Jackson County. Construction is expected to begin in August.

After the buildings on the corner of 31st and Main streets were threatened with demolition, 4th District council members moved to give those properties historic designation.

The COVID-19 pandemic sent everybody but essential employees to work from home. Now some office workers want to continue that model or have a hybrid work schedule leaving empty office spaces.

Nearly a dozen stores, both local shops and national chains, have closed their Plaza locations over the past year.

After years of fits and starts, Kansas City's historic 18th and Vine district is finally seeing private money flowing in, but longtime residents fear that redevelopment might price them out. Plus, a video about "white privilege" is shaking up a school district outside Wichita, Kansas.

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.