development

How urban Kansas City became a parking lot hot spot, and recognizing the power athletes have to influence social movements.

Kansas City unveiled FOCUS, its original Comprehensive Plan, in 1997. This year marks the first overhaul of that framework, called The KC Spirit Playbook.

In most parts of the Kansas City area you don’t have to go far to spend time in nature. But growth and economics can often rise to challenge those green public spaces.

A Kansas City alt-weekly celebrates 40 years, tensions arise between development and conservation efforts along the Blue River watershed, and universities experienced in distance learning offer advice for a successful transition to online education.

A parks board commissioner has proposed renaming the J.C. Nichols Fountain. Its namesake was a prominent real estate developer who used restrictive covenants to keep African Americans and Jews from living in his projects.

Opposition is growing to the proposed redevelopment of an old hospital in south Kansas City that could be made into a detention center to house immigrant…

Segment 1: What are the big housing and development stories in Kansas City right now?The guiding question for KCUR's reporters headed into 2020 is: Where…

The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. Find the State of Kansas City…

They're both from Kansas City's East Side, but the couple met at a conference in Cincinnati. Ever since they've been dreaming of making things happen for…

For Willie Vader, the Johnson County Courthouse can't be demolished soon enough. "That is the single biggest thing that could help downtown Olathe, what…

Segment 1: The new structures and businesses making news in Downtown Kansas City.Some of the more noteworthy announcements in recent downtown development…

Segment 1: Johnson County activists say there are signs to look for when detecting illicit sex trafficking businesses.The business of sex trafficking…