Economic Development

The announcement comes just over two weeks after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $50 million grant for a southbound extension to the University of Missouri- Kansas City.

Several council members objected to an $80 million contract that was awarded to an out-of-town firm.

With the coronavirus changing how we live and work, professionals who once fled the Midwest are giving Kansas City and surrounding communities a second look.

BlueScope Construction has already pulled $7 million in tax revenue away from schools and libraries and is asking for another $8.4 million in incentives to stay in Kansas City.

Tax incentives again become a source of contention, on top of the pandemic cutting into the city’s revenues. But BlueScope Construction says its extension was in the works before the truce between Kansas and Missouri, while Kansas City Public Schools argue it’s not worth the loss in public funding.

The City Council approved $500,000 in March, but the Economic Development Corporation says contract negotiations with city staff have stalled.

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