Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City

Eastern Airlines currently operates 12 airplanes, though it does not offer commercial passenger service out of Kansas City. Relocating its headquarters here required a $4.7 million investment.

Federal agents now control several accounts and two cars that they say were funded or bought with misappropriated funds by former Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City controller Lee Brown.

A new lawsuit accuses the former leader at one of Kansas City's major economic development agencies of lying about his credentials and wiring himself millions of dollars. Plus, the AFC Championship game is back in Kansas City for the fifth year in a row — and business is booming.

The Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City sued Lee Brown, claiming he misrepresented nearly every fact about his professional life to get the job and then used his position to steer agency funds to his bank account.

City estimates show Kansas City Public Schools missed out on $45 million in tax revenue last year because of tax breaks for developers and businesses — and that amount has only been growing over the last five years.

Are city code citations putting home-ownership out of reach for low-income residents? We continue our week-long series exploring housing issues in Kansas City. Plus, the chief executive at the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City was fired recently for allegedly misusing funds — including to pay her husband and give herself a loan.

It’s not often in the public eye, but the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City is an influential organization that has shaped commercial development in the city. The ouster of its leader has placed the EDC in the spotlight.

The Kansas City tenant’s rights group has proposed setting up a trust fund to build low-income housing and aid renters, with most of the money coming from the police budget.

A City Council committee Wednesday endorsed a rule requiring the top employees of any organization receiving significant financial support from Kansas City, Missouri to live in the city with a salary no higher than the city manager.

The Kansas City Star’s front page on December 7, 1997, made a big splash about the $500 million construction just starting in the southern metro area.…

Segment 1: How tax increment financing helps blighted neighborhoods.Last week, we heard arguments opposed to tax increment financing, a tax abatement…

Much of Kansas City’s economic development over the past few decades is thanks, in part, to tax breaks given to developers by the city. The shops at Zona…