Economic Development

Commercials, TV shows and movies can provide an economic boost — if they're shot in your city or state. In the fall of 2013, when Gone Girl filmed in Cape…

For people on fixed incomes, being priced out of house and home by redevelopment and rising property values is a real concern. Today, we learn how…

The U.S. Department of Commerce is awarding $1.6 million to the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation of Greater Kansas City, or HEDC.The grant,…

A proposed $30 million extension of the downtown streetcar to Kansas City's Berkley Riverfront could substantially boost development opportunities and…

Winslow’s BBQ, a City Market institution that traces its roots to the “roaring” River Quay days in 1971, is going out of business next month.The barbecue…

Darrel Urban stands in front of a newly-dug pit the size of two football fields laid end-to-end, and ten feet deep. Soon, it will be full of hog waste,…

Emergency preparedness is in the national consciousness in a big way. Today, the Smart Money Experts make a special trip to the studio to discuss…

Alexander Austin has worked on some big canvases as one of the city's preeminent street muralists, but the new assignment he's executing in the Power &…

Last week, Amazon announced that it's looking for a new city for its second headquarters. Could KC be that city? And do we want to be the kind of city…

Kansas City is launching an effort to be the home to Amazon’s second corporate headquarters.Amazon plans to plow more $5 billion into building another…

Craig Slawson knows a lot about oil exploration, a business his family has been in for 60 years.In that industry, when you find a "play," you’ve…

The $39 million redevelopment of the former Kemper Arena into a amateur sports complex that's expected to draw a half million out-of-town visitors to the…