A few of the Kansas City Urban Core Group board members and supporters attended The Whole Person‘s 6th Celebration Awards Luncheon on August 26, 2016. The Celebration Awards Luncheon is held annually, honoring individuals and organizations that are working to further The Whole Persons’ mission to assist people with disabilities to live independently. The Keynote […]

The West Bottoms’ past and present will be celebrated April 24-29 in the second annual Heritage Week. File photo by Keith Myers kmyers@kcstar.com, BY DIANE STAFFORD The past and future of Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms will be highlighted April 24-29 in the district’s second annual Heritage Week. The Historic West Bottoms organization is joined […]

Everything #KC Royals from the KC Star —> Read more here: www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/ ‘The Royals are World Series champs’: Download The Star’s exclusive audio book. MLB Network documentary looks at links between 1985 and 2015 Royals. How to get prints of The Star’s World Series newspapers and the 2015 Royals book. Replay: Royals question-and-answer session with Andy […]

Bob Mayer has been involved with the Urban Core Group for twenty years, and it has taken him all over Kansas City to meet all sorts of people.  As the group prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary, long-time members came together at the Weinberger Fine Art, 114 Southwest Boulevard, to look back at what the […]

Urban Core Group helping revitalize Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local organization called the Urban Core Group is helping to redevelop and revitalize the urban core, and is celebrating it’s 20th anniversary. Over those 20 years, the group has helped transform the metro area into what it is today. If you come to the crossroads, you’ll […]

Flavor Trade’s new retail space continues its commitment to keeping things local.  Flavor Trade—essentially a foodie’s makerspace—launched its retail space in early June. The new store sells Flavor Trade-made products as well as other cooking items, such as local cookbooks, cutting boards and kitchen gadgets. Ideally, owner Shannon Kimball says, the store will eventually be […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City (BBBSKC) creates and supports life-changing friendships for children in Kansas City. The fully renovated headquarters in the Crossroads Arts District is a spectacular facility. The 115 year old building has come to life with great use of technology and modern office furniture, without taking away from the […]

Here is an article in the Kansas City Commercial Real Estate by Metro Wire Media on February 4, 2015.  On January 28th of 2015, Chris Sally of Iconic Development, LLC kicked off our mile-marker year, celebrating 20 years as an organization.