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Title
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Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance Works with Neighbors to Build Communities
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Description
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Article about the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance and its efforts to renovate and remodel homes for a higher quality neighborhood. The Alliance primarily works in three area communities: Vineyard, Blue Hills, and Blue Valley. Includes photos of homes at 5415 E. 16th Terrace; 1418 Denver Street; 5004 Euclid St.; 5032 Michigan St.; 1238 Collins Street; and 4906 Woodland Ave.
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Date
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2003-10-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Rating Our Neighborhoods
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Description
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Series of eight articles about Kansas City neighborhoods. It is similar to one done on the suburbs in 2005. In the initial article, the author points out that on many scores Kansas City's neighborhoods have improved. Charts list various criteria such as crime, city services, housing, etc. and rates trends in each area. Includes a map outlining the six sections of the city covered in subsequent articles along with the list of the official neighborhoods within each.Neighborhoods covered include: Brookside; Ivanhoe-Paseo; Briarcliff; Center Schools Cluster; KCI Cluster; 49/63 Cluster; Shoal Creek Valley, Blue Hills, and 18th & Vine. The Star rated Briarcliff as the best cluster of neighborhoods.
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Date
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2006-12-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Affordable Housing Replaces Dangerous Blight in Blue Hills
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Description
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Partners in the Woodland Redevelopment Project broke ground June 2003 for the construction of affordable housing on the former site of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in the Blue Hills Neighborhood. It's 4.25 acres from 53rd to 54th Streets, Woodland to Highland Avenues. Little Sisters of the Poor had occupied the site for 60 years until 1982. Demolition of the buildings, one of the largest projects the city has ever undertaken, occurred in 1999.
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Date
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2003-07
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
