City Council approves Bannister redevelopment
Category: In the Media
Posted: December 16, 2007
Full Story - KANSAS CITY STAR
BY KEVIN COLLISON
A soccer-oriented redevelopment plan for the beleaguered Bannister Mall area, touted by backers as the salvation of south Kansas City, was approved unanimously Thursday by the Kansas City Council.
Finance Committee recommends approval of compromise plan for Bannister Mall area
Category: In the Media
Posted: December 12, 2007
Full Story - KANSAS CITY STAR
BY KEVIN COLLISON
A proposal to redevelop the Bannister Mall area with a project anchored by a Wizards soccer stadium was endorsed today following a compromise that won support from Mayor Mark Funkhouser.
AS I SEE IT: The Three Trails redevelopment can turn area around
Category: In the Media
Posted: December 10, 2007
Full Story - KANSAS CITY STAR
BY Councilman John A. Sharp
Along with my 6th District colleague, at-large council member Cathy Jolly, I would admit that Kansas City government has sometimes given tax breaks to developers that didn’t make a lot of sense.
Sometimes the projects probably could have been built without tax incentives or needed fewer ones than what was granted. Sometimes they were in desirable, rather than blighted areas of town. Sometimes they had little or no community support and were opposed by other taxing jurisdictions, such as the affected school districts.
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