Kansas City retailers are selling online later than their customers started buying
The sale is happening on a phone. The store was designed on a laptop. That gap is where the money goes.
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KCPS enrolment rises for a second year, and the budget follows
Two years of growth does not undo fifteen years of decline, but it changes what the district can plan for.
Floodwall repairs begin on the north bank after a decade of deferral
The levee held in 2019. It held with less margin than anyone at the time knew.
Plaza retail vacancy falls below 8 percent for the first time since 2019
The recovery is real. It is also mostly service businesses moving into space that used to hold apparel.
The Royals ballpark debate has a new number, and it changes the argument
The private share went up. The public share went up too. Both numbers are larger than the last version.
Olathe enters phase two of downtown renewal with 180 housing units
The first phase proved the demand. The second phase tests whether the street grid can absorb it.
Kansas City startups raised $74 million in the third quarter
Three deals account for 81 percent of the quarter. That is not a healthy distribution.
A third of Kansas City customers now start with an AI answer, not a search result
The customer is not scrolling through ten blue links. They are reading one paragraph and deciding.
Housing trust fund breaks ground on 312 units across four sites
Four sites, four developers, one financing structure that took three years to get right.
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