Businesses along Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, are taking a hit as customers stay home and cut back on spending.
Mark Wiebe
Mark Wiebe is a freelance journalist and former reporter for The Kansas City Star. He lives in Roeland Park, Kansas, with his wife Anne and calico cat, Cooper.
Posted inState Government
State line competition complicates economic development for the Kansas City metro
The Kansas City region is a major contributor to the economies of Missouri and Kansas despite border competition that has fueled massive government giveaways. Will efforts to finance stadiums for the Chiefs and Royals undermine a fragile truce?
Posted inState Government
One reason Kansas City has lousy public transit: state line
Recently, Richard Jarrold hopped on a bus to get from his office in the east Crossroads to an auto shop in Overland Park. The trip took nearly two hours, four times longer than driving a car. He had to wait for buses at 18th Street and Troost Avenue, at Grand Boulevard and 18th, and once […]
Posted inState Government
How Kansas City is both defined, and held back, by the state line
The Kansas-Missouri border splits Kansas City and divides the metro region more evenly, and sometimes problematically, than any American metro region cut in two by a state line.
Posted inHousing
Two homes, one lot and a possible way to make homeownership more in reach in Wichita
As Julie Moore and her elderly parents prepared to move from Oklahoma City to Wichita, they had some very specific needs. They wanted to be close to family and friends north of the city. And with Moore working from home, they needed enough space for her to do her medical coding and for her parents […]