Kansas City

2023 - 1 - 21

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Why is Kansas City's transit agency giving out tax breaks for housing ... (KCUR)

KCATA's development arm aims to create walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods with easy access to public transit. But some Kansas City leaders are concerned ...

The total amount of abated revenue per student is significantly higher for KCPS than for the neighboring suburban school districts. This study, conducted by an independent financial analyst, will determine the size of tax break that is necessary for the developer to break even. “We need to let you know for transparency’s sake, but it’s not to negotiate. Based on how many policy goals the development meets, RKCDC gives the developer a “heat map” score. This does not include KCATA, which is a federal agency that covers portions of both Kansas and Missouri. [tax exemptions](https://kcbeacon.org/stories/2022/12/28/tax-incentives-terms-defined-glossary/) for a string of mixed-use housing developments across the city. For example, the Waldo74Broadway project did not include an affordable housing set-aside, despite being located within Kansas City limits. (EDC) requires this analysis, but the Referred to as “transit-oriented development,” the idea is that transportation should be considered at every stage of planning for neighborhood development. For example, KCATA has been working with developers of the Panasonic plant coming to De Soto, Kansas, to ensure that the plant’s future employees can easily commute by public transit. The first is federal grant programs that can fund projects in line with transit-oriented development. “If you look at the history of America, everything was built around transportation,” he said.

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Connie Mae Gooden, retired nurse and mother of Kansas City ghost ... (Kansas City Star)

She was a retired nurse and mom to Black paranormal investigator Marie Jackson. Gooden died from bladder cancer at age 65.

He was the fourth of his parents’ nine children. King loved cars and was talented in his ability to work on them. Waiting until after the death of her father, Jackson told her mother she wanted to hunt ghosts. She had to work so hard to keep up with the kids and the house and just make sure that everyone was solid. Ransom was born to Grover and Eugenia Ransom on April 6, 1959, in Kansas City. She had to be that pillar of support for everyone,” she says She would just be over at my house talking to me and out of nowhere just start cleaning up.” That meant so much to me,” she says. “She told me that she was so proud of me,” says Jackson, whom The Star profiled in 2021. “My mom was like the compass that guided the family. Jackson remembers the household being a strict place under the authoritative rule of her father. Losing her mother, Connie Mae Gooden, a steadfast supporter of a career many would scoff at, Jackson is comforted by the feeling that her mother’s spirit still remains close.

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His first fame came on a KC Jumbotron. His new mission began the ... (Kansas City Star)

Jimmy Faseler, a big Kansas City baseball fan, urges giving blood after he was shot during a robbery at his Independence, Missouri, home.

He had been “paraded around” — everyone from reporters to well-wishers wanted to see him in the hospital — and had enjoyed the attention to a point. So he donated and posted a selfie on Instagram to encourage others to do the same. The center arranged for him to meet eight of the 28 people whose blood saved his life. And even cancer patients, all the way to infants in neonatal.” He works in auto parts sales and calls himself “Tommy Boy,” the screw-up heir to a family auto parts company played by the late Chris Farley in the 1995 comedy. Many “wouldn’t be alive today if it weren’t for the incredible generosity and goodwill of those who donated the blood,” he said. And it was kinda weird to think about: This is it,” he said. It wasn’t easy for Faseler to stay calm, bleeding out in the dark that night, scared he would get shot again and unable to remember his address for the 911 dispatcher. Faseler grew up in Nixa, Missouri, outside of Springfield, a small town that holds allegiances to the St. Faseler is quick with the laughs, even when the topic is his near-death. [Kansas City’s Community Blood Center](https://savealifenow.org/) needs more Jimmy Faselers as it tries to resolve a years-long shortage of blood exacerbated by the pandemic. The newspaper will host a drive with the Community Blood Center on Tuesday, Jan.

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