After struggling for more than 10 years, the Linwood Shopping Center, now being renovated, is creating jobs, removing blight and eliminating an East Side food desert. Established in 2016, the … Read More
Civic Mall TIF Redevelopment Restores Northeast Downtown
The Civic Mall tax increment financing redevelopment plan terminated in January 2018 with completed projects including the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse at 400 E. 9th Street, the Federal Aviation Administration … Read More
Our GIS Partner, LOIS, Makes Presenting Sites and Buildings Even Easier
When it comes to helping businesses expand in Kansas City and attracting new ones to town, we’re always looking for more efficient and effective ways to get the job done. … Read More
Blue River Valley Industrial Corridor (BRVIC) Economic Strategy Launches
An EDCKC-commissioned economic strategic plan, funded by a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, already has spurred implementation on a number of fronts following the plan’s completion in … Read More
Hotel Indigo Opens in Kansas City
Vacant and deteriorating for more than a decade, the historic Brookfield Building at 101 W. 11th St. in Kansas City recently opened as Kansas City’s first and the nation’s 50th … Read More
Budget Cuts Impact Economic Development
This past year saw several state-level budget cuts that have a significant effect on local economic development, and federal tax cuts currently under consideration that would do the same. Earlier … Read More
What’s Next for the New KCI Project
We are thrilled that Kansas City, Missouri, voters overwhelmingly approved building a new single-terminal KCI, showing their belief in our city’s future as a top-tier market. A detailed yearly timeline … Read More
Reclaiming the Blue Valley
HR&A Advisors, real estate and economic development consultants based in New York, presented its findings earlier this fall to EDCKC and its advisory committee on the HRA team’s analysis and … Read More
18th & Vine Redevelopment Update
Dust was flying this morning as a bulldozer knocked down the vacant building at 1501 E. 18th St., making way for the visionary redevelopment that will transform Kansas City’s Historic … Read More
The Grand Boulevard Bridge Has Been Upgraded!
Kansas City recently celebrated some grand improvements to a major bridge in downtown. The Grand Boulevard Bridge over I-670 officially reopened on Friday, December 2nd, right after Kansas City and … Read More