Grime, Crime and Chime

Grime: Last spring, the Northeast Kansas City (NEKC) Chamber organized a meeting where representatives from KCMO Parks & Recreation, neighborhood leaders, disc golfers, Bike KC, and the Kessler Park Advisory…

Grime, Crime, and Chime

Grime: The Independence Avenue Community Improvement District (CID) Urban Street Ambassador (USA)  teams are actively involved in beautification efforts, such as creating Monarch butterfly migration stations and planting flowers and…

Grime, Crime and Chime

Grime: Our Alley Reclamation Project in the East-West alley between Indiana and Bales Avenues, just north of The Avenue, has produced extremely positive and ongoing results and received great feedback.…

Grime, Crime and Chime

Grime: The Mid America Regional Council (MARC) Solid Waste Management District Grant was utilized to improve a specific alleyway. The improvement plan included installing multilingual signage, wireless trail cameras, and…

Grime, Crime and Chime

Grime: The Independence Avenue CID’s Alley Enhancement Plan involves researching proven methods for improving alleys, and then implementing measures to make the alleys clean, green, and activated. This includes installing…

Grime, Crime and Chime

Grime: Avenue Beautification & Urban Street Ambassadors Over the past Summer The CID planted  thirteen flower beds and planted 128 flower pots, and 38 trees.  The CID removed illegal graffiti…

Grime, Crime, and Chime

Avenue Beautification & Urban Street Ambassadors Alley Cleanups: Eight of our Urban Street Ambassadors (USAs) worked hard in the East-West alley between Hardesty and Denver Avenues, hauling away over 700…

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  • January 10, 2024
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Grime, Crime and Chime

As we begin 2024 and the 11th year for the Independence Avenue Community Improvement District, we remain, as always, focused on our three, key barometers for addressing the quality of…