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adminOn this week’s episode of the Northeast Newscast we’re at KC Parks and Recreation with Environmental Manager Stephen Van Rhein. We discuss upcoming clean ups for Earth Day, identifying native…
adminOn this week’s episode of the Northeast Newscast, we’re joined by Christina at Hoxie Collective for details on the final Kessler Park Plan Open House. We discuss the feedback from…
adminAt Tuesday’s Kansas City Parks and Recreation Board meeting, Commissioners approved an agreement with Jolt Lighting to bring Winter Magic, Kansas City’s premier drive through holiday lights display, to Cliff…
adminBy Michael Bushnell “See Kansas City and know what you’re seeing,” states the description on the back of this Curt Teich vintage 1920’s color postcard showing the Yellow Cab Company’s…
adminThe City Council has approved a $1.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 that supports major improvements to essential services like street repair and resurfacing, snow removal, cleaning up trash…
adminBy Michael Bushnell The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council as “a hideaway of woodlands,…
The Cliff Drive Gate One cleanup on Wednesday, March 9 brought out nearly 50 parks employees, a dozen volunteers and KC Parks Ambassadors, and the new Director of Kansas City…
adminFollowing attempts by neighbors to get the Kansas City Park and Recreation Department to address a homeless camp just inside Gate One of Cliff Drive, a comprehensive clean up strategy…
adminUnhoused people started a fire on Cliff Drive between gates one and two on Tuesday afternoon, sparking frustration among residents of Historic Northeast and recreational users of Kessler Park. A…
By Abby Hoover Last week, Kansas City Parks and Recreation crews from districts all over the city converged on the reservoir at Kessler Park in Historic Northeast. KC Parks QLID…
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