Faces of Northeast: Herbert Hoskins
For the last five-plus years, Herbert Hoskins, Independence Avenue CID Ambassador, has walked Independence Avenue in all kinds of weather conditions, making sure the Avenue was a little bit better…
For the last five-plus years, Herbert Hoskins, Independence Avenue CID Ambassador, has walked Independence Avenue in all kinds of weather conditions, making sure the Avenue was a little bit better…
Charles Anthony Aiello is a lifelong Northeast resident who, for many years, walked everywhere in Northeast, garnering him the nickname “Walkin’ Charlie.” Charlie is a proud 1977 graduate of Northeast…
This week’s Faces of Northeast are two people who dispense happiness to thousands of people on a weekly basis. Dave and Ronnie are donut engineers at Boulevard Bakery, located at…
Clarissa Gonzalez has been living in the Northeast community for nearly 25 years. She is the customer service associate at Walgreens on the corner of Hardesty and Independence, or, in…
Bill McKemy lives with his wife, Jo Ellen, and his two sons, Milton and Neil, in the old Fire Station 23 at St. John and Elmwood. He moved to Northeast…
Mitch Trumpp moved to Northeast in 2012. At the time, Trumpp owned his own business and was renting a house with two refugees from Iraq in the Sheffield Neighborhood. “My…
This week’s Faces of Northeast is kind of special. We’re going to take a step back in time to chat with Park Kaescner, a retired Kansas City Missouri Police Officer…
Purity (Peekay) Kinyua is the community outreach ambassador at the Independence Avenue Community Improvement District in the Northeast. Originally from Kenya, Kinyua moved to the United States in 2001 and…
Eulalia Inman moved to the U.S. from Zacatecas, Mexico in 1995. Her husband’s sister was living in Kansas City at the time, so Northeast is where they bought their first…
Amanda Wilson is currently the program officer at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and works with Community Development Corporations throughout Kansas City. Wilson is the co-chair for the Promoting…