Half a century ago, Kansas City destroyed its downtown to make way for parking. What if we used that same no-constraints, top-down approach, but this time to right the wrongs of the past?
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Kansas City is known for its beautiful fountains, but Parks and Rec says the city doesn’t have the funds to maintain this source of civic pride.
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The modern conceit is that we are far more advanced than the people of past generations—but how do our cities really stack up against those of the past?
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Rebecca McQuillen and Rodger Kube are helping stabilize a neighborhood and create homeownership opportunities.
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Gregg Lombardi is helping unite resources, organizations, and legal strategies to support a Kansas City neighborhood.
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When (if ever) should taxpayers subsidize a new pro sports stadium?
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The Kansas City Royals are considering building a new stadium downtown. But who should pay for it: the princes (team owners) or the paupers (taxpayers)?
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One family’s history tells volumes about the development of Kansas City since the 1950s.
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Cities must be discerning in how they incentivize development. Let’s look at two examples to see what to do, and what not to do.
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The 85th percentile rule makes it hard to ensure safe streets, so residents of northeast Kansas City took matters into their own hands.
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Michael Kelley is helping to make Kansas City a place where getting around is easy and affordable for everyone.
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When it comes to reparations, mayors are turning their good intentions into action, using tools they already have.
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Through concerted and creative efforts to know their neighbors, listen to resident concerns and educate people on the city’s trajectory, these planning professionals are going against the grain and fighting for the city they love.
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Are cities being preempted almost to the point of irrelevance?
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There is nothing stopping local leaders from addressing their community’s legacy of racial injustice. Here is a credible plan for getting started.
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Kansas City is a powerful case study for the ruinous effects of the suburban experiment. Can it also be a model for choosing a better way?
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Our new e-book on Kansas City is here! It’s a data-driven exploration of the city’s history of growing beyond its means—and what the path back to resilience and prosperity might look like.
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This year, Strong Towns went deep — really deep — on how Kansas City typifies the tragic consequences of the suburban experiment. Here are 3 things we’ve seen as a result of this deep-dive into KC’s past, present and future.
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Kansas City’s path forward is simple yet powerful. It needs to recommit to its own strengths—the same ones that built the city in the first place.
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The Strong Towns podcast returns with a look at why we shouldn’t wait for top-down solutions to problems that can be addressed—at least in part—much closer to home.
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