29 JUN 2024 · On this week’s Northeast Newscast, we bring the first component to a new feature: Between the Avenue. Combining written, audio and photographic elements, we delve into issues present beyond Independence Avenue — within the Northeast community.  Alongside Fourth District-at-Large Councilman, Crispin Rae, we address the illegal dumping epidemic within our neighborhoods. Illegal dumping includes the unauthorized discarding of materials and items on vacant public lots and properties. However, Kansas City is actively working to combat this crisis through its new docket, which hones in on stricter enforcement and penalization.  For more information on this docket, and additional developed regulations surrounding illegal dumping, tune in to this week’s Northeast Newscast.  To see further aspects of this “Between the Avenue” feature, look out for the July 17 edition of the Northeast News. 

25 JUN 2024 · On this week’s Northeast Newscast, we revisit our business spotlight podcast series with Kelsey Goff — community outreach and marketing coordinator for Essig Family McDonalds.   Essig — a family company — owns Northeast’s own McDonalds location at Independence and Hardesty. Community engagement, a pivotal concept for Essig, led the company to assist Whatsoever Community Center at 12th and Ewing, following its boxing-equipment robbery.   Tune into this week’s newscast for all things McDonalds on Independence and Hardesty. 

15 JUN 2024 · This week, The Northeast News sat down with Co-Founders of UNESCO Creative Cities Kansas City, Dr. Jacob Wagner and Anita Dixon-Brown, to discuss Creative City Kansas City’s two kick-off events next week. A Return to UNESCO: A United States Dialogue, a conference focused on the United States return to UNESCO. Then, June 24 to 28, Creative City KC hosts the Foresight Film and Music Workshop — which will focus on fostering new business growth, developing youth workforce skills and creating a sustainability path of culture and heritage through the Arts. 

12 JUN 2024 · Join us in welcoming Glenn North to this week’s Northeast newscast. North serves as director of inclusive learning and creative impact at Kansas City Museum. With over 20 years of museum experience, he brings his vast knowledge of culture and education to this community.  An institution, which opened to the public in 1940 — this museum prepares for its upcoming Juneteenth celebrations.  Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day General Gordan Granger, and U.S. Union Army, announced in Galveston, Tx., the freedom of all enslaved African Americans, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.  Author and founder of Black Archives of mid-America INC —Horace M Peterson — played a pivotal role in Kansas City’s earliest African American heritage remembrances, which span decades. North highlights Horace, as well as the museums’ screening of the film “Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom,” June 16.  RSVP required for screening.  For more information on museum-hosted Juneteenth events — or Kansas City Museum inquiries  — visit its website: https://kansascitymuseum.org/. 

11 JUN 2024 · This week’s podcast wraps up our neighborhood series of podcasts, as we sit down with Paseo-West Neighborhood Association President, Evie Craig.The Paseo West neighborhood is bounded on the north by Independence Avenue, on the west by I-70/35, on the south by 12th street and the east by The Paseo.The Paseo West neighborhood is an eclectic mix of roughly 85% business and industrial properties and roughly 15% residential properties. Currently under way on The Paseo, is a huge, residential revitalization project of  Jazz Hill Homes’ buildings between 12th and 14th along the west side of The Paseo Boulevard. When complete, the project will provide nearly 200, newly renovated and remodeled, affordable housing units.The Paseo West Neighborhood Association meets at 9:30 a.m., the fourth wednesday of every other month. The next meeting will be June 26th. For more information, visit the Paseo West Neighborhood Facebook page. 

1 JUN 2024 · Sit down with the Northeast Newscast with Michaelbushnell and Lykins Neighborhood Association Vice President Diana Graham. The Lykins Neighborhood is transforming with improved housing and accessible green spaces in Lykins Square Park and the 9th & Van Brunt soccer facility, enhancing residents' quality of life. Diverse, with nearly 20 languages spoken at Whittier Elementary, the area is bordered by Independence Avenue, the Kansas City Terminal Railroad, and Benton Boulevard. The Lykins Resource Center at 715 Jackson Avenue offers resources for homeowners, renters, immigration issues, technology, and various classes. Redevelopment includes affordable housing and new townhomes. For more information on the Lykins neighborhood and how you can get involved, stop by the Resource Center during business hours or visit the neighborhood’s website at: https://www.lykinsneighborhood.com/. 

25 MAY 2024 · This week we sit down with Chris Ross, Operations Manager at Custom Truck One Source located on the site of the old Armco steel plant. Custom Truck was founded in April of 1996 with a one-acre site on Manchester Trafficway in the Blue River Industrial District. The company moved to the old Cummins engine plant on Gardner Avenue in December of 1996.  In 2005, after multiple floods along Gardner Avenue, Ross found buildings on the south side of the old Armco site. The family pulled together, renovated the initial building and in Ross’ words, “it just kind of took off,” after that.    Over time, more property was acquired and the company continued to grow and Ross credits much of the company’s growth and their continued success to divine providence and a strong family work ethic. “We have been blessed, it's been a lot of hard work, a lot of stress, pain, but the end result has been phenomenal, it literally changed our lives and really the lives of people we’ve brought around us and I think the Northeast area,” Ross said.   To find out more about the Ross family and Custom Truck One Source, listen to this week’s podcast on your favorite podcast platform. 

18 MAY 2024 · Join us in a conversation with Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association President  Jacob Luke. The Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood, named after Reverend Nathan Scarritt, a Methodist missionary and educator, traces its origins to 1845 when Scarritt traveled from Lebanon, Illinois to Fayette, Missouri, founding Central Methodist University.The Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association (SRNA) was chartered on September 18, 1986. Its boundaries are Chestnut Avenue (west), Jackson Avenue (east), Independence Avenue (south), and the Cliff Drive Scenic Byway (north).SRNA has hosted events like Historic Homes Tours in the 1990s and 2000s, attracting over 1,500 visitors. The annual Scare-It Halloween event on October 31 draws up to 5,000 people, featuring decorated homes along Gladstone Boulevard.The neighborhood includes two National Register Historic Districts, featuring over 150 historic properties along Gladstone and Benton Boulevards, including the recently renovated Kansas City Museum.President Jacob Luke highlighted projects such as restoring the Colonnade, planning for Kessler Park, and the St. John Avenue traffic calming study. Approaching its 38th anniversary, the neighborhood continues its development in collaboration with partners like Legal Aid of Western Missouri and the Lykins Neighborhood Trust.SRNA, a registered 501(c)(3), meets bi-monthly at the Kansas City Museum. More information can be found at scarrittkc.org.

11 MAY 2024 · Welcome to the Northeast Newscast. Step into the vibrant streets of the Sheffield neighborhood with host Michael Bushnell and Sheffield Neighborhood Association President, Mark Morales, as they uncover the heart and soul of the Sheffield neighborhood. Nestled between Independence Avenue and Hardesty Avenue, Sheffield boasts a rich history shaped by the now-closed Sheffield/ARMCO Steel plant, once a beacon of employment for locals. Join us as we discuss the neighborhood's upcoming projects and past successes.  This podcast is the fifth installment of our neighborhood podcast series. 

4 MAY 2024 · This week The Northeast Newscast sits down with Indian Mound President Jimmy Fitzner to talk about some of the activities and challenges the neighborhood organization is tackling. Indian Mound is the largest of all the neighborhoods that comprise Historic Northeast, bordered by Independence Avenue on the south, Gladstone Boulevard on the north, Belmont Blvd. on the east and Jackson/Sunrise/Elmwood on the west. Indian Mound is one of Northeast’s “newer” old neighborhoods with development beginning in the early 1900’s and progressing through the 1940’s post-war period. The neighborhood is home to a very active neighborhood organization that embraces their diversity and is quickly becoming known as a burgeoning arts enclave. Some of Indian Mound’s better known assets are historic Budd Park, the Indian Mound that overlooks the Missouri River Valley, one of Kansas City’s oldest Jewish cemeteries and of course, the neighborhood can lay claim to at least half of the infamous Independence Avenue “truck-eating” bridge.