Potential Privately Owned Playground Coming to Beacon Hill

Kansas City may help fund a playground to be privately owned by a homeowners association in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood just east of Troost Avenue.
Beacon Hill
Kansas City may help fund a playground to be privately owned by a homeowners association in a quickly gentrifying neighborhood just east of Troost Avenue.
From The Kansas City Star, April 2, 2016, by Lynn Horsley When Truman Medical Center abandoned plans last June for a major grocery store at 27th and Troost, neighbors and city officials were deeply disappointed. But now negotiations with two experienced development groups hold new promise for that prominent intersection southeast of downtown. A selection…
By MIKE SHERRY • FEB 8, 2016 Urban residents in Kansas City want the same fresh offerings that are available at suburban supermarkets, such as this display at the Corinth Square Hen House Market in Prairie Village. CREDIT MIKE SHERRY / HEARTLAND HEALTH MONITOR Residents living just south of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, might just…