The recent announcement that market-rate apartments with 228-units near 130th Street and State Avenue is good news. West Wyandotte County must have adequate housing for the employees that are and will come to the community during the next several years. Business West is also encouraged with the market-rate apartment development that is planned [...]
When I attended the Kansas City, Kansas, School Board meeting recently at the district office, there was considerable discussion about the 2012-2013 budget. I couldn’t help but recall may days in a one-room rural school and its budget. As I remember the annual budget (for nine months) was about $5,000. Most of that [...]
Mayor Joe Reardon recently spoke to the membership of Business West at the organization’s summer membership meeting. One of the highlights of his presentation was the proposal that the Unified Government waive its building fees through 2013 in an effort to jump start residential development. There is no question whether or not [...]
The Kansas Board of Regents recently approved a requirement that will increase the academic admission standards at the University of Kansas effective in 2016. I have mixed feelings about this move. But first, let me disclose a few matters. When the Boss Lady and I went to KU, there was an [...]
This week 44 years ago The Wyandotte West was born out of a townhouse basement near 70th Street and State Avenue. That newspaper continues today through the weekly print edition of the Wyandotte Daily News and its electronic edition, wyandottedailynews.com. There have been many changes in the newspaper business and in [...]