Next Practice Partners launches 1st Annual Rankings for Social Media Engagement in Parks and Recreation: Kansas City Parks & Recreation ranks #2 overall for 100 largest cities by population “These rankings […]
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On November 21, Kansas City Parks & Recreation celebrated the official opening of the Ryogoku Soccer Academy in Swope Park. Kansas City is a Soccer CityThere is simply no denying
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View the artwork at a ribbon cutting for Maplewoods Parkway on April 26. Kansas City-based artist Beth Nybeck has installed Dream Swept, a new work of public art for Kansas
New work of public art for Maplewoods Parkway Read More »
On April 8th, KC Parks leaders, city officials and Northeast KC stakeholders celebrated the commencement of The Paseo Gateway Intersection project with a groundbreaking. The Paseo Boulevard & Independence Avenue
The Paseo Gateway Intersection Project Begins Read More »
Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted a press conference at MLK Park to highlight the $2.8 million in Community Project Funding he secured to build a pedestrian bridge
Chris Cotten is a parks professional with 30 years of experience in sports management and parks and recreation operations including 16 years as department director in the cities of Salina, Kan.,
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KC Parks has created a new district, The Quality of Life Investment District – to help combat inequity within the parks system. The Quality of Life Investment District (QLID) will now manage all KC Parks within the five zip codes within the City that have the lowest life expectancy. There are a total of 38 Parks (out of 221) within the QLID.
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It’s not every day that we get an NFL MVP to attend a city event. But everyone seemed to enjoy having Patrick Mahomes cut the ribbon on August 28 at
Chiefs MVP Cuts Ribbon for Newest KC Parks Playground! Read More »
Local poet and Executive Director of the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, Glenn North, kicked-off the groundbreaking for the 15 and the Mahomies Playground at Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Place Fit for a King Read More »
“The Kansas City Parks and Boulevards Historic District,” Kansas City, Jackson County, MO, has officially been listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in Community Planning
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