KC Week in Review
July 13, 2013

Dissecting Kansas City's All-Star moment on the national stage. Plus, the Plaza hotel controversy, KU earns NCI designation, still waiting at the Kansas DMV and moving forward with a UMKC downtown arts campus.

THIS WEEK: Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 7:30 pm
(Rebroadcast Sunday @ 11 am )


ALL STAR POST-MORTEM: Dissecting Kansas City’s moment on the national stage. The All-Star highs and lows and the city’s plans for landing the next big event….

KU NATIONAL CANCER CENTER DESIGNATION: The news was leaked two weeks ago. This week it’s made official.

PLAZA HOTEL: Remember the Plaza office tower controversy? Is there about to be another big building tug-of-war this time over plans by Hyatt to construct a 12-story luxury hotel on the Country Club Plaza and they are asking for $11 million in TIF money to make it happen.

UMKC ARTS CAMPUS: The University of Missouri, Kansas City shortlists three sites for a new downtown arts campus that will include the Conservatory of Music and the school’s theater program.

DMV WAITS CONTINUE IN KANSAS: Three months after new computers were installed at county vehicle registration offices in Kansas, why are drivers still waiting upwards of five and six hours to get their tags renewed? Johnson County officials even ask to return to the old system.

THIS WEEK’S NEWS REVIEWERS:

Kevin Kietzman
Sports Radio 810 WHB

Kevin Collison
Kansas City Star

Chris Hernandez
41 Action News

Dave Helling
Kansas City Star



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