ideas, ramblings, and coverage of kc urban development

Obsessing lately about why kids belong in cities and why Kansas City should make education its number-one priority, I’ve been reading about Francesco Tonucci, an Italian intellectual that focuses on the role of children within the urban ecosystem. Tonucci is adamant about the importance of (reasonable) risk in children’s lives. Risk leads to discovery, learning, and growth, as much in children as it does in adults, a

I’ve mused about kids in Kansas City before. My point was that young people really like living in Kansas City but often feel like it’s only a matter of time before they’ll have to leave (schools, safety, backyards, yadda yadda). In that post I also very briefly mentioned the benefits that families bring to cities, although this article does a much better job of that AND it raises an important questi

Kansas City has done a fairly good job of attracting young people to urban neighborhoods.  If it wants to keep these residents around for a while – and it should, as they’re upwardly mobile and, best of all, they love the city – it now needs to become kid-friendly. Like, urgently. Young residents have brought new energy to formerly neglected areas of Kansas City. You’ve probably seen them in their yoga outfits buying

Recently I blogged about five steps to take if you’re just beginning to look for a home. While those steps are good starting points, they don’t really cover all the tools I used through the home searching/buying process. A big factor in how daunting the home search is has to do with how well equipped you are – so I figured I would share what carried me through – four tools to use while searchi