For the first time in its 107-year history, one million guests enjoyed the Kansas City Zoo. Reaching that historical number in 2016 would not have happened without the support received from Clay and Jackson Counties. On December 28, Jackson County Executive Frank White, Kansas City Mayor Pro Tem Scott Wagner, Presiding Commissioner of Clay County […]
Members of the Illusion Intermediate Synchronized Skating Team, based out of KC Parks Line Creek Community Center, will take center ice when the 2017 Prudential US Figure Skating Championships come to Kansas City later this month. The 14-member team, along with skaters from other local rinks, will participate in the Opening Ceremonies, act as sweepers (picking up […]
December 12, 2016 – January 2, 2017 Kansas City Parks and Recreation along with Restart, MTP and the Greater Kansas City Coalition to End Homelessness are partnering to collect toiletries and household items for homeless veterans in Kansas City. HOUSEHOLD ITEMS: Cleaning Products (Windex, Lysol, etc.) Paper Towels Pots & Pans Dishes, Silverware Towels Linens: […]
Today KC Parks honored 46 staff representing 710 years of service to the City of Kansas City, Missouri! Thank you for your dedication and service to our citizens~ FIVE YEAR AWARDS ADMINISTRATION Recreation: Roosevelt Lyons COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Centers: Latoya Johnson Community Centers: Genaro Ruiz Community Centers: Donald Strother NATURAL RESOURCES Central Region: Thomas Moore […]
A ribbon cutting for the improved intersection was held on December 9, 2016. The Independence and Benton project has significantly improved the traffic flow and traffic safety at the intersection of Independence Boulevard and Benton Boulevard in Historic Northeast Kansas City. Below is a list of the improvements that were completed at this intersection: Replaced […]
The Blue Sage Bee is unusual. Over millions of years, it has developed an exclusive relationship with a common flower of the prairie, Blue Sage. It will only feed its larva the pollen of this one plant. If this plant is not present, this native bee species cannot survive. The Blue Sage Bee was one […]
On December 2, KC Parks unveiled new wayfinding signage that is being installed in Penn Valley Park. PROJECT OVERVIEW Penn Valley Park is a regional park with a variety of activities and monuments located within its boundaries including Liberty Memorial, National World War I Museum and Memorial, The Scout, Penn Valley Lake, The Firefighter’s Fountain, […]
Kansas City Zoo is breaking new ground and it’s all thanks to you, Kansas City! For the first time in history, one million visitors have experienced an adventure at the KCZoo, shattering last year’s already impressive record of 911,336 visitors. With the addition of two adorable koalas and the births of chimpanzee and orangutan babies, […]
With the holidays just around the corner, the Starlight STARS of Tomorrow are ready to help Kansas Citians get into the spirit of the season. The Starlight STARS will perform a holiday song and dance medley at a variety of community events in November and December. Starlight Theatre’s musical theatre performance troupe this year showcases […]
Just in time to get Kansas Citians of all religious leanings into the holiday spirit, Starlight Indoors welcomes Sister’s Christmas Catechism to its heated, indoor Cohen Community Stage House. This seasonal sendup, one of eight shows from the author of the ever-popular Late Nite Catechism theatrical series, brings merriment to Starlight for 23 performances Nov. […]
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau is widely acknowledged as the Founding Father of Kansas City, and […]
Rally Mantis Jr: April 12, 2016 – November 1, 2016 Mr. Rally Mantis Jr. has passed away of old age after a long and plentiful life. Alas he was a lifelong bachelor choosing a life of baseball over the standard mantis copulation beheading ritual. His passing up to the big ball diamond in the sky coincides […]