Don't worry the council will cave to the NIMBY crowd. So far the only alternative anyone has proposed is more low density development with houses on 1-3 acre lots. You know while crying about the loss of green space if the school is torn down.
I don't think I would want to live next to such a dense area. Apartment complexes are bad enough with extra traffic/noise but this place will have a food service center so trucks will be coming and going from the area at different times. Won't there also need to be other services? What about ambulances coming and going?
Should play well with the terrorists in Lee's Summit.
The concerns that the neighborhood association has with this development is that it is MASSIVE! Our property is extremely close to the devolpment and feel that it would tower over our property and is not compatible with the neighborhood. It is surrounded by beautiful homes. It is like putting a huge development complex right in the middle of a neighborhood! I wonder how many of the people that are in favor of this project, would want this in their backyard??!!.... including the developer?! How woulod he feel to have a massive development that is three stories high approx 75 feet from his property line??!! After reading the article, I wonder how the Pitch came up with the sub- title, "The Tutera Group isn't getting much resistance to its plan to wall off a chunk of Prairie Village for the Medicare set"? Obviously the Pitch has not attended ANY of the neighborhood meetings where Tutera and his swashbuckling sidekick attorney presented their case in which not one neighbor spoke in favor of the project...interesting!
I think you people should read the entire article. You obviously have a family or financial relationship with the developer. Perhaps you work for Parris communications...the developers public relations firm. It speaks volumes when a developer has to hire a PR firm to post on the internet. The article speaks to several controversial issues on both sides. Perhaps the developer is anti- neighborhood or anti- youth. THis Nimby term is straight out of the PR playbook. Prairie Village is already over-bedden for retirement centers compared to the rest of Johnson County 2:1. The "Y" generation ,ages 17-34, is coming -at 86 million people- bigger than the boomers (80 million). If Prairie Village continues to build retirement centers and close schools the coming generation of children will be headed to Blue Valley and Olathe. Why not build a residential developement for families and children. If one buys the land before it is rezoned or contingent on a Special Use Permit shouldn't he expect a divergence of opinion? The surrounding neighbors property rights are just as important as the developers.
I agree about the Atriums and Lucille. We have a family member there, and it has been a life-saver.
With the aging populations, it's a simple fact that we do need more facilities for the elderly, especially for those with medical needs and dementia that the rest of the person's family just isn't equipped to deal with. Getting all NIMBY about these facilities seems pretty short-sighted and selfish.
Geez, no wonder Linkcity NEVER made a profit...their prices are horrible.$130/month for 30megs?
I concur with son - Lucille is a saint. My grandmother in law lives in the Atriums, and anytime there has been an issue she has bent over backwards to make it right.
Lucille Tutera, the family marriarch and founder, is a grand lady. When I ran into problems with my late Mom's former care facility, I called Lucille, who I had briefly met when searching for a home for Mom. I left a message at her office on a Friday, just before 5pm. My expectation was that she'd call me on Monday. She returned my call Saturday morning and left her home phone number. While we kept Mom at the existing home, I was truly impressed with this fine lady.
"Anyone wanna run a pre-Chernobyl nuclear plant?"
C'mon. Histrionic melodrama of this caliber needs to stay in the Jr High girls bathroom where it originates. This is about a transformer that lies outside the actual chain of production for nuclear power. The same transformer could be used in a coal plant (and probably is) with the same consequences...shutdown until repair.
The only issue here is forcing the transformer supplier to reimburse us for the $17 million in lost revenue.
There is a KCSV open house on the 19th.
homeless don't pay taxes, soccer moms and dad's do....their tax money goes to keep their kids healthy and off the plaza after curfew ..... isn't this what Mayor Sleight of Hand is always preaching?
KCSV has absolutely zero integrity. They have absolutely no concern whatsoever about established residents-stakeholders in the neighborhood, or anyone else for that matter, no one is invited to the table (party) unless your part of the exclusive club-clique. There is no transparency in the process, no substance, selling smoke. Since your starting over maybe you should consider an honesty rule-ethic to be one of your guiding principles. Leave your egos at the door at minimum.
let the poor and homeless pitch tents on the soccer fields at night....problem solved.
I work at a startup at the Kansas City Startup Village, and I'd like to express two thoughts:
1. The companies in the KCSV are not threatened by Google Fiber's announcement for other cities. In fact, a lot of the technology developed at KCSV leverage high-speed networks, and more people having access to similar high-speed networks is a good thing. A small community of people having access to high speed internet access doesn't make an ideal customer base.
2. Not all the startups in the KCSV are "small time-y online businesses". For example, at the company I work for, we're developing cutting edge eye-vein biometric software and our clients are the world's largest banks and OEMs. A lot of the companies have raised funding from internationally renowned venture capitalists and angel investors who believe what they're working on has a lot of potential.
Lets see there is a large number of homeless folks living in tunnels YET the city has enough for a soccer field NO ONE NEEDS? Again the city seems to be catering to everyone BUT the poor & homeless. Yet who will these same "Liberal" DINOs ve begging come out & vote for them?? Yep the same folks they don't want to provide Sewers or homes for...
Hey all. Matthew Marcus here, one of the guys mentioned in this article.
I'd like the readers of this article to understand that much of it has been presented out of context. The title alone is misleading and a misrepresentation of the current state of affairs in the KCSV. Of course we are aware that Austin is getting Google next, but the village was not founded because of Google Fiber. We certainly appreciate having it as a resource. Definitely. But the village was formed as a way for startups and entrepreneurs to live and work close to one another, supporting each other's ventures and allowing for collaboration and innovation around existing and new ideas. Take Google Fiber away tomorrow, and the village will continue to survive and thrive.
Much like a startup in its own right, the KCSV started and has grown organically. There was no planning to make it happen. It just came together. As can be expected with any startup, both inside and outside factors affect its actions, focus and results. What started as a focus on building a dense startup community morphed over time into the KCSV becoming a representative for the entire KC startup and entrepreneur community. We realized our digression, and this article was written at a time when we were figuring out how to get back to our roots. What does all this mean? It's no big deal. All good in the hood.
If you'd really like to understand what the KCSV is about, I suggest you watch our video. It's a great intro and representation of the positive things happening in the KCSV.
http://kcstartupvillage.org
Finally, we are always looking for more people to get involved. If you're interested in taking part in the actions of the KCSV or the entire KC startup & entrepreneur community, contact us. We love welcoming new co-leaders to help lead the charge.
http://www.kcstartupvillage.org/join/volun…
Thanks for listening.
- Matthew
Hi Amy! It doesn't at all! I thought we had made that clear in our interview with Ben (the author). We still have quite the headstart, Google Fiber will not roll out in Austin or Provo for quite some time.. and the value for startups in Kansas City is much deeper than just Google Fiber. For example, my team and I moved here for the community and energy the scene here offers, Fiber was just icing on the cake.
Mike - what does Google's announcing new cities to do negatively impact KCSV?
Re: “Google Fiber bails out North Kansas City's fiber-optic misfire”
I work for Geo-Tel (http://www.geo-tel.com) and we take fiber optics data and lay it over GIS software, basically making fiber optic lines viewable in a spatial map-like environment. We help local governments, city officials, and urban planners find new ways to increase their city’s connectivity by analyzing existing fiber infrastructure. This allows them to make wiser and more fiscally sound decisions when it comes to expanding upon the telecom infrastructure.