The wasteland at 63rd and ProspectTrying to predict what's going to happen with the illusive Citadel Plaza shopping center is a little like trying to nail down the plastic bags that dip and swirl around the still empty lot at 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue. At the start of the week, it appeared the City Council was ready to hand over millions of taxpayer dollars to kick-start the strip mall. Instead, two new issues bubbled to the surface.
After a decade, the Community Development Corp
For the Citadel Plaza development, it appears the Wednesday night curveball is now par for the course.
Last week, the day before the Kansas City City Council was set to hand over $20.5 million in taxpayer dollars to the developers of a proposed $90-million shopping center at 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue, city finance director Jeffrey Yates recommended the city raid the capital improvements pot to find the cash.
That didn't go over well.
This week, another idea surfaced from the finance d
