It's the Kansas City metro's biggest problem -- the one no one talks about.But on Monday, the president said it was over.Earlier this week, Kevin Klinkenberg, one of Kansas City's cool and forward-thinking architects, sent around a link to the CSPAN video of President Barack Obama 's town hall meeting in Ft. Myers, Florida (unemployment rate 10 percent). At the end of the hour-long speech, Obama took some questions from the audience. The second-to-last question was from a city councilwoman who a
​It's Best Of Kansas City week here at The Pitch. No question the biggest issue of the year -- full of profiles (KU center Cole Aldrich, urban planner Kevin Klinkenberg,chef Celina Tio and more). On the Plog, we've added video extras and a closer look at one of the readers choices: Best Media Personality and KSHB Channel 41 meteorologist Gary Lezak. Oh, and there's Matt Hawkins' amazing paper toy Pitch box.Also this week, Martin gives his take on pop quiz enthusiast Jan Marcason and Stretch an
Kevin Klinkenberg, an architect who is passionate about cities, received a Best Thinker award in last week's Best Of Kansas City issue.One place that's been receptive to Klinkenberg's new urbanist ideas is Blue Springs. Klinkenberg's firm, 180º Design Studio, did a master plan for the suburb's downtown in 2006. A year later, Klinkenberg and his colleagues worked with city officials on a "form-based" code. Form-based codes focus on outcomes -- nice streets, happy people -- rather than soul-killi
