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Kansas City Star: At a Crossroads
While the pulse never completely died on the area's main arteries, North Avenue and Charles Street, most of the neighborhood reached its nadir in the early 1990s. Businesses disappeared, and many row houses were abandoned. The 1997 renovation of the historic Charles Theater into a modern, multiscreen movie theater began the revival. ... The program offers a city property tax credit that limits assessments from going up more than 4 percent every three years if the building is not improved, a 10-year property tax abatement if a building is renovated for arts and entertainment purposes, a state income tax credit on most artistic work generated in the district, and a waiver of the city admissions and amusement tax. ... [Read More]
City of Wichita - Economic Development City of Wichita Population Profile
City of Wichita - Economic Development City of Wichita Population Profile ... City of Wichita > Business > Economic Development > City of Wichita Population Profile ... Century II is the convention headquarters downtown. The Kansas Coliseum, just north of the city, is a multi-purpose facility that hosts a variety of events from concerts to livestock shows. The $30 million Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Wichita has added to the large selection of hotels in the city. Wichita is the leading convention and tourism center in Kansas. ... [Read More]
USIA, U.S. Society & Values, June 1998 - Dan Sullivan,"U.S. Theater in the Nineties"
As a result, the serious theatergoer anywhere in the UnitedStates no longer feels cheated if a well-received play closes inNew York City before he or she can see it. Very likely, it willturn up one or two seasons later on the schedule of the localresident theater, in a production that quite often will equal andsometimes surpass the original. I still regret spending $60 towatch a young movie actress -- cast for name value -- strugglewith Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, How I LearnedTo Drive, off-Broadway, when I knew that a smart Minneapolisdirector, Casey Stangl, was about to stage the play at her hometheater, Eye of the Storm. Stangl's leading lady might not boastHollywood credits, but I felt certain she would know somethingabout shaping a monologue. The same, no doubt, would be true ofthe actress performing the role this season in Providence, RhodeIsland, or Baltimore, Maryland, and next season in Washington,D.C., and elsewhere. ... [Read More]
Senator Pat Roberts - District Two News
$100,000 for Brush Creek Basin study to initiate a review of the entire Brush Creek watershed in Kansas and Missouri for additional flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, and water quality, and related purposes. $175,000 for Topeka to continue a flood damage reduction project that would improve the city’s levee system and avoid potential flood problems. $229,000 for Johnson County to continue study flood mitigation along the upper portion of Turkey Creek. $500,000 for lower Turkey Creek construction. This funding initiates construction on this much-needed flood control project that benefits the Kansas and Missouri portions of Southwest Boulevard. Roberts' worked to secure the necessary congressional authorization of the construction and secured $3 million earlier this year for I-35 construction that must be done in coordination with the project. The total project is estimated to cost $55 million with 80% of the flood prevention construction being done in Kansas. $500,000 to ... [Read More]
Community Development Block Grants - StateExamples
CDBG funds were used to bring the Theater (name of theater) up to current fire/safety codes, to construct accessible restrooms, and to make the seating in the theater accessible for people using wheelchairs. ... CDBG funds were used to acquire a 6,000 sq. ft. vacant warehouse for use as a fully accessible community center owned and operated by the City of Bullhead; City Parks and Recreation Division of the Community Development Department. ... [Read More]
City of Wichita - Park and Recreation Summer of Discovery
Off-site activities are a big part of Summer of Discovery as the children will experience exciting and enriching field trips to the Wellington Water Park, All Star Sports, Movie Theater, Ice Sports Center, Roller Skating, Crown Uptown Dinner Theater, Exploration Place, Tanganyika Wildlife Park and the Sedgwick County Zoo, just to name a few. Of course we can’t forget about going swimming at the City’s outdoor pools! ... City of Wichita > City Offices > Park and Recreation > Summer of Discovery ... [Read More]
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
The movie playing atthe Biograph Theater on this hot, muggy summer night was ManhattanMelodrama , starring Clark Gable as the ruthless gangster Blackie Gallagher. ... But on thisnight, the Bureau was prepared. The arrangement of agents, thesetting of the signal, and the careful preparation were evidence thatthe Bureau was learning how to catch the most violent criminals. Theplan was not perfect, but it was sound, with agents covering all theaterexits and directions Dillinger might take. ... [Read More]
National Film Registry Tour
From 1995 to 1998, the Tour was made possible by grants from the James Madison Council, the Library's private sector advisory group, and The Film Foundation, a group of leading film directors committed to film preservation, with additional support from Turner Classic Movies. As of 1999 we are fully funded to go to all the remaining states and the District of Columbia, thanks to a generous grant from American Movie Classics. AMC is the premier 24-hour movie network also featuring award-winning original productions about the world of American film. With one of the finest, most comprehensive libraries of classic films from the 1930s through the 1980s and a diverse blend of original series, documentaries and interstitials, the service offers in-depth information on timeless and contemporary Hollywood classics. American Movie Classics is already well known for its commitment to film preservation and for raising funds for the nation's leading film archives through its annual Preservation Fes ... [Read More]
FAQs for Jury Service - Western Missouri
Grand jurors summoned to report in Kansas City will be drawn from the St. Joseph and Kansas City divisions. Grand jurors summoned to report in Jefferson City will be drawn from the Jefferson City division. Grand jurors summoned to report in Springfield will be drawn from the Springfield and Joplin divisions. The Western District of Missouri has one Special Grand Jury which sits in Kansas City and is drawn from all divisions in the Western District. ... The courthouse in Kansas City does not open until 7:00 a.m. Public parking lots are available on 9th Street between Locust and Cherry, on Locust between 10th and 11th Streets, on 8th Street between Grand and McGee and on Admiral (7th Street) at McGee. Parking is also available on Grand between 8th and 9th Streets. Do not use metered parking on the street. Designated, on-street, handicap parking is available on Locust, near 9th Street. Designated handicap parking spots, are also available to jurors, within the Federal Employee Parking Lot located between 9th and 10th Streets and McGee and Oak. If you are in need of the use of a wheelchair while in the Courthouse, one will be made available by contacting (816) 512-5100. ... [Read More]
FDIC: Careers at FDIC - Kansas City Region
What's going on in Minneapolis? Anything and everything you might imagine. This sprawling big city presents the excitement of metropolitan living with hometown Midwestern culture. Its diversity is apparent not only in the cityscape's mix of skyscrapers and green spaces, but neighborhoods that range from trendy to urban to sophisticated. Golf courses and parks abound for leisure activities… as well as the super-huge Mall of America, which houses Camp Snoopy family fun rides, live musical performances, bowling, movie theaters and restaurants, amidst tons of mall shops. The city also hosts festivals throughout every season, along with professional sporting events and theatrical performances, from ballet to opera to comedy to symphony to drama. The state's universities and colleges are well represented here, as well, and additional amusements aren't far away at area theme parks, zoos, aquariums, historical sites, music venues and more. ... [Read More]
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