As morning light streams into the Kauffman Center, Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall prepares for his broadcast.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall and Producer Matthew Long-Middleton prepare for the Central Standard broadcast.
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Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation speaks to Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec before the broadcast.
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Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec, speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation before the broadcast.
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Central Standard Producer Matthew Long-Middleton asks a question during a break in the live broadcast.
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Central Standard host Jabulani Leffall speaks to Tim Duggan, senior landscape architect at the Make it Right Foundation.
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Matthew Long-Middleton, Central Standard Producer speaks with Simon O’Byrne, Vice President of urban planning at Stantec.
During our last presidential election, there was a lot of talk about Main Street vs. Wall Street. But here in Kansas City, our Main Street is home to big-business and to small-businesses, to restaurants and to empty storefronts, to innovative theaters and payday lending shops.
The community development corporation Blue Hills Community Services has been working to rebuild the Blue Hills neighborhood for the past 38 years. And they've just begun construction on their latest project: a $3 million energy-efficient renovation of a building at 50th and Prospect.