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Archives for June, 2011
Tweet Jake’s in the Village is gone. Sort of. The apparel store next to Tiffany Town in the Village Shops underwent a face lift earlier this month, getting a new name — Village Active Performance Wear — and a few new product lines. Owner Cassie Schmidt says the impetus for the move was a desire to [...]
Tweet Local youth golfers made a strong showing at the Kansas Golf Association’s 52nd Boys Junior Amateur Championship last weekend in Salina. Three of the top 12 finishers attended local high schools. Henry Simpson, SM East; Danny Summers, Rockhurst; and Joseph Lambert, KC Christian, were three of the five golfers who finised tied for seventh [...]
Tweet A vocal contingent of Prairie Village residents have balked at the proposal to build a new CVS building on the site of the abandoned Tippin’s restaurant at Corinth Square — but the family that would seemingly suffer the most from the new CVS isn’t among them. Janette Richmond Holden’s father Bill Richmond started as [...]
Tweet And, we’re back. Apologies for our absence on Saturday. We weren’t playing hooky — we were one of the unlucky ones who lost power early Saturday morning and didn’t get it back until Sunday evening. The intensity of the storms that hit the Kansas City area Friday night and Saturday morning caused widespread electrical [...]
Tweet At our house, like so many others, Fathers Day revolves around two themes: beer and barbeque. That’s especially true this year as our family and friends gear up to compete in the annual Great Lenexa BBQ Battle next weekend (Go Drizzlers!) So this week’s recipe combines beer and BBQ in one delicious little package. [...]
Tweet Well, it couldn’t have happened during a better set of days weather wise. (Scratch that: it’s super hot now, and not raining anymore…) A major pipe rupture early Thursday morning at the Fairway pool has forced the facility to close until construction crews can replace a section of piping 100 feet long. Fairway Parks [...]
Tweet A group of Prairie Elementary students are the stars of a new video for Johnson County Girls on the Run, an organization whose mission is “to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living.” The video was shot by Prairie Village videographer Maura Coleman-Murray.
Tweet Pointing to deteriorating infrastructure and waning populations, Kansas City Star columnist Yael Abouhalkah in his column on Wednesday said several inner-ring Kansas City suburbs — including Prairie Village — have had their reputations bruised in previous years: The early warning signs of pockets of blight and other troubles exist on both sides of the [...]
Tweet As we stride diligently into our second year of existence, we thought it would be fun to kick off a new feature lovingly ripped-off from some of our Authentically Local friends (specifically, the Where in Berkeley feature that’s become so popular on Berkeleyside). I think it’s pretty self explanatory…but just in case, here’s how [...]
Tweet All things considered, the tax man takes it pretty easy on Prairie Villagers, according to the Kansas Government Journal. Data in the publication from the League of Kansas Municipalities shows that of the 27 Kansas municipalities categorized as cities of the first class, just one — Overland Park — has a lower city property [...]
Tweet Happy first birthday, us! Indeed, ’twas June 15, 2010, when we launched the site with this article about wet basements. Captivating stuff. But 900 posts, 1,000 Facebook fans, 3,000 comments, and 50,000 unique visitors later, we’re happy to report that we’ve become the most turned-to source for news about what’s happening in the SM [...]
Tweet Show up for a performance of MacBeth at this year’s Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, and you’ll be sure to hear the work of Prairie Village resident Greg Mackender. For 18 of the festival’s 19 years, Mackender has written the score for the production. And, like all the players and crew, he was in [...]
Tweet The proposal to build a new CVS building on the site of the abandoned Tippin’s restaurant at Corinth Square appeared to get a step closer to approval Tuesday. At a special worksession, Prairie Village Planning Commission members gave positive feedback to developers about revisions they had made to the plans they submitted prior to [...]
Tweet Executives from Corinth Square owner LANE4 will sit down with members of the Prairie Village Planning Commission tonight to discuss what changes would need to be made to the current proposal for a new CVS building if it is to garner the Planning Commission’s approval at its July meeting. The special worksession comes after [...]
Tweet Gould Evans, the Shawnee Mission School District’s architecture firm, will be holding a citizen participation meeting Thursday on proposed renovations and additions to Indian Hills Middle School. The meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at Indian Hills, will give citizen an opportunity to comment on the proposed work on the school’s library, administrative offices, [...]
Tweet Families who waited all last year to have access to Franklin Park’s renovated play area are having to wait a little longer to enjoy one of the park’s signature features. The water feature at the center of the park’s new natural play area — a mini-stream that runs under a series of log bridges — [...]
Tweet The Shawnee Mission School District has received three offers for Mission Valley from local real estate developers — and may find more landing in its inbox before the school board makes a final decision on selling the property. The district unanimously approved a motion last night to set a deadline of next Monday, June 20, [...]
Tweet The oppressive heat that hung over northeast Johnson County last week didn’t just lead the weather service to issue temperature warnings — it also sent throngs of local residents heading for the pool. Despite having only 30 people show up on the opening day, May 28, on account of the high temperature only reaching [...]
Tweet The Shawnee Mission School District may at its meeting tonight consider a contract for the sale of Mission Valley Middle School. According to the district’s attorney, Curt Tideman, two real estate developers, LANE4 and RED Development, have been working on proposals for the property. The board has “Contract for the sale of Mission Valley” [...]
Tweet RED Development and LANE4 declined to comment Friday on how they would plan to use the Mission Valley property should they succeed in purchasing it. “At this time, we don’t think it would be appropriate to discuss uses for the property,” said a RED Development spokesman. “We’ll wait to see if we get the [...]
Tweet So…big apologies to anyone who showed up at the Highlands PTA Bake and Lemonade sale yesterday at our urging. The event got postponed due to weather. But students, families and staff will be at the school from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today selling goodies and raising funds for the relief efforts in Joplin, Reading and [...]
Tweet If you’re looking for the best of Kansas City, you don’t have to look very far — at least according to the nominations for this year’s City’s Best awards from KC Magazine. Nine businesses with Prairie Village or Fairway locations made the short list for this year’s awards — and another, Pizza 51, is set to [...]
Tweet Should Mission Valley be sold to a real estate developer at Monday’s meeting, you can expect the new owner to move quickly to have the property rezoned. Currently, the site is listed as R1, approved for residential use. A commercial zoning designation would be required for the development of retail or office space. A [...]
Tweet Shawnee Mission School District Attorney Curt Tideman tells PVPost.com that the district is currently in discussions with two real estate developers – LANE4 and RED Development – about the sale of Mission Valley Middle School. “We believe we may have offers from one or both of these parties by the board’s meeting Monday,” Tideman [...]
Tweet I was pretty sure this pic of a 34 MPH speed limit sign on Roe Avenue just south of I-35 was Photoshopped when I first saw it pop up on a friend and PVPost.com reader’s Facebook feed … but then another person took a different picture of the same thing, so I’m guessing it’s [...]
