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Tweet Tim Dorr’s 2012 choreographed holiday lights display on the Prairie Village Municipal Grounds brought in more than $3,100 for the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation and Heartland Habitat for Humanity. It was the second year that Dorr put up the display on city property after deciding to move it from his home in 2010 after [...]
Tweet The Prairie Village Police Department and the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation on Tuesday helped make sure a group of less-fortunate youth — as well as their families — will have a happy Christmas. For the second year in a row, the police department hosted its “Shop with a Cop” event. Police accompanied 13 local [...]
Tweet Kids from 1 to 92 shared in the Christmas spirit on Sunday — and helped a good cause in the process. Dozens of seniors, parents and tots gathered in the Brighton Gardens common area for the annual Gingerbread House decorating parties benefiting the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation. Mely Ballard of Mely’s Yogurt and Ice Cream [...]
Tweet Tim Dorr’s choreographed Christmas lights and music display had its opening night on the Prairie Village Municipal Grounds Thursday, marking the second season Dorr and the city of have teamed up to bring the popular display onto public property. (Dorr decided to move the display from his home in after a neighbor expressed concerns [...]
Tweet A collaborate approach to community improvement that launched locally a year ago is now spreading throughout the Kansas City metro area. Since taking on its first project here in November 2011, A Brush with Kindness — a partnership between the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation, Heartland Habitat for Humanity and the Prairie Village Codes Enforcement [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s innovative approach to improving homes that have fallen into disrepair was back in action this week. On Wednesday, volunteers from United Methodist Church of the Resurrection gave their time – and elbow grease — to spruce up a home in Ward III that had started to violate property codes. The volunteers removed five dead [...]
Tweet An arrangement between the Prairie Village Municipal Foundation and Habitat for Humanity is making good things happen once again. After launching their collaborative efforts last November, the two organizations got together earlier this spring to make improvements at two Prairie Village homes that had fallen into disrepair, and whose owners weren’t in a financial [...]
Tweet Prairie Village resident Tim Dorr and the city of Prairie Village’s collaboration to move Dorr’s synchronized holiday music and lights display onto municipal ground appears to have paid off not just for holiday lights enthusiasts, but for two local non-profits as well. Dorr and the city announced last week that the display had attracted [...]
Tweet Brighton Gardens’ dining and activities area was filled Sunday with the scent of freshly baked gingerbread and the sight of smiling youngsters and their parents. For the third year in a row, Prairie Villagers turned out for the Prairie Village Municipal Foundations’ annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party. Mely Ballard, owner of Mely’s Yogurt and [...]
