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Tweet The Westwood Hills attempt to have the entire city listed on the National Historic Register (reported here last week) is still moving toward its review in August, but it appears the ability to influence development outside Westwood HIlls has been derailed by the Kansas Legislature. Currently, any building permit for work within 500 feet [...]
Tweet Every property in Westwood will be subject to a storm water utility fee if a plan presented to the city council can work its way through to approval in time. The fee will be based on the square footage of impervious surface at each property. The cost to private residences will average about $5 [...]
Tweet If you have been sitting at Hi Hat Coffee at 50th Terrace wondering why all of that dirt is being moved around across the street, it is part of the renovation of the Pembroke Hill School soccer field. The plans submitted through Westwood call for making the soccer field a regulation size by extending [...]
Tweet Westwood has a new city council member. Lisa Cummins will replace Jace McClasky for the one year remaining on his term. Cummins was nominated by Mayor John Ye and approved by the council. She was born and raised in Johnson County, is the mother of two grown children and two grandchildren. She has worked [...]
Tweet The Westwood Foundation has announced its 2013 scholarship winners, one for undergraduate college work and one for post-graduate education. Caitlin Beatty won the Merit Scholarship which provides $1,000 per year for undergraduate study. She plans to major in nursing at the University of Nebraska. The award for vocational or post-graduate study went to Crystal [...]
Tweet A parking problem on 48th Street west of Rainbow in Westwood was put to rest — at least for the time being — by the city council Thursday with an amendment that will prohibit day time parking on the north side of the street. The new parking restrictions cover both sides of 48th Street west of [...]
Tweet A thin slice of land owned by the City of Westwood along State Line Road will be sold to an adjacent property owner who wants to build a new house in a transaction that apparently is a win for both sides. The piece of land the city agreed to sell for $1,000 is too [...]
Tweet Valentine’s Day found the Westwood City Council tussling with a thorny parking question that has played out for several months. In the end, the council sent the question back to committee after a prepared ordinance failed to pass for lack of a motion. The problem is along 48th Street west of Rainbow, where employees [...]
Tweet The envy was closer to theoretical in August. But now it’s about to get real. Westwood sent a notice to residents this week inviting them to a community meeting about Google Fiber’s second rally phase — of which Westwood, Westwood Hills and Mission Woods are to be a part. The session is scheduled for the [...]
Tweet Westwood Mayor John Yé sent a message to residents today warning them of increased burglary activity in the area and asking for help alerting law enforcement of suspicious activity: As with most Cities during the holiday season, the Northeast Johnson County area is typically hit with an increase in burglaries and attempted break-ins. With [...]
Tweet The number of available housing units in Westwood could increase 45 percent when both residential phases of Woodside Village are complete at the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and 47th Place. Construction on the first phase could begin in the first half of this year. According to Westwood City Clerk Fred Sherman, the city currently [...]
Tweet A new development across the street from Westwood City Hall will add significant housing stock to the city. The project stretches along Rainbow Boulevard between 47th Place and 46th Avenue. It includes multiple housing units in a multi-story setting as well as retail space on the bottom floor. That project and a related expansion [...]
Tweet Trash days will look a little different for Westwood residents in 2013. By participating in a cooperative purchasing agreement with the cities of Roeland Park and Fairway, Westwood was able to negotiate a waste removal contract with Town & Country Disposal that reduces costs for homeowners and increases services over the previous agreement with [...]
Tweet So we might not officially live in Money magazine’s top ten places. But a recent set of rankings by Coldwell Banker Real Estate should have northeast Johnson County residents feeling pretty good about the place they call home. The top suburbs rankings had Mission Hills, Leawood, Prairie Village, Westwood and Fairway as Kansas’ top [...]
