Bannister Mall - Most popular for December 2008
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For those of you that don't read bigsoccer, last week Robb Heineman posted about the fence going up
around the former mall. Well today I was finally able to make it out during the daylight to get
some pictures of the mall and the fence that now encloses it. In the first picture, you'll remember
that this was where the redevelopment rally was held back in January of this year.
2008 is almost over, which means I need to look back at my wishes for 2008.
1. Save Bannister Mall Petition Fails - As I said in my mid-year review, the petition failed early
in 2008, and we haven't heard from Richard Tolbert since that failure. Now with everything secured,
it looks like we won't have to worry about him at all.
Lane4, OnGoal, and the Wizards got their wish from the KC City Council, as they approved extra $30
million incentives for the Three Trails development at the old Bannister Mall site. The money does
come with caveats attached to it to make sure the development goes well. This is big news, as it
appears to be the very last step that is needed for demolition and construction to begin on the
site.
So tomorrow is New Years Eve and that means it's almost 2009. Time to take a look at some wishes
for the year of 2009.
1. Ground breaking on the stadium - I wanted this to happen last year and obviously it didn't
happen. So now it's time to push this back to next year. With all the hurdles cleared for the
stadium it's much more likely that the ground breaking will happen this year.
Today over at KC Soccer Review I came across a commentary from Bruce Rodgers on @KC Online about
the redevelopment at Bannister Mall. It's a generally negative article about the burden being put
on tax payers. There are a few points in his commentary that I would like to comment on, and it
gets a little long.
