Prairie Village News

I just read this in the Neighborhood News section of the Kansas City Star. This will be very good for Prairie Village and Mission Hills and will provide a really nice gateway into each city. Enjoy.

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, here I am! :-D It is really nice here. We're all going to take naps because we got up at 4:30am to get on a 6:55am flight out of KC. Joyous fun. I am having a great time. Today we drove around and walked around Downtown Scottsdale. It was very neat. I will post some pics that I have taken so far. More to come as the weekend/week goes.


Pictures from plane approaching Phoenix

Driving Around


Park/Walkway along one of the canals

Auto Show!

The Auto Show '06 was sweet. I LOVE VW JETTAs!!!!!! Here are some pics from the Auto Show.

AUTO SHOW!!!

The Auto Show '06 was sweet. I LOVE VW JETTAs!!!!!! Here are some pics from the Auto Show.

Prairie Village Future City Plans

I have discovered some great plans that Prairie Village has introduced in order to make Prairie Village a better, even though it's great now, place to live. Here are some ideas:

• Narrowing traffic lanes
• Providing additional green space with a median or parkway along the sidewalk
• Developing a program to plant new or replace street trees with ones more in scale with the surrounding buildings and ones that would not interfere with overhead utility lines
• Use paved areas currently restricted from traffic for green space

75th Street Corridor (between State Line & Nall):


^Current 75th Corridor, just East of Mission^


^Idea for new 75th corridor, just East of Mission^


^Current 75th Corridor @ Roe^


^Idea for new 75th Corridor @ Roe^



These ideas would narrow the lanes, but would add landscaping where traffic is not allowed (where there is yellow paint is in the center of the roadway).

More to come.