KC Downtown Neighborhood Association

10/14/2026

🚶‍♂️Walking the neighborhood, listening to residents, and seeing opportunities firsthand.

Join the Kansas City Downtown Neighborhood Association and Councilman Councilman Crispin Rea for a walk through downtown to identify opportunities for improvement.

We will meet next Tuesday, October 20 at 5:00pm at City Hall (414 E 12th St). See you there!

10/01/2026

Come check out one of downtown Kansas City’s newest businesses at our upcoming Downtown Neighborhood Association Open House at Bubbles & Goo!

Wednesday October 7, 6:00-7:30 PM
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Located in the River Market, Bubbles & Goo is an immersive bubbles-and-slime experience with giant bubbles, slime-making stations, bubble experiments, and sensory play. For this event, neighbors are invited to stop by, explore the space, and see what this new downtown business is all about.

The open house is free and open to all ages, and we’ll have snacks available. Whether you come with friends, or just want to check out something new in the neighborhood, we’d love to see you there.

09/15/2026

Join us for a Happy Hour on September 30th at Marshall Lofts. Light drinks and snacks will be provided, and the staff of Marshall Lofts will give tours of the building.

We’ll be on the back patio (weather permitting), enter on 8th Street between Wyandotte and Baltimore.

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09/11/2026

Today DNA leaders, other neighborhood stakeholders, City of Kansas City Public Works representatives, and MARCKCMetro participated in a walk audit of the downtown core as part of MARC’s Regional Housing & Transportation Plan. Walk audits provide an on-the-ground assessment of the relationship between housing, transportation, and the built environment across the greater Kansas City region. This allows for partners like MARC to look beyond technical analysis to directly experience and identify the conditions that influence mobility, accessibility, housing opportunity, and quality of life.

It’s great to have partners like MARC in DNA’s back yard. Observations shared with MARC include needs for affordable housing, improving quality of life by cultivating third spaces, and discussing needed infrastructure improvements downtown.

08/22/2026

THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. NEW DATE TO BE COMMUNICATED LATER.

This event is postponed due to weather.

08/12/2026

This event is postponed due to weather.

08/07/2026

The proposal for a 20-story data center at 934 Central is recommended for denial by City Plan Commission.

No continuance. No “no recommendation.” Just more opposition to a development that would dramatically change our neighborhood without contributing to what makes our part of Kansas City vibrant and special.

It can sometimes feel like the numbers are against us. This time, the numbers were on our side.

08/01/2026

The hearing for the data center at 934 Central is on August 5th. Have your voice heard on this project by sending a letter to City Planning Commission. Details in the post.

07/21/2026

Downtown Neighborhood Association Statement on Proposed Data Center at 934 Central

06/19/2026

Community work day with Downtown Kansas City on Saturday, June 20th! Meet us at 10th and Baltimore. Gloves and tools provided.