Revitalization of Kansas City Series 2008
This ongoing series is designed to help keep CX members and guest current on the progress being made in the revitalization of downtown Kansas City. Area civic and business leaders provide updates and perspectives on the impact these efforts are having on the community.
All Revitalization of Kansas City series programs begin at 11:45 a.m., and are held at The CX Downtown. Free for CX members; $20/non-members.
Impact of Revitalization Beyond Downtown
Bob Regnier
Chair of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, January 29
As the president of the Bank of Blue Valley, Bob Regnier is most often associated with Johnson County and while his roots are on the Kansas side of the state line, Regnier has shown an inspired dedication to the entire metropolitan area. In recent years he has been an enthusiastic proponent for the revitalization of downtown Kansas City. Join us to meet Regnier and hear his thoughts on the impact revitalization of our urban core is having on business throughout the area.
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Is Revitalization Increasing KC’s “Hip” Factor
Christina Boveri
Founder, Boveri Reality and Publisher, Urban Times
Tuesday, February 19
Christina Boveri has been intimately involved for the last six years with all aspects of real estate in our urban core with a focus on condos, lofts and town homes. She formed her own reality company 3-12 years ago and in July of 2007 founded Urban Times, a hip magazine about downtown to uncover “the art, the creation, the scene, the vibrant underbelly of a city reawakening.” Boveri has a unique perspective. Hear about the progress and prognosis for our urban core from someone with her feet on the ground every day.
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Documentary Chronicling Kansas City’s Transformation
Bob Marcusse
President and CEO of KCADC, and Aimee Larrabee,
Filmmaker, Inland Sea Productions
Wednesday, March 5
Through a partnership with the Kansas City Area Development Council, nationally renowned documentary film producers John Altman and Aimee Larrabee of Inland Sea Productions and a team from Kansas City's TakeTwo Productions are currently filming the metamorphosis of downtown during the course of a three-year project entitled “Mending the Heart of an American City – The Next American Dream”. The filmmakers are interviewing designers, master planners, landscape architects, community leaders, city visionaries and noted urban planners at the national level, as well as chronicling the history of the city's downtown and multi-county growth. Bob Marcusse, president and CEO of Kansas City Area Development Council and film producer Larabee, will discuss the project and what the film may mean for Kansas City.
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The Revitalization of Kansas City Series is sponsored by The Central Exchange Education Foundation. Media sponsor: The Kansas City Business Journal.
