Per City of Kansas City, MO Communications Department:
Kansas City, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), will host a fourth community summit public involvement event for the Reconnecting the East Side Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study. The boundaries of the study include the U.S. 71 corridor from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard on the north to 85th Street on the south, and Paseo Boulevard on the west and Swope Parkway on the east.
The Reconnecting the East Side Community Summit #4 will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. The event will be held at St. James United Methodist Church at 5540 Wayne Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110.
After months of planning and engaging with residents, the Reconnecting the East Side project team is ready to share draft recommendations for this vital corridor. All members of the public are invited to the summit to review the recommendations, learn what led to this point and provide feedback.
Please visit the project website to learn more about the project and share your input, visit https://reconnecteastside.com.
This is the last of four planned Community Summits. The first was held Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Southeast High School in Kansas City. The second one followed on June 24, 2025, at the Blue Parkway Sun Fresh. The third summit was held on September 16, 2025, at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center. Materials from those summits are posted online.
You can read the full press release under Kansas City, Missouri Media Advisories here. For more information, contact Ryan McMonigle, KCMO Public Information Officer for Public Works, at ryan.mcmonigle@kcmo.org.
