KC Catalytic Urban Redevelopment Initiative
Greater Kansas City LISC is working in partnership with the City of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO), the Urban Neighborhood Initiative (UNI), the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), the Kansas City District Council of the Urban Land Institute and the KC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, to galvanize civic and corporate interests around socio-economic redevelopment and community building in Kansas City’s urban core east of Troost Avenue. Despite momentum in projects along and around the Troost and Prospect corridors, public and private interests in the Kansas City region have found it difficult to assemble the redevelopment capacity and financing to execute large-scale, transformational redevelopment that is coordinated, builds healthy communities and builds upon existing public and private investments.
Our partnership is focused on a catalytic urban redevelopment implementation strategy in and around the UNI footprint on Kansas City’s east side, building upon the progress illustrated in LISC’s Momentum Map. We expect this work to result in action toward coordinated reinvestment in this portion of the urban core and new organizational and financial capacities to serve a broader geographic area. This proposal differs from past initiatives in the following ways:
Our partnership is focused on a catalytic urban redevelopment implementation strategy in and around the UNI footprint on Kansas City’s east side, building upon the progress illustrated in LISC’s Momentum Map. We expect this work to result in action toward coordinated reinvestment in this portion of the urban core and new organizational and financial capacities to serve a broader geographic area. This proposal differs from past initiatives in the following ways:
- Focuses on short-term implementation (within five years)
- Aims to launch redevelopment of sufficient scale to be transformational for the community
- Includes a vacant lot strategy which will act as a model for other areas of the region
- Builds on civic and business commitments to redevelopment within the UNI and/or in close proximity to its boundaries
- Includes clear steps to build foundational capacity to implement large-scale redevelopment
We are seeking one or more qualified consultants to assist in 1) delineating a specific, quantifiable redevelopment implementation strategy; 2) determining how to strengthen an existing organization or create a new CDC with sufficient redevelopment capacity to carry out the strategy and 3) assembling resources for a patient capital pool. Although the initial implementation strategy will focus on the UNI area, the development of operating capacity and capital will also support reinvestment in other parts of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.
- Aims to launch redevelopment of sufficient scale to be transformational for the community
- Includes a vacant lot strategy which will act as a model for other areas of the region
- Builds on civic and business commitments to redevelopment within the UNI and/or in close proximity to its boundaries
- Includes clear steps to build foundational capacity to implement large-scale redevelopment
We are seeking one or more qualified consultants to assist in 1) delineating a specific, quantifiable redevelopment implementation strategy; 2) determining how to strengthen an existing organization or create a new CDC with sufficient redevelopment capacity to carry out the strategy and 3) assembling resources for a patient capital pool. Although the initial implementation strategy will focus on the UNI area, the development of operating capacity and capital will also support reinvestment in other parts of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.
The RFP is available for down load here. To learn more about this initiative, email Ed Linnebur atelinnebur@lisc.org.
RFP Information Session
Purpose: This Informational Session was held with the goal of answering applicant’s questions regarding the process, expectations, guidelines, and the award process. In an effort to ensure transparency and fairness throughout the RFP process these notes are provided to you and reflect the discussion had during this meeting. The notes from this meeting are available here in a PDF.
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5800 Barton Dr. Ste. 201
Shawnee , KS 66203
913-223-0926 Ext. 102
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