KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA


Kansas City satellite map

The 'Kansas City Metropolitan Area' is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers (Kaw Point) and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The 15-county Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Missouri, is the 27th largest in the United States with an estimated population of 1,967,405 in the year 2006. The Combined Statistical Area also includes the Micropolitan Statistical Areas of Atchison, Kansas, and Warrensburg, Missouri, with estimated populations of 16,745 and 50,646, respectively.
The Combined Statistical Area of Kansas City had a population of 2,034,796 in the year 2006.
In 2007, Worldwide ERC and Primary Relocation recognised Kansas City 3rd overall as one of the "Best Cities for Relocating Families" in the United States.
Also in March 2007, Money Magazine rated Overland Park, Kansas, 6th best city to live in the United States. Neighboring city Olathe, Kansas, was rated 13th and Lee's Summit, Missouri, 44th best. Kansas City is one of 2 metro areas to have 2 cities in the top 15. Dallas Texas being the other metro area. [1]
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Contents
Geographic overview
Metropolitan Area
Anchor city
100,000 or more inhabitants
10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
Fewer than 10,000 inhabitants
Counties
Associated areas
Transportation
Local navigation tips
Street numbers
Highways
Navigation landmarks
Areas of the metro
Educational institutions
Post-secondary
Elementary and secondary
Libraries
Media
Print media
Broadcast media
Television
Radio
Public and community radio
Specialty TV and Radio
Business interests
Headquarters
Retail centers
Local organizations
Notes
External links

Geographic overview


The core of the ''Kansas City Metropolitan Area'' can be visualized roughly as four quadrants:
The 'Northland' is locally referred to as "north of the river" (Missouri River) or "Kansas City North". (Often confused with Northtown, a nickname for North Kansas City) Contained wholly within Missouri, it encompasses portions of Clay County including the northern half of Kansas City, Missouri, and the cities of Liberty,North Kansas City and Gladstone. The sharpest part of the river bend forms a peninsula containing the Kansas City Downtown Airport.
'South KC' or "South Kansas City" is the core of the metro area and includes the southern half of Kansas City, Missouri (sometimes referred to as Southtown), and the Jackson County, Missouri, suburbs of Independence, Lee's Summit, Raytown, Grandview, and Blue Springs. It is sometimes called "the southland". It includes the majority of the metro area's businesses, visitor attractions, cultural institutions, and urban neighborhoods.
'Johnson County' as the southwest portion of the metro is known, includes all of Johnson County, Kansas, which includes the towns in the area known as Overland Park, Lenexa, Olathe and Shawnee Mission. Interstate 35 runs diagonally through Johnson County from the southwest to downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
'Wyandotte' or western side of the metro contains Wyandotte County, Kansas, and parts of Platte County, Missouri. Wyandotte County, sometimes referred to as just 'Wyandotte' or 'The Dotte', which contains Kansas City, Kansas, Bonner Springs and Edwardsville, is governed by a single unified government similar to a consolidated city-county. Often the Wyandotte government is referred to simply as 'The Unified Government'. Another bend in the Missouri River forms the county line between Wyandotte and Platte counties to the north and northeast.
In all, nearly 2 million people live in the metropolitan area. It is difficult to state exactly the size of the population because there are no natural boundaries and suburban expansion (or ''sprawl'') is ongoing.

Metropolitan Area


Anchor city


Kansas City, Missouri (Major airport: Kansas City International Airport)
100,000 or more inhabitants

Independence, Missouri
Kansas City, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas
Overland Park, Kansas
10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Blue Springs, Missouri
Belton, Missouri
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Gardner, Kansas
Gladstone, Missouri
Grandview, Missouri
Lansing, Kansas
Leawood, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lenexa, Kansas
Liberty, Missouri
Merriam, Kansas
Ottawa, Kansas
Prairie Village, Kansas
Raymore, Missouri
Raytown, Missouri
Shawnee, Kansas
 
Fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Avondale, Missouri
Basehor, Kansas
Birmingham, Missouri
Bonner Springs, Kansas
Buckner, Missouri
Claycomo, Missouri
Countryside, Kansas
De Soto, Kansas
Edgerton, Kansas
Edwardsville, Kansas
Fairway, Kansas
Glenaire, Missouri
Grain Valley, Missouri
Greenwood, Missouri
Harrisonville, Missouri
Houston Lake, Missouri
Kearney, Missouri
Lake Lotawana, Missouri
Lake Quivira, Kansas
Lake Tapawingo, Missouri
Lake Waukomis, Missouri
Lake Winnebago, Missouri
Levasy, Missouri
Linwood, Kansas
Lone Jack, Missouri
Mission, Kansas
Mission Hills, Kansas
Mission Woods, Kansas

Missouri City, Missouri
North Kansas City, Missouri
Northmoor, Missouri
Oak Grove, Missouri
Oaks, Missouri
Oakview, Missouri
Oakwood, Missouri
Oakwood Park, Missouri
Odessa, Missouri
Parkville, Missouri
Peculiar, Missouri
Platte City, Missouri
Platte Woods, Missouri
Pleasant Valley, Missouri
Pleasant Hill, Missouri
Randolph, Missouri
River Bend, Missouri
Riverside, Missouri
Roeland Park, Kansas
Sibley, Missouri
Smithville, Missouri
Spring Hill, Kansas
Sugar Creek, Missouri
Tonganoxie, Kansas
Unity Village, Missouri
Weatherby Lake, Missouri
Westwood, Kansas
Westwood Hills, Kansas

The metropolitan area is experiencing continued growth. Between 2003 and 2005, about 32,148 housing permits were issued in the metropolitan area.
Counties

The Kansas City metropolitan area includes all or part of the following counties:

Cass County, Missouri

Clay County, Missouri

Jackson County, Missouri

Platte County, Missouri

Johnson County, Kansas

Wyandotte County, Kansas
As of 2003, the United States Census Bureau included the following counties as part of Kansas City's metropolitan statistical area:

Franklin County, Kansas

Leavenworth County, Kansas

Linn County, Kansas

Miami County, Kansas

Bates County, Missouri

Caldwell County, Missouri

Clinton County, Missouri

Lafayette County, Missouri

Ray County, Missouri
Associated areas

Although associated with Kansas City, Lawrence, Kansas; St. Joseph, Missouri; and Warrensburg, Missouri, are identified as separate MSAs.

Transportation


The Kansas City metropolitan area has by far more freeway lane-miles per capita than any other large metropolitan area in the United States, over 27% more than the second-place Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, over 50% more than the average American metro area and nearly 75% more than the large metro area with the least, Las Vegas.[1]
Some of Kansas City's interstates include:

I-29 - To Saint Joseph, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska, to the North.

I-35 - To Des Moines, Iowa, to the North and Wichita, Kansas, to the South.

I-70 - To St. Louis, Missouri, to the East and Topeka, Kansas/Denver, Colorado, to the West.

I-435 - A Bi-State Loop through the Missouri and Kansas suburbs.

I-470 - Connects South Kansas City with Lee's Summit and Independence.

I-635 - Connecting the Kansas suburbs with Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City International Airport.

I-670 - A southern bypass of I-70 and Southern portion of the downtown loop. Signed as East I-70 when exiting from I-35 while traveling north.
Other major highways:

★ US 24-40 - Combination of the US 24 and US 40 highways that pass through Kansas City.

US 50 - Follows I-435 from the west to I-470 then spurs off in Lee's Summit and becomes just U.S. 50.

US 69 - Connects Excelsior Springs, Missouri, in the north and serves as a freeway in Johnson County suburbs.

US 71 - In the north, multiplexed with I-29 to Amazonia, Missouri, and serves as a freeway (Bruce R. Watkins Drive) South from downtown.

US 169 - Connects Smithville, Missouri, in the north.

K-5 - A minor freeway bypassing the north of Kansas City, Kansas, connecting the GM Fairfax plant with I-635. K-5 continues as Leavenworth Road west to I-435 then on to Leavenworth, Kansas.

K-7 - A freeway linking Leavenworth County, Kansas, Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Johnson County, Kansas.

K-10 - A freeway linking Johnson County, Kansas, and Douglas County, Kansas.

K-32 - A highway that links Leavenworth County, Kansas, and Wyandotte County, Kansas.

MO-9 - A minor freeway northwest of North Kansas City, and serves as a commercial backbone to North Kansas City, Riverside, Platte Woods, and Parkville.

MO-150 - A highway linking southern Lee's Summit and Grandview to the Kansas suburbs at State Line Road.

MO-152 - A freeway contained entirely in Kansas City's Northland, stretching from Liberty in Clay County west to its intersection with I-435 south of KCI in Platte County.

MO-210 - A minor freeway east of North Kansas City that, as a two-lane road, stretches to Richmond, Missouri.

MO-291 - Formerly an eastern bypass route of U.S. 71, the minor freeway connects Harrisonville and Lee's Summit to Independence, Sugar Creek, Liberty and Kansas City North. It is signed along with I-470 north of Lee's Summit.

MO-350 - Crosses through Raytown as Blue Parkway.
Other notable roads:

Ward Parkway - A scenic parkway in Kansas City, Missouri near the Kansas-Missouri state line where many large historic mansions and fountains are located.

★ Broadway - A Street where in the middle of downtown contains various bars, live jazz outlets and restaurants. It is also the eastern border of Quality Hill, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kansas City

Local navigation tips


''See related article: WikiTravel entry on Kansas City, Missouri
Street numbers

The Missouri side of the Metropolitan Area shares a grid system with Johnson County on the Kansas Side with most east-west streets numbered and north-south streets named. Addresses on east-west streets are numbered from Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri, and on north-south streets from St. John Avenue (or the Missouri River, in the River Market area). The direction 'South' in street and address numbers is generally implied if 'N' is not specified, except for numbered 'avenues' in North Kansas City. In most of Wyandotte County, Kansas the north-south streets are numbered and the address numbers are measured from Riverview Avenue. Some suburbs use completely independent numbering schemes.
Highways


★ Kansas Citians tend to express US and Missouri highway designations with the number before the word "highway". This colloquialism tends not to apply to interstates or Kansas route numbers ("I-70", "K-10").

★ 69 Highway '"The Overland Parkway":' Southbound on I-35 from Kansas City, Missouri towards Johnson County there are two exits marked South 69. The first or northern one (Metcalf Ave/I-635) is a left lane exit and leads to Metcalf, an at-grade trafficway, before turning west along Shawnee Mission Parkway, to rejoin I-35. The southern US-69 exit is a two lane right lane exit between the 75th and 87th street exits and begins a four lane highway known as the Overland Parkway.

Bruce R. Watkins Drive is the name of the new section of U.S. Highway 71 in Kansas City, Missouri. The old 71 Highway ran mostly on Prospect Ave.

★ When traveling north on I-35 from Johnson County the first signs that say I-70 west actually guide the driver through the southern portion of the I-670 loop which goes underneath the Bartle Hall Convention Center and some downtown overpasses. This is sometimes referred to as "going under downtown".
Navigation landmarks


★ The KCTV pyramid shaped television and radio tower can be seen from many parts of the city and is well lit at night. It is next to the KCPT studios at the corner of 31st and Main.

★ The twin red brick towers of American Century Investments are oriented north and south along Main at 45th street. They are just north of the Country Club Plaza. The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is slightly east. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is east and slightly south.

★ Kansas City Community Christian Church at 4601 Main has a group of lights that shoot a beam straight up at night. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1950s, it is slightly south of and across the street from the American Century Investment Towers. The Nelson Atkins is to the east and the Kemper Museum is to the north and slightly east.

Bartle Hall has a section that looks somewhat like a north-south suspension bridge crossing over I-670 at the southwest corner of the downtown loop. It has four towers with metal sculptures on top of each tower.

★ The Veterans Affairs Medical Center has a large "VA" emblem. It is near the intersection of I-70, Linwood and Van Brunt.
Areas of the metro

The center of Kansas City is roughly contained inside the downtown loop (shaded in red).


★ 'Downtown Kansas City' refers to the downtown area of Kansas City, MO, where a large majority of the area's employees work, and where much of the entertainment is located. It has been going through a massive revitalization since 2000, and gained over 7,000 people from 2000 to 2005.

★ "'The Northland'" refers to the area of the metro area that is north of the Missouri River, comprising Clay and Platte counties in Missouri. This area includes the northern half of Kansas City, Missouri, which is referred to as "'Kansas City, North'" to distinguish it from the rest of the Northland and North Kansas City.

★ '"North Kansas City"' is a separate city that is completely surrounded by Kansas City, Missouri (abbreviated NKC). It is also called Northtown.

★ 'Shawnee Mission', Kansas, is an area recognized by the United States Postal Service that includes many towns in Johnson County, Kansas.

★ 'Waldo' refers to the Waldo Residential District in Kansas City, Missouri, near 75th Street and Wornall Road.

★ 'Country Club Plaza' (or simply "the Plaza") is an upscale shopping district built by the J.C. Nichols Company in 1923. It was the first suburban shopping district in the United States.[2]

★ 'Country Club District' is the name for the associated group of neighborhoods built along Ward Parkway by J.C. Nichols just south of the Country Club Plaza, and includes Sunset Hill, Brookside, Crestwood, and Mission Hills, Kansas.

★ '39th Street' usually refers to the small section of West 39th Street between State Line Road and Southwest Trafficway in Kansas City, Missouri. It has many restaurants, bars and shops, and is just across the state line from the University of Kansas Medical Center. The area is also referred to as the ''Volker'' neighborhood.

★ 'University of Kansas Hospital (KUMED)' is the corporate name of the hospital on the KU Medical Center campus.

★ 'Benton Curve', a curve located where Interstate 70 crosses Benton Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, is a site of many accidents.

★ 'Pendleton Heights' is a historic neighborhood in the Northeast, home to the city's largest concentration of Victorian homes. It is bordered to the north by Cliff Drive, the east by Chestnut Trafficway, the south by Independence Avenue and to the west by the Paseo Trafficway. It is Kansas City's oldest surviving neighborhood.

★ 'Grandview Triangle' is the intersection of three major highways: Interstate 435, Interstate 470, and 71 Highway (Bruce R. Watkins Drive). Notorious for fatal accidents, as of February 2005, improvements and upgrades on the Triangle have mostly been completed.

★ 'Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard', named for former mayor and current Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, comprises recently renamed portions of 47th Street and Brush Creek Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.

★ '18th and Vine' refers to the 18th and Vine Historic District that contains the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum.

★ The 'Library District' is a recently defined district around the new Central Library[3] at 14 West 10th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

★ 'Strawberry Hill' is a historical area in Kansas City, Kansas that was home to many eastern European immigrants. Later, the neighborhood became home to many Latino/Chicano families. However, with recent immigration from Eastern Europe, Strawberry Hill is currently seeing immigration once again from Eastern Europe.

★ 'Hospital Hill' is the area near 23rd and Holmes in Kansas City, Missouri, and consists of two major hospitals (Truman Medical Center, The Children's Mercy Hospital) and the University of Missouri, Kansas City's School of Medicine.

★ 'Argentine' is a part of Kansas City, Kansas, near 30th and Argentine. It is one of the oldest Mexican/Chicano neighborhoods in Kansas City with Mexican immigration to that area dating to the 1800s.

★ The 'Crossroads Arts District' is a Downtown neighborhood between the Central Business District and Union Station, centered around the intersection of 19th Street and Baltimore in Kansas City, Missouri. It contains dozens of art galleries and is considered by many to be the center of the arts culture in the metropolitan area. Local artists sponsor exhibits there on the first Friday of each month.

★ 'Quality Hill' is an upscale residential and commercial neighborhood on top of a western hill in the Central Business District Downtown Kansas City, across the river from the Charles B. Wheeler Airport.

★ 'Washington-Wheatley' is a historically Black neighborhood southeast of the 18th and Vine District.

★ 'The Westside' is a historically African American and Chicano/Latino neighborhood near Southwest Blvd. and Interstate 35.

★ 'Westport' is a historic district offering much of the metro area's entertainment and nightlife.

★ 'Valentine'

★ 'West Bottoms'

★ 'Rosedale'

★ 'Armordale', in Kansas City, KS, is one of the historically Chicano(a) neighborhoods of the Kansas City metro.

★ 'Sheffield'

★ 'Northend'

★ 'East Bottoms'

★ 'Brookside'

★ 'Northeast', refers to the Historic Old Northeast District, a working-class immigrant collection of neighorhoods. It is between downtown Kansas City and the smaller city of Independence. It was originally one of the more fashionable areas in the city, and the oldest residential neighborhoods. It is also home to peoples from dozens of nations, representing cultures from Africa, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. Though a vital part of the KCMA and very unique, it is often overlooked by non-Kansas Citians for political and economic reasons.

Educational institutions


Post-secondary

In Kansas City, Missouri:
Avila University
Calvary Bible College
DeVry University of Kansas City
Kansas City Art Institute
Metropolitan Community College[4]:MCC-Penn Valley:MCC-Maple Woods:MCC-Business and Technology Center:MCC-Blue River:MCC-Longview
Midwestern Baptist College
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
National American University
Nazarene Theological Seminary
Rockhurst University
University of Missouri - Kansas City
University of Phoenix - Kansas City
Webster University - Kansas City
Vatterott College
On the Missouri side:
Park University
William Jewell CollegeOn the Kansas side:
Baker University
Johnson County Community College
Kansas City Kansas Community College
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Ottawa University
University of Kansas, Edwards Campus
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Saint Mary
University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, Kan
Friends UniversityIn nearby Lawrence:
University of Kansas
Haskell Indian Nations UniversityOther nearby Missouri educational institutions:
University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg
Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville
Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph

Elementary and secondary

'Missouri schools'
★ Blue Springs School District

★ Blue Springs High School

★ Blue Springs South High School
★ Center School District

★ Center High School
★ Excelsior Springs School District

★ Excelsior Springs High School

★ Excelsior Springs Area Career Center
★ Fort Osage School District

★ Fort Osage High School
★ Grandview C-4 School District

★ Grandview High School
★ Hickman Mills C-1 School District

★ Hickman Mills High School

★ Ruskin High School
★ Independence School District

Harry S. Truman High School

William Chrisman High School
★ Kansas City Missouri School District

★ Central High School

★ Lincoln Prep Academy

★ Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts

Southeast High School

Van Horn High School

★ Northeast High School

★ Manual Technical Vocational School
Lee's Summit R-VII School District

Lee's Summit High School

Lee's Summit North High School

Lee's Summit West High School
Lee's Summit Community Christian School
★ Liberty Public School District

Liberty High School
★ North Kansas City School District

North Kansas City High School

Oak Park High School (Kansas City)Oak Park High School4

★ Staley High School

★ Winnetonka High School
Park Hill School District

Park Hill High School

Park Hill South High School
The Pembroke Hill School
★ Raytown C-2 School District

Raytown High School

Raytown South High School
Rockhurst High School
St. Pius X High School
'Kansas schools'
★ Basehor - Linwood School District
Bishop Miege High School
Bishop Ward High School
Blue Valley School District

Blue Valley High School

Blue Valley North High School

Blue Valley Northwest High School

Blue Valley West High School

Blue Valley Academy
★ Bonner Springs/Edwardsville School District http://www.usd204.com
★ Kansas City Christian School
★ Kansas City, KS School District

★ F.L. Schagle High School

★ J.C. Harmon High School

Sumner Academy of Arts & Science

★ Washington High School

★ Wyandotte High School
★ Maranatha Academy High School
Mill Valley High School
Olathe School District

Olathe North High School

Olathe South High School

Olathe East High School

Olathe Northwest High School
★ Piper Unified School District

Piper High School
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
Shawnee Mission School District

Shawnee Mission East High School

Shawnee Mission North High School

Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

Shawnee Mission South High School

Shawnee Mission West High School
★ Turner Unified School District

Turner High School

Libraries



Johnson County Library

Kansas City Kansas Public Library

Kansas City Public Library (MO)

Linda Hall Library

Mid-continent Library

Olathe Public Library

Media


Print media

''The Kansas City Star.'' is the region's major daily newspaper. The McClatchy Company, the owner of ''The Star'', also owns the suburban weeklies ''Lee's Summit Journal'' and ''Olathe Journal''.
The five-day daily "Kansas City Kansan" serves Wyandotte County. Additional weekly papers in the metropolitan include the ''Liberty Tribune'', ''Sun Newspapers'' of Johnson County and the Northland, ''The Examiner'' in Independence and Eastern Jackson County, and ''The Pitch''. Two newspapers serve the area's faith communities: "The Metro Voice Christian Newspaper" and the "Jewish Chronicle". "Dos Mundos" is the area's primary newspaper that serves the Spanish speaking community with articles printed in Spanish and English.
Broadcast media

Main articles: Broadcast Media in Kansas City

According to Arbitron, about 1.5 million people over the age of 12 are part of the Kansas City DMA, making it the 30th largest market for radio and 31st for television Nielsen ratings.
Television

Kansas City metro television stations, with all major network affiliates represented, include:

WDAF-TV 4 - Fox Owned and Operated.

KCTV 5 - CBS affiliate.

KMBC-TV 9 - ABC affiliate.

KCPT 19 - PBS Member Station

KCWE 29 - The CW affiliate.

KMCI 38 (independent)

KSHB-TV 41 - NBC affiliate.

KPXE 50 - i affiliate.

KSMO-TV 62 - My Network TV affiliate.
Radio

Over 30 FM and 20 AM stations broadcast in the Kansas City area, with stations from Topeka, St. Joseph, and Carrollton also reaching into the metropolitan. The highest rated radio stations according to Arbitron:

KPRS-FM - Urban

KCMO-FM - 60/70s AC

KQRC-FM - Rock

KMBZ-AM - News/Talk

WDAF-FM - Country
Public and community radio


KCUR-FM NPR affiliate
:KANU-FM and KTBG-FM, both college radio stations, are also NPR affiliates

KKFI-FM Locally-owned not-for-profit station
Specialty TV and Radio

Hispanics account for five percent of the market and are served by three AM radio stations (KCZZ, KDTD, and KKHK) and a Univision affiliate, KUKC-LP.

Business interests


The Kansas City Metropolitan Area's largest private employer is Sprint Nextel Corporation. The international telecommunications company maintains its global operational headquarters at its 200-acre campus facility in south Overland Park. During 2003, the company employed nearly 18,500 people in the five-county metropolitan area, with wages of more than $1.16 billion generating $58 million in local and state income taxes. Sprint spent more than $21 million on property taxes and $1.74 billion for goods and services from area businesses. Since the merger, Sprint Nextel's corporate headquarters moved to Reston, Virginia, and the company spun off its local telephone service into a new company called Embarq, also based in Overland Park.
Other major employers are AT&T, BNSF Railway, Hallmark Cards, Harley-Davidson, General Motors, Honeywell, and Ford Motor Company. Kansas City also has a large pharmaceutical industry, with companies such as Bayer and Aventis having large presences.
Headquarters

The following companies and organizations are headquartered in the area:

American Century Companies, an investment firm

AMC Theatres, a movie theater chain

Andrews McMeel Universal, a syndication and publication company which represents features such as Dear Abby, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes and Doonesbury

Applebee's restaurant chain

Aquila, Inc., a major energy company

Black & Veatch Corporation, major engineering firm

Burns & McDonnell, an architectural firm

Cerner, leading supplier of healthcare information technology solutions.

Church of the Nazarene church

Commerce Bancshares, bank serving Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois

Community of Christ church (Mormon RLDS)

DST Systems, Inc., global provider of sophisticated information processing and computer software services and products

Ferrellgas, the nation's largest retailer and distributor of natural gas

Garmin, largest maker of GPS-based electronics

Hallmark Cards, largest maker of greeting cards in the US

HNTB Corporation, large architecture and engineering firm

HOK Sport + Venue + Event, world leader in sports architecture

H&R Block, financial corporation and former parent company of CompuServe

Inergy, LP, one of the nation's largest retailers and distributors of natural gas

Interstate Bakeries Corporation, makers of Twinkies and Wonder Bread

J.E. Dunn Construction Group, major construction contractor.

Kansas City Power & Light Company, a leading regulated provider of electricity and energy-related products and services

Kansas City Southern Industries, operators of a Class I railroad

Lockton Companies, the largest privately held insurance brokerage in the nation

Peterson Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of vehicle safety lighting

Premium Standard Farms, provider of pork products, producing pork products for the retail, wholesale, foodservice, further processor and export markets

Russell Stover Candies

Sprint Nextel Corporation, one of the world's largest telecommunication companies.

Unity Church

Wolferman's bakery

YRC Worldwide Inc., one of the largest transportation service providers in the world.
Kansas City has a Federal Reserve Bank.
Retail centers


Antioch Center

Bannister Mall

★ Now Closed For Re-Development



Crown Center

Country Club Plaza

The Gateway (formerly Mission Center)

Great Mall of the Great Plains

Independence Center

The Landing Mall

Metcalf South Shopping Center

Metro North Mall

Oak Park Mall

Town Pavillion

Summit Woods Crossing

Legends at Village West

Ward Parkway Shopping Center

Zona Rosa

Local organizations



Independent Filmmakers Coalition of Kansas City

Community LINC

Hepatitis C Multicultural Outreach

Irish Museum and Cultural Center

Kerala Association of Kansas City

Notes


1. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/index.html
2. [2]
3. [3]
4. [4]

External links



KC Metro Community Portal

KC Photos.com

KC Population Statistics

Westport Kansas City

Experience Kansas City

VisitKC.com

360KC: Kansas City's Visual Directory

Kansas City: City of Fountains

Mid-America Regional Council

Kansas City Scout Traffic Management System

National Weather Service - Kansas City Office

ThinkKC

KC Search Engine - Search hundreds of web sites from the Kansas City area

Kansas City Haunted Houses & Activities for Halloween.

Kansas City Direct Action Network

KC Chapter of National Lawyers Guild

Kansas City Independent Media Center

Kansas City infoZine

Kansas City Development Forum

Greater Kansas City Bicycle Federation

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

Southtown Council

ThinkOneKC

India Association of Kansas City (IAKC)

Kerala Association of Kansas City (KAKC)

★ KC "''The Metro''" Transportation Authority

★ KC Red Cross

★ Kansas City Metro Crime Commission

Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society

Kansas City Northland Community Driven Website

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