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Neighhborhood input for 39th Street Streetcar
Our friends in the Volker neighborhood have invited us to a special meeting to have input into the proposal to put a new streetcar line on 39th Street between Main Street and State Line. This new line would be part of the East-West Corridor plan, which is moving ahead. The streetcar planners have also extended the […]
Holiday Party
Kathleen's House 3614 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, MO, United StatesThe Valentine Holiday party will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the home of Kathleen Forster, 3614 Pennsylvania. The neighborhood will supply a main course meat, but you are asked to bring a dish to share. We now use the Signup Genius app to organize side dishes. Sign up
Luminaria creating and lighting
tbdIt has been a longtime holiday tradition for Valentine and the surrounding neighborhoods to prepare luminaria on Christmas Eve. These are candles placed in paper bags and lit at sunset, to line the streets and create a festive atmosphere on the night before Christmas. However, it is a lot of work to prepare the luminaria […]
VNA Annual Meeting
MCC-Penn Valley Education Center, room EC004The Valentine Neighborhood Association will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Penn Valley Community College. This will be a chance to meet to the VNA president and board and to hear from committee chairs about our goals or the coming year. We'll be talking about safety, development and city issues as well […]
Public Input Meeting: Outdoor Storage
Microsoft Teams MeetingCapital Electric Company is applying for a special use permit to use the property at 3329 Summit for outdoor storage. The equipment is being stored for the Kansas City Streetcar extension on Main Street. The request will go to the city plan commission on Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. Before that hearing, the company is […]
General Meeting
MCC-Penn Valley Education Center, room EC004We hope to see all Valentine residents at our monthly neighborhood meeting. The agenda includes: Agenda Officer Sanders Safety Update Guest Speaker - Stephanie Burton, Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney Budget Update Capital Electric Update Melrose Abbey Update - Chris Preferred Months for Dumpsters Committee Updates Open Floor Discussion The meeting will be held at MCC-Penn […]
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
St. Patrick’s Day is a big event in Valentine. Since 2019, the parade has been held in Midtown, starting at Linwood and Broadway and going south along Broadway to 43rd Street. According to the parade committee, “The area around Redemptorist Catholic Church where the parade starts was traditionally called Kerry Patch in the 1800s after […]
Thirsty Thursday
As the weather warms up, we’ve scheduled our first Thirsty Thursday event of the season. Our hosts for the March 21 events will be Aubrey and Caleb at 3670 Jefferson. Thirsty Thursdays are Valentine's informal social gatherings on a front porch or in a back yard. They are your chance to meet new neighbors and […]
Melrose Abbey Meeting on Special Use Permit
Melrose Abbey is the new name of the wedding event business at 3931 Washington, the former Broadway Baptist Church. The current owners got a special use permit from the city in 2022 to operate as a wedding and event venue with four on-site hotel rooms. They are now applying for that special use permit to […]