New Life for Bannister Mall...

NEW LIFE FOR BANNISTER MALL. KANSAS CITY'S LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IS GREEN LIGHTED BY THE KANSAS CITY'S LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYER IS GREEN LIGHTED BY THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CITY EMPLOYER IS GREEN LIGHTED BY THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS TO BUILD A 4.5 MILLION COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS TO BUILD A 4.5 MILLION SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS ON THE SITE PLANS TO BUILD A 4.5 MILLION SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER SHOPPING CENTER IN SQUARE FOOT CAMPUS ON THE SITE OF THE FORMER SHOPPING CENTER IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. OF THE FORMER SHOPPING CENTER IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. THE FAST GROWING HEALTH CARE SOUTH KANSAS CITY. THE FAST GROWING HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY EXPECTS TO THE FAST GROWING HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY EXPECTS TO CREATE 15,000 JOBS AT WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY EXPECTS TO CREATE 15,000 JOBS AT WHAT IS CALLED THE THREE TRAILS CROSSING CREATE 15,000 JOBS AT WHAT IS CALLED THE THREE TRAILS CROSSING DEVELOPMENT. CALLED THE THREE TRAILS CROSSING DEVELOPMENT. THE PROJECT, THOUGH, IS GETTING DEVELOPMENT. THE PROJECT, THOUGH, IS GETTING $1.63 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL THE PROJECT, THOUGH, IS GETTING $1.63 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAX INCENTIVES TO MAKE IT $1.63 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAX INCENTIVES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. TAX INCENTIVES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. DOESN'T THAT SEEM LIKE A LOT, HAPPEN. DOESN'T THAT SEEM LIKE A LOT, KEVIN? DOESN'T THAT SEEM LIKE A LOT, KEVIN? WELL, IT'S AROUND 30 TO 40% KEVIN? WELL, IT'S AROUND 30 TO 40% OF THE COSTS, AND AGAIN, NICK, I WELL, IT'S AROUND 30 TO 40% OF THE COSTS, AND AGAIN, NICK, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THIS. OF THE COSTS, AND AGAIN, NICK, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THIS. THIS IS MONEY THAT THE STATE AND TELL PEOPLE ALL THIS. THIS IS MONEY THAT THE STATE AND CITY DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS MONEY THAT THE STATE AND CITY DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE FUTURE TAX REVENUES CITY DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE FUTURE TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY A CORPORATION THAT THESE ARE FUTURE TAX REVENUES GENERATED BY A CORPORATION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY CREATE 15,000 NEW GENERATED BY A CORPORATION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY CREATE 15,000 NEW JOBS, PUT CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE TO WILL HOPEFULLY CREATE 15,000 NEW JOBS, PUT CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE TO WORK, TAKE CARE OF A HUGE SORE JOBS, PUT CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE TO WORK, TAKE CARE OF A HUGE SORE IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY WHERE THE WORK, TAKE CARE OF A HUGE SORE IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY WHERE THE OLD BANNISTER MALL USED TO BE. IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY WHERE THE OLD BANNISTER MALL USED TO BE. IT IS AN INVESTMENT. OLD BANNISTER MALL USED TO BE. IT IS AN INVESTMENT. IS IT TOO MUCH? IT IS AN INVESTMENT. IS IT TOO MUCH? IS IT TOO LITTLE? IS IT TOO MUCH? IS IT TOO LITTLE? I DON'T KNOW. IS IT TOO LITTLE? I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT'S THE PRICE OF DOING I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT'S THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND THE PRICE OF NOT BUT IT'S THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS, AND THE PRICE OF NOT DOING BUSINESS IS RARELY BUSINESS, AND THE PRICE OF NOT DOING BUSINESS IS RARELY CALCULATED, WHICH IS LOST DOING BUSINESS IS RARELY CALCULATED, WHICH IS LOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CALCULATED, WHICH IS LOST ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASING BLIGHT IN SOUTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASING BLIGHT IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. INCREASING BLIGHT IN SOUTH KANSAS CITY. AND CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE WHO KANSAS CITY. AND CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THERE WHO HAVE BEEN AND CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THERE WHO HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED, DAVE LIVE AROUND THERE WHO HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED, DAVE HELLING, THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABSOLUTELY FRUSTRATED, DAVE HELLING, THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO BANNISTER MALL HELLING, THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO BANNISTER MALL FOR SO MANY YEARS. HAS HAPPENED TO BANNISTER MALL FOR SO MANY YEARS. RIGHT, AND IF ANYBODY CAN FOR SO MANY YEARS. RIGHT, AND IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE BELIEVE IT RIGHT, AND IF ANYBODY CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE BELIEVE IT CAN BE CERNER. MAKE THIS HAPPEN, WE BELIEVE IT CAN BE CERNER. EARLIER IN THE SHOW I TALKED CAN BE CERNER. EARLIER IN THE SHOW I TALKED ABOUT LACK OF CORPORATE EARLIER IN THE SHOW I TALKED ABOUT LACK OF CORPORATE PRESENCE, AND I THINK CERNER IS ABOUT LACK OF CORPORATE PRESENCE, AND I THINK CERNER IS THE EXCEPTION TO THAT, GROWING PRESENCE, AND I THINK CERNER IS THE EXCEPTION TO THAT, GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AIDED IN NO THE EXCEPTION TO THAT, GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AIDED IN NO SMALL PART BY THE AFFORDABLE BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AIDED IN NO SMALL PART BY THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHICH WILL DUMP SMALL PART BY THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHICH WILL DUMP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CARE ACT, WHICH WILL DUMP HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THAT COMPANY. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THAT COMPANY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. INTO THAT COMPANY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THINK IF ANYBODY IS CAPABLE OF I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA THINK IF ANYBODY IS CAPABLE OF PULLING THIS OFF IT'S GOING TO THINK IF ANYBODY IS CAPABLE OF PULLING THIS OFF IT'S GOING TO BE THE CERNER COMPANY. PULLING THIS OFF IT'S GOING TO BE THE CERNER COMPANY. MARY. BE THE CERNER COMPANY. MARY. ABSOLUTELY. MARY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS ALSO KIND ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS ALSO KIND OF GOOD NEWS TO MY EARS, HAVING AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS ALSO KIND OF GOOD NEWS TO MY EARS, HAVING GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AND OF GOOD NEWS TO MY EARS, HAVING GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AND ATTENDING HICKMAN HILLS HIGH GROWN UP IN THAT AREA AND ATTENDING HICKMAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. ATTENDING HICKMAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. I REMEMBER WHEN BANNISTER MALL SCHOOL. I REMEMBER WHEN BANNISTER MALL WAS THERE. I REMEMBER WHEN BANNISTER MALL WAS THERE. YOU'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF WAS THERE. YOU'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF SCHOOLS. YOU'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. SCHOOLS. I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. PART OF THE MONEY IN THE DEAL I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE. PART OF THE MONEY IN THE DEAL WAS TO GO -- THERE'S, LIKE, PART OF THE MONEY IN THE DEAL WAS TO GO -- THERE'S, LIKE, 6 MILLION, I THINK, FOR THE WAS TO GO -- THERE'S, LIKE, 6 MILLION, I THINK, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 6 MILLION, I THINK, FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 6 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 6 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS, 2 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY. 6 MILLION FOR THE SCHOOLS, 2 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR 2 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT MAY HELP. WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR THAT MAY HELP. BUT NOTE THE DIFFERENCE VERY THAT MAY HELP. BUT NOTE THE DIFFERENCE VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THE REACTION TO BUT NOTE THE DIFFERENCE VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THE REACTION TO THIS THING AS OPPOSED TO, SAY, QUICKLY ABOUT THE REACTION TO THIS THING AS OPPOSED TO, SAY, THE TRANSLATIONAL TAX WHICH IS THIS THING AS OPPOSED TO, SAY, THE TRANSLATIONAL TAX WHICH IS ALSO SEEN AS A TRANSFER OF THE TRANSLATIONAL TAX WHICH IS ALSO SEEN AS A TRANSFER OF PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE. ALSO SEEN AS A TRANSFER OF PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE. GOVERNMENTS WILL STILL GET PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE. GOVERNMENTS WILL STILL GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THIS, AND WHAT GOVERNMENTS WILL STILL GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THIS, AND WHAT A GREAT CHANGE THIS IS GOING TO SOME MONEY OUT OF THIS, AND WHAT A GREAT CHANGE THIS IS GOING TO BE. A GREAT CHANGE THIS IS GOING TO BE. WHAT AN EYESORE THE OLD SITE HAS BE. WHAT AN EYESORE THE OLD SITE HAS BEEN. WHAT AN EYESORE THE OLD SITE HAS BEEN. WHAT A TERRIFIC CHANGE. BEEN. WHAT A TERRIFIC CHANGE. BUT I'M STILL UPSET I CAN'T WHAT A TERRIFIC CHANGE. BUT I'M STILL UPSET I CAN'T GO TO RADIO SHACK INSIDE THE BUT I'M STILL UPSET I CAN'T GO TO RADIO SHACK INSIDE THE BANNISTER MALL. GO TO RADIO SHACK INSIDE THE BANNISTER MALL. IS GOOGLE TURNING ITS BACK BANNISTER MALL. IS GOOGLE TURNING ITS BACK ON BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY IS GOOGLE TURNING ITS BACK ON BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY WHILE BRINGING GOOGLE FIBER TO ON BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY WHILE BRINGING GOOGLE FIBER TO TOWN HAS BEEN TOUTED AS A BOOM WHILE BRINGING GOOGLE FIBER TO TOWN HAS BEEN TOUTED AS A BOOM TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE TOWN HAS BEEN TOUTED AS A BOOM TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE STAR'S DEVELOPMENT REPORTER, TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE STAR'S DEVELOPMENT REPORTER, KEVIN COLLISON, HAS A CAUTIONARY STAR'S DEVELOPMENT REPORTER, KEVIN COLLISON, HAS A CAUTIONARY TALE OF HOW ONE INTREPID KEVIN COLLISON, HAS A CAUTIONARY TALE OF HOW ONE INTREPID ENTREPRENEUR CAME CLOSE TO TALE OF HOW ONE INTREPID ENTREPRENEUR CAME CLOSE TO LOSING HIS SHIRT AFTER INVESTING ENTREPRENEUR CAME CLOSE TO LOSING HIS SHIRT AFTER INVESTING IN A RIVER MARKET BUILDING WITH LOSING HIS SHIRT AFTER INVESTING IN A RIVER MARKET BUILDING WITH DESIGNS ON ATTRACTING OTHER IN A RIVER MARKET BUILDING WITH DESIGNS ON ATTRACTING OTHER STARTUPS ONLY TO BE TOLD BY DESIGNS ON ATTRACTING OTHER STARTUPS ONLY TO BE TOLD BY GOOGLE THEY'RE NOT IN THE STARTUPS ONLY TO BE TOLD BY GOOGLE THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF HOOKING UP GOOGLE THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF HOOKING UP BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY. BUSINESS OF HOOKING UP BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY. EVERYBODY IN GOOGLE TO A BUSINESSES IN KANSAS CITY. EVERYBODY IN GOOGLE TO A LARGE DEGREE HAVE BEEN TOUTING EVERYBODY IN GOOGLE TO A LARGE DEGREE HAVE BEEN TOUTING THIS AS A GREAT ECONOMIC LARGE DEGREE HAVE BEEN TOUTING THIS AS A GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOOM, AND THIS THIS AS A GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOOM, AND THIS GENTLEMAN, JOE, WANTED TO CREATE DEVELOPMENT BOOM, AND THIS GENTLEMAN, JOE, WANTED TO CREATE A DUPLICATE OF THE START-UP GENTLEMAN, JOE, WANTED TO CREATE A DUPLICATE OF THE START-UP VILLAGE PHENOMENA, WHICH A DUPLICATE OF THE START-UP VILLAGE PHENOMENA, WHICH EVERYBODY LOVES TO TALK ABOUT, VILLAGE PHENOMENA, WHICH EVERYBODY LOVES TO TALK ABOUT, ALL THESE LITTLE HOMES ALONG THE EVERYBODY LOVES TO TALK ABOUT, ALL THESE LITTLE HOMES ALONG THE STATE BORDER WHERE THESE LITTLE ALL THESE LITTLE HOMES ALONG THE STATE BORDER WHERE THESE LITTLE ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESSES ARE STATE BORDER WHERE THESE LITTLE ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESSES ARE GETTING STARTED, SO HE DECIDED ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESSES ARE GETTING STARTED, SO HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO DO THIS. GETTING STARTED, SO HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO DO THIS. WHEN HE WANTED TO GET IT WIRED, HE WANTED TO DO THIS. WHEN HE WANTED TO GET IT WIRED, HE HAD A BUILDING WITH LOTS WHEN HE WANTED TO GET IT WIRED, HE HAD A BUILDING WITH LOTS ABOVE, AND THEY SAID, NO, WE DO HE HAD A BUILDING WITH LOTS ABOVE, AND THEY SAID, NO, WE DO NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO ABOVE, AND THEY SAID, NO, WE DO NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK CAUGHT A NOT PROVIDE SERVICES TO BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK CAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK CAUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. LOT OF PEOPLE BY SURPRISE. CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. BUT WHAT'S FASCINATING IS, CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. BUT WHAT'S FASCINATING IS, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, EVEN AS BUT WHAT'S FASCINATING IS, DESPITE ALL OF THIS, EVEN AS RECENTLY AS THE OTHER DAY, THE DESPITE ALL OF THIS, EVEN AS RECENTLY AS THE OTHER DAY, THE CITY WAS CONTINUALLY TO TOUT RECENTLY AS THE OTHER DAY, THE CITY WAS CONTINUALLY TO TOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CITY WAS CONTINUALLY TO TOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING A LOT ON GOOGLE, TOO, MARY WELL, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING A LOT ON GOOGLE, TOO, MARY SANCHEZ. LOT ON GOOGLE, TOO, MARY SANCHEZ. WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS SANCHEZ. WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS STORY? WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS STORY? NO. STORY? NO. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL NO. I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL STORY, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DOES I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL STORY, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK STORY, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DOES MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WITH GOOGLE, THAT IS. KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES WITH GOOGLE, THAT IS. IT HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL. GOOGLE, THAT IS. IT HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL. FOR ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT HAS BEEN RESIDENTIAL. FOR ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIALISM, THEIR MONEY, FOR ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIALISM, THEIR MONEY, THEIR DOLLARS, EVERY PART OF ENTREPRENEURIALISM, THEIR MONEY, THEIR DOLLARS, EVERY PART OF THEIR FOCUS IS STILL ON HOMES, THEIR DOLLARS, EVERY PART OF THEIR FOCUS IS STILL ON HOMES, INDIVIDUAL HOMES. THEIR FOCUS IS STILL ON HOMES, INDIVIDUAL HOMES. IT'S NOT ON BUSINESSES. INDIVIDUAL HOMES. IT'S NOT ON BUSINESSES. THEY ARE FAR MORE ABOUT IT'S NOT ON BUSINESSES. THEY ARE FAR MORE ABOUT PROVIDING AN ENTERTAINMENT THEY ARE FAR MORE ABOUT PROVIDING AN ENTERTAINMENT OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAN THEY ARE PROVIDING AN ENTERTAINMENT OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAN THEY ARE ABOUT STARTING UP SMALL OPTION FOR PEOPLE THAN THEY ARE ABOUT STARTING UP SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, BELIEVE ME. ABOUT STARTING UP SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, BELIEVE ME. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN ENTREPRENEURS, BELIEVE ME. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. AND THAT IS OUR WEEK IN REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEW. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS. OUR THANKS TO OUR NEWS REVIEWERS. I'M NICK HAINES. REVIEWERS. I'M NICK HAINES. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT, I'M NICK HAINES. FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KCPT, THANKS FOR SPENDING PART OF YOUR   Captioning provided by Caption Associates, LLC www.captionassociates.com