The Vision

The redevelopment of Parade Park is envisioned as a comprehensive redevelopment of the area that will create a unique revitalized neighborhood and establish it as the place to live in the expanding Kansas City urban core. The full buildout will include over 1,000 residential units in varying sizes and configurations providing rental market rate, affordable, family, and senior housing and supporting commercial space. The redevelopment will also provide affordable home ownership opportunities. This densification of the site from 19 units/acre to over 35 units/acre will create the necessary critical mass to re-establish the neighborhood community. The redevelopment will take place through three phases and is estimated to cost over $300,000,000.

MEET the First Phase Staff

Flaherty & Collins

Flaherty & Collins Properties specializes in both market rate and affordable housing developments, public/private partnerships and mixed-use, urban in-fill developments. Since 1993, Flaherty & Collins Properties has completed over $3 billion in development and has an ongoing pipeline of a half-billion in development. Additionally, we currently manage 85 properties and 14,568 multifamily units in 9 states across the nation.

Twelfth Street Heritage

Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corporation (TSHDC) is on a mission to improve the quality of life for residents of Kansas City’s most challenged urban neighborhoods: safer, cleaner streets; attractive and affordable homes; thriving businesses; inviting parks and playgrounds; neighbors who know each other.

TSHDC staff and volunteers, in partnership with multiple public and private stakeholders, work daily to enrich the lives and enhance the landscape of a community where hope for neighborhood stability and prosperity was bleak. Established in 1984, TSHDC has been a catalyst for remarkable and measurable community progress.

In recent years, TSHDC has assumed a more strategic role by facilitating the development of beneficial relationships that accelerate housing and economic development.

The rebirth of this historic neighborhood is becoming an extraordinary example of community development in action. TSHDC has recently implemented several services that impact local families: Prison to Workforce Pipeline, Mentor KC, Parent Engagement Workshops, and Santa’s Wonderland.

Parson + Associates

Parson + Associates (P+A) is a public relations firm rooted in Kansas City, certified as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), and Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE). Our team is as diverse as the people we serve.

From strategic communications to project management, community outreach to consensus building, small business projects to statewide initiatives (and beyond!), we effectively engage people and contribute to your success by cultivating relationships.

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Information and Plans