🏠 A Healthy Future

Healthy Future: Children's Mercy is one of only 28 freestanding pediatric hospitals in the U.S., serving a multi-state region. This expansion will grow the hospital's total capacity by 25 to 30 percent, and will be supported by private-public investments. A video with detailed renderings shows a new tower just steps from the upcoming Royals’ stadium near Crown Center. (see below)

What's Coming: The new tower will feature an expanded PICU, NICU, and Emergency Department, a state-of-the-art surgical center with robotics capability, improved clinical flow for care teams, spaces designed to translate research into real-world treatments, and more natural light, green space, and family-centered areas throughout.

Homes on Parade: Presented by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City, the Parade features hundreds of beautifully built homes across a wide range of styles, features, and price points, all open to the public at no cost. Printed guides are available at all Parade homes while supplies last, and at the KCHBA office.

Home in Your Pocket: Download the Kansas City Parade of Homes app from the App Store or Google Play to search homes by location, builder, and price range, save favorites, and map out a personalized tour.

Airport Direct: Free shuttles between KCI and Downtown, dropping off at the ConnectKC26 bus mall at 27th & Main, just two blocks from FIFA Fan Festival.

Stadium Direct: Match day service for ticketholders from four park-and-ride locations and the FIFA Fan Festival to the stadium at $15 per person round trip.

Region Direct: Unlimited trips to/from regional destinations to the FIFA Fan Festival with day passes ($5), week passes ($25), and tournament passes ($50) available.

🦈 Wild Night Out: The KC Zoo's after-hours, 21+ music event HABITAT is happening on Saturday, May 9th from 7pm to midnight. Expect local and international DJs, the Sobela Ocean Aquarium, rides, and food trucks.*

🍍 Plates for Plates: Every time the Royals score 6+ runs at a home game, Hawaiian Bros drops a free Classic Plate Lunch into HB Rewards accounts the day after. The recent hot streak has already generated 41,000+ free plates.

🎤 Kacey in KC: Eight-time Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves will bring her Middle of Nowhere tour to T-Mobile Center on September 23rd, with special guest Charles Wesley Godwin. Tickets go on sale May 8 at 10am.

🎁 Treasure Hunt: Berry’d Treasures, a boutique offering a curated selection of home goods, accessories, gifts, and a candle bar is now open in Leawood’s Park Place.

🚂 All Aboard: Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, a 1.2 million-pound, 133-foot WWII-era locomotive, is rolling through KC this summer on its first-ever coast-to-coast tour. It arrives at Union Station before heading to Topeka, Salina and Hays.

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