Mayor Lucas Applauds Parade Park Sale, Plans to Preserve Community

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition

$275M redevelopment plan includes more than 1,000 new, dignified housing units

  • Parade Park is one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives and is located near the historic 18th & Vine District and downtown Kansas City, Mo.
    Parade Park is one of the nation’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives and is located near the historic 18th & Vine District and downtown Kansas City, Mo.

    Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas on Monday applauded a successful foreclosure sale for Parade Park Homes, where the property was acquired by the City of Kansas City, and conveyed to Flaherty & Collins Development and Twelfth Street Heritage Corporation—two agencies with deep roots in our community who understand and respect the significance of Parade Park Homes to Kansas City. Parade Park is on…