URBAN CORE DEVELOPERS URGE A “YES” VOTE ON QUESTION 1—Shown above standing on the original site of the Municipal Baseball Stadium at 22nd and Brooklyn are Crossroads District Developer Matt Abbott (left) and 18th & Vine Enterprise Village Developer Vewiser Dixon. Both men have joined together to inform Jackson County citizens and voters on the historic as well as economic and cultural significance of bringing Kansas City Baseball ‘ Back to its ROYAL roots’ in Kansas City’s urban core. If voters approve Question 1 on the April 2 ballot, the K.C. Royals’ proposed new stadium will be built in the Crossroads District which is just minutes away from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the historic 18th & Vine District and the historic site of the Municipal Baseball Stadium where Kansas City baseball got its start— and businesses including minority-owned enterprises surrounding it—prospered. RELATED AD ON PAGE 5.
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