Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

28 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 them to get into higher paying jobs,” says Kindle. To support their expanding workforce, Kansas City, Kansas has a diversity of housing stock available, and they are also seeing an increase in new-home development. According to Kindle, “We’ve got some developers that see there is a lot of opportunity to meet that attainable housing, workforce need in the community. At the same time, we’re seeing traditional multi- family homes being built fairly high-end along the river.” The city has a big initiative to help activate the riverfront area with its Yards II project – a $50-million investment that will see multi- family development, as well as a retail access point along the riverfront at the site of former stockyards. A similar development – Yards I – is located on the Missouri side and Yards III is already in the works for Kansas City, Kansas. Alvey explains, “That’s going to be centered next door to the Rock Island Bridge, which was