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Progress being made on the Indian Creek Parkway Bridge

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:11:00 +0000

It looks like a lot of progress is being made on the Indian Creek
Parkway Bridge. This new bridge will connect Mission and Roe at around
107th street (Indian Creek Parkway).

Show Overland Park the MONEY!

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Monday night, the Overland Park City Council approved a resolution requesting federal money for the above mentioned trail.

According to the Overland Park Website:

Money would be used to build a 10-foot Turkey Creek Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail, which would go from Metcalf west to Antioch, along Turkey Creek near I-35. It would be a little over a mile in length. Estimated cost is about $1.8 million.

For more information:

http://www.opkansas.org/_Res/News/city_source.cfm

Overland Park City Council approves 75 foot clocktower

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:46:00 +0000

Overland Park City Council approved plans by IronStone Bank to construct a 75' clock tower at 7950 College Blvd in Overland Park. It will be located at the south side of the building (near the parking lot entrance). To give you and idea of the height, 75' is about 10' taller then the downtown Overland Park clock tower or about half of the height of the clock tower on Sprint Campus. The link below for more information and diagrams:

http://docs.opkansas.org/sites/CityDocs/CityDocs/2009/01/08/18/pdp2008-45-keg-maps.pdf

http://docs.opkansas.org/sites/CityDocs/CityDocs/2009/01/08/18/pdp2008-45-keg.pdf

What a beautiful day in Overland Park

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:37:00 +0000

I'm no weatherman but I can tell you it's a beautiful day in Overland Park. I stepped out of my office and felt like I went through some worm-hole that took me to California.

Overland Park view & landscape changed by flyover ramp

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:39:00 +0000

On the 69 Flyover Ramp. A new view of the Skyline of Corporate Woods in Overland Park:

View of the 69 HWY Flyover ramp from 435 Westbound in Overland Park:

Flyover ramp from Southbound 69 Highway to Eastbound 435 changes the landscape & view of Overland Park.

Pink Sunset over Overland Park

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:51:00 +0000

I was heading to an appointment last night and thought I would share a picture of the pink sunset over Overland Park.

Winter 2008 Overland Park Overview Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:45:00 +0000

The city of Overland Park puts out a quarterly newsletter for residents called "Overview". There is a lot of great information about different city services and Overland Park current events. Here is a link to the most recent copy of this newsletter in case you did not receive one.

Winter 2008 Overland Park Overview Newsletter

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Overland Park named to Business week's list of "The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009"

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Overland Park is starting the year off right with another prestigious recognition. Overland Park was named to Business week's list of "The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009".

Click Here to view the Business Week article

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BusinessWeek names Overland Park to the 2009 list of Best Places To Raise Your Kids

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Today BusinessWeek came out with their 2009 list of The Best Places to Raise Your Kids. The list was on a State by State basis, choosing one city from each state. Overland Park was their pick for Kansas, naming the runners up as Olathe and Wichita.

Here is a link to the full story: 2009 Best Places to Raise Your Kids - Overland Park.

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noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0000

The city of Overland Park has a great feature on their site that allows the public to view live video feeds of over 57 of its traffic cameras. This is a great way to plan your route based on the traffic congestion in certain areas. Here is a link to the list of traffic cameras on Streaming video to choose from.

Overland Park Traffic Cameras

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Overland Park Interactive Crime Map

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:56:00 +0000

The City of Overland Park offers an interactive crime map where you are able to view crime activity for any area of the city. It is a great tool for people looking to move to a particular area of Overland Park but are unsure of the crime activity.

Overland Park Interactive Crime Map

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Johnson County estimated to become the largest county in Kansas City

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:17:00 +0000

There was an interesting article in the Kansas City Business Journal about how the County Economic Research institute estimates that Johnson County Kansas is set to become the largest populated county in the Kansas City Metro by 2023 (based on projections from the Mid American Regional Council).
If that growth holds true, that is good news for long term housing appreciation in Johnson County. While the growth would obviously be hinged on employment growth... The real key for Johnson County is not losing site of services such as schools, roads, and crime while be able to keep property taxes at reasonable levels. If the county were to lose site of those key elements, all the employment in the world would only make Johnson County a place for great jobs while the surrounding counties would thrive as commuter counties.

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Overland Park gets county approval of 8.5 sq mile land annexation

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:41:00 +0000

Johnson County Commissioners voted 5-1 in favor of an approximate 8.5 mile land annexation by Overland Park. Overland Park was originally wanting the southern annexation to extend to around 203rd street but received approval for an annexation that extends to around 191st and as far south as around 199th st in parts. The Kansas City Star reports that the annexation granted works out to be about 60% of what Overland Park had originally anticipated.

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Sprint Nextel moving its Corporate Headquarters back to Overland Park

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Pierce) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:23:00 +0000

It looks like Sprint has decided to relocate their corporate headquarters back to Sprint Campus in Overland Park Kansas. Overland Park was the corporate headquarters for Sprint prior to the 2005 merger. Once Sprint and Nextel merged, they moved their corporate headquarters to Reston, VA and made Overland Park their operational headquarters. While this is good news for Overland Park, it sounds like this will only affect a small number of senior management and will not bring any more significant number of jobs to Overland Park. I guess Overland Park will at least get the name recognition again for being the home of Sprint's headquarters as well as an opportunity for future growth.

Oh yeah, one more thing....Are you or your clients moving from Reston to Overland Park? If so, I know of a great Realtor in Overland Park:

Michael Pierce, Realtor - Prudential Kansas City Realty

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/02/11/daily27.html