Grinter Place, 78th and K-32, is planning two holiday events in December.
An evening of visiting with local artists, viewing their works, visiting with and listening to local authors, plus live music played by local musicians, is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at Grinter Place. There also will be a “wine tasting” by the Wine Barn. Admission for the Dec. 6 event is $6 per person or two for $10.
From 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 13, Grinter Place has scheduled a Family Day. The event is for families and their children. Planned are a free picture with Santa Claus, face painting, listening to storytellers and doing a craft project. Admission for the Dec. 13 event is $3 per person or $15 for a family of six or more.
Both of these events will include a tour of the Grinter House. There also will be a Treasure Hunt, with a prize for the winner.
The Holiday Gift Shop at Grinter Place will be open at both events for those attending to browse and select gifts and baked items for themselves or loved ones.
The Grinter Place Friends also will be collecting nonperishable food items that will be donated to Cross-Lines or local food pantries.
According to a spokesman, these events are held to raise money for the support and operation of programs for The Grinter House.
A state museum, Grinter Place, 1420 S. 78th, is the oldest home in Wyandotte County and is decorated in the style of the 1800s.
Construction on the home overlooking the Kansas River at 78th began in 1857. The site, a farm, also was a trading post, a ferry and the first post office here. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information about Grinter Place, visit kshs.org/grinter_place or visit Grinter Place on Facebook.
The Kansas City, Kan., Board of Public Utilities will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the board offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
There will be only one BPU meeting on Dec. 3.
On the agenda are a visitors’ time, “Everyday Hero” announcement, resolution to waive builder fees, October financial report, board comments and general manager comments.
Unified Government committees are scheduled to consider Land Bank changes, capital projects and other items on Monday, Dec. 1, at City Hall, 701 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan.
The Neighborhood and Community Development Standing Committee meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the fifth floor conference room, Suite 515.
The agenda for the 5 p.m. meeting includes distribution of special drug and alcohol tax funds; an ordinance repealing the landlord training program and replacing it with a noncompulsory free online video seminar; several Land Bank applications; transferring 610 Minnesota Ave. and 620 Minnesota Ave. from the UG into the Land Bank, while an agreement is under negotiation with the owner of 626 Minnesota Ave. to improve the area as a parking lot, with the Land Bank retaining ownership; a review of Land Bank policy; a presentation on UG-controlled properties recommending they be transferred to the Land Bank for holding and further action; an update about transit operations and opportunities.
In the agenda documents for the UG-controlled properties possibly being transferred to the Land Bank, there were 2,107 UG properties identified as either improvements, vacants or right-of-way that could be eligible for the Land Bank. About 480 of these were listed as tax-delinquent.
At the scheduled 5:45 p.m. Economic Development and Finance Standing Committee meeting, to be held in the fifth-floor meeting room, on the agenda will be resolutions to finance construction, maintenance and improvement projects for 2015 temporary note and bond financing; another resolution to finance Commission Neighborhood Initiative Program projects; a resolution for a sale of about $80.5 million in temporary notes, and about $32 million in general obligation bonds; terminating four redevelopment districts, the Fremont Corp Center Redevelopment District, Tremont Redevelopment District, Turner Hills Redevelopment District, and Wolcott Redevelopment District; a lease-purchase agreement with Hewlett-Packard for an annual payment of about $76,386 on a 4.25-year lease for a storage area network; review of a development agreement for the Fairway North Shopping Center near 47th and Mission Road; updates on Cricket Wireless Amphitheater; and the appearance of a small business concerning redevelopment actions that caused the loss of a business that had recently moved into the Fairfax area.
The agendas for these meetings are posted online at www.wycokck.org.
