Lee's Summit Town Hall

Chilifest ready to serve up good grub with a healthy side of charitable support

Chilifest 2022 is almost here! Lee's Summit Town Hall hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury welcome Ben Rao and Collin Brich into the studio to preview Chilifest 2022, which is set for Oct. 15 at Bridge Space in Downtown Lee's Summit. The annual event benefits three local charities — Coldwater of Lee's Summit, Developing Potential and Lee's Summit Jazz Orchestra.

Monday NewsLink: News, happenings & events for the week

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 3, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

The great empanada tease

Downtown Lee's Summit is about to get a new restaurant — Calavaras. Josh and Lanni Edwards, owners of Smoke Brewing Co. and Calavaras dropped by the studio to talk about the new concept and the food they plan to bring to the community. Oh, and they talked about these amazing empanadas, but didn't bring any to share. What gives?

Monday NewsLink: Professional awards, volunteer opportunities, upcoming events & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of September 26, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. This week's headlines come from UCM-Lee's Summit, the City of Lee's Summit, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street and ReDiscover.

Dialing 988 for help and conversations on mental health & suicide prevention

ReDiscover's Kirsti Millar and Shelby Finley drop by the studio to talk with hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury about the recent launch of the 988 hotline and continuing conversations about mental health and suicide prevention with family, friends, students and our community as a whole.

Monday NewsLink: Oktoberfest kicks off string of fall community events

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of September 19, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. Oktoberfest is this weekend in downtown Lee's Summit. The annual festival kicks off the community's fall events schedule which includes concerts, haunted tours and more. This week's episode also includes some news from the LSR7 School District.

The City is talking about diversity and the future of LSEDC... & Abyssinia, Steve

Ok, that last bit of the headline will hit only for a select few listeners of a certain age. But it seems fitting as the City said goodbye to long-time City Manager Steve Arbo. And if host Nick Parker had his way, he would have presented Arbo with a nice double-breasted suit on his final evening of service. On Tuesday, Arbo participated in his final City Council before retiring on Wednesday. So, what issues were the Council tackling in Arbo's final hours? Council took in a long-awaited presentation on a Diversity & Inclusion study and talked about what's next for the City's economic development plans now that it has terminated its public service agreement with the Lee's Summit Economic Development Corporation. Nick and co-host Jason Norbury note this is the first time members of Council have publicly offered any reasons for the termination since it was decided in closed session.

Monday NewsLink: Bring your own vinyl, boost your career & more from around town

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of September 12, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Big events this week and looking ahead to real movement on the downtown market & performance space project

Thursday is your opportunity to eat wings for charity and this weekend is a great time to shop during Downtown Lee's Summit's annual Fall Open House event. The big news this week are a couple of procedural moves by the City Council which should lead to some real movement on the long-awaited Market Plaza Development which will include a new home for the farmer's market and an outdoor performance space.

Upcoming events and looking to Council discussion of farmers market and former Ice House building

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury take a look at some upcoming events and next week's City Council discussions on the Market Plaza development and the former Ice House building located on the property. This week's episode ends with a bonus segment of Link 2 Lee's Summit's 'I Am Lee's Summit' series.