A weekly podcast conversation, produced by Link 2 Lee's Summit, highlighting local issues and people in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Host Nick Parker and guests discuss pertinent issues and topics concerning local residents and introduce listeners to some of the people who help make Lee's Summit a vibrant community.
Episodes
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 20, 2020. Hosts Nick and Liesl break down the latest news and headlines as we move into a new week.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Host Nick Parker and Jason Norbury are joined by LSR7 Superintendent Dr. David Buck and Board of Education President Ryan Murdock for a dive into the district's recently announced plans to reopen the district in August. Included in that plan is a choice presented to families — in-person school or online education.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Today on the Lee's Summit Town Hall podcast, hosts Nick Parker & Jason Norbury are joined by Velocity Lee's Summit Board Chair Tim Denker and Operational Director Ashley Smithson to talk about Thursday's Velocity Pitch @ Home - Birthday Edition and the non-profit's 5th anniversary.
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 13, 2020. Nick & Liesl bring you all the news, notes and happenings for the week.
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Friday Jul 10, 2020
Local playwright Ben Martin and Lee's Summit resident Carl Chinnery join Nick for a conversation about Summit Theatre Group's soon-to-be-released audio play, A Candle Against the Dark. The play tells the story of the Chinnery family's fight with polio in the 1940s. Fittingly, the drama is produced in the style of the 40s-era radio plays.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Jason and Nick take a quick look around town for some news and notes from City Hall and the LSR7 School District.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Jason was on vacation this week, so we flipped the script and decided to do one of our conversation episodes on Wednesday. Local craft beer ambassador Nigel Woodberry and Seth Allen join the show to talk about Allen's craft cocktail bar and retail store, Libations & Co. Along the way, we talk a little history and a little Independence Day as well.
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
NICK: Hello and welcome to Lee’s Summit Town Hall and your Monday News Link presented by Budget Blinds of Lee’s Summit and Shredd KC. I am Nick Parker and once again I am joined by The Historic Browning’s Liesl Hays.
LIESL: Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.
NICK: Visitors are invited to explore the new Downtown Sculpture Walk. The new outdoor public art exhibit will be on display through March 2021 and features artists from across the country. The project, led by the Lee’s Summit Arts Council, City of Lee’s Summit Cultural Arts Department and Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street is planning for a rotation of sculptures each spring. The six sculptures currently on display were selected from a national call for artists and juried by members of the Arts Council and Downtown Main Street.
LIESL: A section of Southwest Murray Road south of Southwest Third Street is set to close tomorrow, June 30, and will remain closed for approximately 12 weeks for water line and road construction. The construction is part of the Third Street improvements project. Visit Link2LeesSummit.com for more details.
NICK: In a shift from last week’s announcement about virtual graduations, the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District announced Tuesday afternoon it had reached an agreement with Sporting Kansas City and Children’s Mercy Park in Wyandotte County, Kan. to hold live in-person commencement ceremonies on July 26. Visit Link2LeesSummit.com for more details.
LIESL: The University of Central Missouri - Lee’s Summit campus’ virtual summer camps are available online for students from age 8 to 18+. Programs include:
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Architectural and Mechanical 3D CADD for young adults age 15 to 18+.
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Black Rocket Computer Science Online Programs for ages 8 to 14 including video game design and animation, inventing, programming, coding and YouTube content creation.
Visit Link2LeesSummit.com for more details.
NICK: Another piece of public art was unveiled last week. Lee’s Summit metal artist Dave Eames has created ‘Infinite Harvest,’ a colorful, 11-foot-tall representation of a large bushel basket as a gateway piece to the Summit Orchards development located at Chipman and Ward roads near the Missouri Innovation Campus.
LIESL: Have an event, tip, or question, contact us on Facebook & Instagram at Link 2 Lee’s Summit, on Twitter @lstownhall or through email nick@link2leessummit.com.
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Today, I thought I would do something a little bit different and let you listen in on some of the young voices in our community. Last summer, a group of teens asked if they could take over the show for a few episodes to talk about some of the issues they were facing in our community. A year later, with the support of Lee’s Summit CARES, they have worked to launch their own podcast, I Can Relate. The topics are their own and so are the voices and the perspective.
In this, their first episode, the young hosts wanted to dig in on why it was important for their generation to find their voices and speak up on important issues. To help, they invited a peer from across the state line to tell his story of speaking up on mental health and suicide.
So for today’s episode, I want to give you an opportunity to discover this fantastic new member of my podcast family. I Can Relate is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most of your favorite podcast apps. Episode 5 of 6 dropped today. A link to the podcast can be found in today’s show notes.
Here they are: Chidera, Olivia, Devynn, Rylee and Hudson with — I can relate.