Category: Business

Community meeting planned on Indian Springs proposal

A community meeting on a proposal for the Indian Springs site will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Painted Hills Golf Club, 7010 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.

The meeting is being held by Scavuzzo’s, a food service company that is expanding into a national market.

Developers will present a plan and proposal for the site at the meeting. Residents may ask questions after the presentation.

The announcement of the meeting was made recently on the Unified Government website. Indian Springs is a former shopping center at 47th and State Avenue, close to I-70 and I-635, in Kansas City, Kansas.

Shoppers crowd into stores on Black Friday

The Legends Outlets parking lot near 106th and Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas, was crowded at midday Friday.
Holding a Kmart sign on Black Friday at 78th and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
The Walmart parking lot near 108th and Parallel Parkway was crowded at midday Friday.
Shoppers walked into The Legends Outlets from the parking garage at midday Friday. While the parking lot looked full, there were parking places available in the parking garage.
Traffic was stacked up from I-435 and State Avenue to 106th and State, where cars turned to go into The Legends Outlets, on Friday at midmorning.
A line stretched from 106th and Parallel east to I-435 as cars waited to enter The Legends Outlets at midday Friday.

Santa to arrive Saturday at Cabela’s

Cabela’s in Kansas City, Kansas, will offer a Santa’s Wonderland with games and activities for children. Santa will arrive at the store at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. (Photo from Cabela’s)

Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at Cabela’s, 10300 Cabela Drive, Kansas City, Kansas.

After arriving in front of the store in a boat, Santa Claus will participate in a tree lighting ceremony. Then Santa will open the Santa’s Wonderland section inside the Cabela’s store.

A number of free activities, including crafts and games for the family, are planned through 8 p.m. Saturday at the Wonderland area. The area will include remote control trucks, a laser-foam toy arcade and Lincoln Logs building area, among other games. Hot chocolate and cookies are planned.

There are also free photos with Santa Claus, and free visits with Santa.

Santa’s Wonderland will run through Dec. 24 at Cabela’s. Santa will appear daily, and a schedule will be posted at the Cabela’s store.