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Kansas City movers and locals alike are thrilled to hear that Whole Foods will finally be opening a Kansas City location in 2017. Whole Foods is said to be opening its Kansas City doors sometime during the first half of 2017 at the corner of 51^st Street and Oak, an announcement that was made shortly after the company’s Olathe location opened its doors.

The company gave Kansas City residents a glimpse into the Whole Foods experience by letting residents taste their food at a fresh food stand they hosted earlier this month at the University of Missouri – Kansas City administrative building.

UMKC medical student Lala Azher explained, “I got some really funky looking vegetables. I got tomatoes because they said they were really good. I’m pretty excited about that.” Azher also explained that it can be extremely difficult for UMKC students to find the time to eat healthy, so she and other students are looking forward to Whole Foods moving to the Missouri side of Kansas City.

“It will definitely help students who live on campus and commuters like me,” said Azher.

Kansas City moving companies are also pretty excited and are hoping that the organic marketplace will be appealing to those who are looking to move to Kansas City by 2017.

In 2004, Mike and Janet Johnston opened the first Savory Spice Shop in Denver, Colorado. Since then, they have grown to 29 franchise locations in 16 states. Kansas City movers are happy to announce that Savory Spice Shop is finally coming to Kansas City!

If you are moving to Kansas City, you will love this delectable spice shop that features over 500 products. Some of their spices include hazelnut extract, Hibiscus flower, coarse Himalayan Pink sea salt, Madagascar “Bourbon” vanilla beans, Wasabi powder, brown sugar and spice honey ham rub, chimichurri steak dressing and marinade, four cheese tableside sprinkle, dill dip, Dutch cocoa powder, fajita seasoning, and salad dressing. Kansas City movers think it is safe to say that Savory Spice Shop will be your go-to spot for all of your seasoning, salad dressing, and cooking needs.

All seasons are hand-crafted with fresh ingredients, are made in small batches, and then shipped weekly to all stores. So, if you are new in town, you can bet that all of the locals will be flocking and buying out the weekly stock of seasonings – don’t miss out! Add a special touch to your housewarming dinner party and use Savory’s spices to flavor your meal.

The Kansas City Savory Spice Shop will be taking over the former James Hallmark Shop at 6245 Brookside Boulevard.

If you are moving to Kansas City, Missouri and could benefit from the accessibility of high-speed internet for your family, you are in luck! President Obama had set a goal for bringing high-speed internet to most schools by 2017; however, it looks like he is going to close in on his goal much earlier than anticipated.

Known as a school-based Internet program called ConnectED, the president’s high-speed initiative aims at closing the digital divide for those who cannot afford it. The program would particularly be aimed towards providing high-speed internet to children who live in public and assisted housing.

According to Mayor Mary Sly James, “The president’s selection of Kansas City as a ConnectHome Initiative city will advance our ongoing digital equity efforts for our entire city. Public housing residents are in dire need of connectivity, and our participation in this initiative will give everyone the opportunity to succeed in Kansas City’s technological economy.”

With less than half of the poorest households in the nation having an internet subscription, it makes it impossible for children to complete homework assignments that include research, or complete college applications that are nearly all required to be submitted online. On top of the issue of needing home Internet service in order to be successful in school, it is also just as important to be able to succeed in the outside world. Over 80 percent of job openings at Fortune 500 companies are listed online, and your Kansas City movers agree with the government’s idea that people in the 21^st century cannot survive without the proper technology.

This summer could prove to be a brutal one, as the Kansas City temperatures are expected to rise to over 100 degrees this year.

In fact, the temperature has reached such scorching temperatures, that the city has sent out several warnings not to leave children or pets unattended in hot vehicles. Earlier this month, temperatures were expected to reach a heat index of 101, which is unusually hot for the city – even in the middle of the summer. Since June is a prime moving month across the nation, if you are moving to Kansas City this month, local moving companies urge that you take extra precautions to keep you and your family and pets safe and hydrated.

Luckily, expected storms throughout the area remain the city’s last hope of cooling it down to a manageable temperature. If the rain does not fall, then the thermometers in the homes of Kansas City citizens can only be expected to keep rising higher and higher.

The recorded highest temperature ever noted in Kansas City, comes in at 112 degrees in the month of July in 1954. July is usually the month with the highest temperatures in Kansas City, this means that for the rest of summer, residents can expect to take the necessary precautions in order to keep cool and prevent overheating.

Your local Kansas City movers recommend that in order to beat the heat this summer, it is important to remember to stay hydrated, stay indoors (or somewhere equally as cool with air conditioning), wear loose, full-sleeved cotton clothes, wear plenty of sunscreen, and to do any outdoor exercising in the morning or at night when the sun is not out in full-force.

The distressed Parkville settlement problem that the city has been dealing with for many years looks like it may take some more time to find a solution. Kansas City movers agree that the backfill problem surrounding the inlet in Parkville is an issue, and many residents in the surrounding area want to see a resolution reached, so that more people will find Parkville attractive to move to, even businesses. However, every attempt so far has only cost residents a substantial amount of money.

A recent study done by Olsson Associates, an engineering and design firm, revealed that the city should monitor the problem in lieu of spending more money, which would ultimately result in finding an even more expensive solution.

One geotechnical engineer at the firm stated that the area of distress is, “a compaction of backfill around the inlet where a storm water drains into.”

While it is not a clearly defined solution for the problem, it is estimated that attempting to once again tackle the problem would cost about $25,000 to $50,000 – while merely monitoring the problem costs the city nothing extra. The city has made plans to take the advice of the firm and to not make any plans to address the area of distress in Parkville. However, in the off-chance that the city does decide to take on the problem, the study reaffirms that, “it is possible that the last repair attempt created a suitable bridge over the distressed area.”

Mayor Nan Johnston of the city, agreed with the results of the study, and stated that because the settlement issue, “appears to be stable, we voted to continue to monitor it.”

The area has long since provided issues for the city, which all for the most part ended up being unsuccessful and merely costing the Kansas City community an excessive amount of money, deterring new residents from moving to Parkville.

Regarding a Kansas City bill aimed at raising taxes that are geared towards closing the gap on a budget deficit, House members are expected to vote it down.

The session regarding the final vote on the bill ended earlier this month, a move often used in order to buy extra time for House leaders to sway the opinions of those who are not yet convinced towards the direction of their vote. The bill not only increases sales and cigarette taxes, but also adds a tax increase for business owners. If you are a small business owner who is moving to Kansas City, local movers want you to be aware of the potential policy changes and stay on top of the business tax motions and changes.

The Kansas City government does not allow the state to have a deficit, which explains the need for the tax increases.

Commenting on the $15.4 billion budget already set in place, House Majority Leader Jene Vickrey shared that, “none of us, I think, comprehend at this moment what is going to happen to our citizens,” potentially hindering residents in the area and those who were looking to move to Kansas.

The main argument against raising the taxes was attributed to the fact that over 330,000 Kansas business owners had profits that were exempt under a separate policy created by Governor Brownback. In fact, the governor went on the record and stated that he would immediately veto any plan that included an increase of more than $24 million.

If the bill does make it past the Kansas City House of Representatives and into daily life, then the sales tax would ultimately increase from 6.15% to 6.55% and the cigarette tax would increase a total of 50 cents a pack, totaling $1.29 per pack.

Those mainly affected are the middle-class families in the Kansas City community if the bill does end up being passed, something that Kansas City movers are not entirely thrilled about. Currently, the debate over the bill continues on within the Kansas House.

This past week, the Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback, signed and passed a bill that gives the Secretary of State Kris Kobach the power to seek out those involved in potential voter fraud. Moving to Kansas? You can be sure that your Presidential election votes will be safeguarded against voter fraud attempts with Kobach in charge of the issue.

Perhaps, no one more than Kobach is more excited over the recent passing of the Bill, especially since he has advocated for years that voter fraud is rampant throughout the state of Kansas, despite the lack of factual information regarding the subject.

In fact, earlier this year, the Associated Press revealed that Kobach had never sent any cases of alleged voter fraud for further investigation by the Kansas attorney general, despite him previously proclaiming that he had.

In order to prosecute those suspected of participating in voter fraud, Kobach will need to provide hard evidence pointing towards the indiscretion. This will prove hard for him to do, especially since much of the “voter fraud” turns out to be a technological error or the result of confusion by the voter.

Kobach has announced that he will have about three people working part-time on the new project. One question still remains to be answered: exactly how much of the taxpayer’s money is going towards this new endeavor. While your local Kansas City movers and the rest of the community will have to wait to find out the answer to that questions– that does not mean that Kobach will not use his new found influence to take control of the alleged “voter fraud” that has been running rampant throughout the state of Kansas.

This past Saturday, as storms takeover Kansas City, the home of yet another family was flooded in an ongoing ambush of heavy rain that has been going on throughout the month.

Unfortunately, many of the families who live in the area were ill-prepared to handle the excessive amount of flooding that came their way, mainly due to being misinformed as to exactly how much rain they should expect.

For example, when one local family, the Laudie’s, first made the decision to move to Kansas City, they were told that the ranch home they owned only flooded once every 10 years – which would only mean a minimum of a foot or two that would be near their basement. However, after this past week they would quickly learn that that was not the case.

It was due to this previous information that the homeowners were not too worried when a neighbor called to let them know that the river was rising because of oncoming rains. However, the Laudie’s quickly realized that the rain would not be stopping anytime soon.

Because of this, Steve Laudie states that, “we decided to pull stuff from the basement up to the main floor. It kept rising and rising.” However, it turns out that those preventative measures were not enough, considering that rescuers had to come and rescue the family, along with 190 other people as storms kept on hitting the Kansas City area – complete with about five tornadoes.

Roughly 35 houses had water inside of them. Luckily, no injuries were reported from the onslaught of rain that hit the city that day – so much rain that the river ended up cresting at over 30 feet.

Your local Kansas City movers are excited that the Kansas City Council is set to finally vote on a mandate designated to track energy consumption throughout the next few years.

The plan, if approved, will need large buildings in order to assess and report how much energy and water is used. Cities that have already approved this mandate are: Austin, Boston, Cambridge, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Portland, Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Berkeley and Seattle. It is because of the success of the mandate in other cities, that Kansas City is now interested in following suit regarding making their city more energy efficient.

According to Scott Taylor, Councilman, the main goal regarding implementing the way of tracking energy is “to make this a top-notch city as far as energy efficiency and being progressive.”

Starting in May 2017, buildings that are privately owned and have more than 100,000 square feet, are going to need to start collecting data, which has a public release date of September 1, 2018. Many owners of the affected properties are in favor of the new mandate, because they say that it is environmentally beneficial and that the energy updates will eventually pay for themselves in time.

However, not everyone shares the same sentiments, stating that this will just end up driving out businesses that do not want to comply with the mandate, moving them to neighboring towns that do not have to abide by the same rules. Needless to say, the only way to find out how the mandate will pan out is to see whether or not it ends up getting passed.

This past Saturday, bicyclists from Kansas City shared the Ward Parkway with fellow walkers and cyclists for the city’s first annual Cycle in the City event.

Put on by the Public Works Department, Cycle in the City is an open street festival that aims to make the car-centric community more walkable and friendly to bike riders.

According to Deb Ridgway, Kansas City’s bicycle pedestrian coordinator, “we let cars take over. The idea behind Cycle in the City “is to get people out and active and to really see their neighborhood in a new way.”

In total, the first annual event attracted hundreds of Kansas City locals that were eager and ready to take on the two mile loop. The event was not just limited to biking – it also included a climbing wall, yoga classes, dance classes, a bike safety course, food stands and lawn games. Needless to say, it drew out families with kids from every age group.

The event originally began back in 1974 in Bogota, Colombia, and has spread from Europe to Australia and now the United States. It is such a popular event, that the entire event was paid for with a $85,590 federal transportation grant and local sponsorships.

Deb Ridgway states that, “we’re starting with Ward Parkway because it’s our most iconic. We want to take this to a different neighborhood every year.” The goal of hosting the event is to try and make it an annual event throughout Kansas City every year.