Unity Village NewsLocal news for Unity Village, MO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Octoberfest offers plenty of food, fun- September 23, 2007 "The location provides ample room for all the festival activities and bestows a beautiful park-like setting for everyone to enjoy" Unlike the festival in Germany, celebrators at the Lee's Summit Octoberfest will not hear chimes at noon from their Catholic churches.But Lee's Summit organizers say they will hear the sounds of fun at Oktoberfest. The festival will run from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. It also will feature 'all you can ride' from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.For the...http://www.topix.net/city/unity-village-mo/2007/09/octoberfest-offers-plenty-of-food-fun?f... Mixed-use development proposed in Lee's Summit- September 21, 2007 A Lee's Summit developer is pursuing a proposal to build a mixed-use development that would include a nine-story office building at a location overlooking Blue Parkway near Unity Village. Kirk Saxton, managing partner of Summit West Developers, said he plans to file an application within a couple of weeks with Lee's Summit officials for a $96.5 million proposal called Crown Ridge Plaza. He will seek about $28 million in tax incentives and other public assistance for the proposed...http://www.topix.net/city/unity-village-mo/2007/09/mixed-use-development-proposed-in-lees-... Developer plans Lee's Summit high-rise- September 19, 2007 Kansas City Business Journal - 3:27 PM CDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 A Lee's Summit developer on Wednesday announced what it described as the city's first high-rise, mixed-use commercial project. via Kansas City Business Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/unity-village-mo/2007/09/developer-plans-lees-summit-high-rise?f... Unity Village's new hotel and conference center is certified Earth-friendly- September 16, 2007 "The nice thing about us is we don't have to do anything to be green, since we practice it every day." Looks like other local hotels will just have to be blue with envy. Green has already been claimed by the new Unity Village Hotel and Conference Center.In August the 50-room lodge, which opened to the public earlier this year, became only the fourth hotel in the country to be certified as green inside and out by the U.S. Green Building Council. The council promotes responsibility through water.http://www.topix.net/city/unity-village-mo/2007/09/unity-villages-new-hotel-and-conference... The Watchdog: Two-lane road's charm is being worn thin- September 14, 2007 "I just don't think anybody knows about this" Ever experience the charm of Lee's Summit Road south of U.S. 40 Judy Standley of Independence has. via KansasCity.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/unity-village-mo/2007/09/the-watchdog-two-lane-roads-charm-is-be... |