By a narrow vote this week, the Shawnee Planning Commission advanced plans for Creekside Ridge, a townhome-style residential project near K-7 Highway on the western side of the city that developers say will help ease the area’s dearth of affordable housing stock. But some single-family homeowners near the proposed site close to Mill Valley High School pushed back against the plan, raising concerns about the development’s impact on their property values and traffic, among other issues. Stark Enterprises, a real estate development company based in Cleveland, Oh., is planning to build 146 residential units in 36 attached townhome-style buildings on about 33 acres in the 6300 block of Silverheel Street.
Source: Prairie Village Post

The city of Prairie Village will consider amending its employee handbook to include eight weeks of paid parental leave within the first 12 months of a new birth or adoption. Why it matters: If approved, Prairie Village would join Mission, Roeland Park and Shawnee as other Johnson County cities with paid parental leave policies on the books. County employees also currently receive paid parental leave. But Prairie Village’s proposed policy appears to be the most generous in the county. Mission and Roeland Park currently both offer six weeks for both parents, and Shawnee offers six weeks for the birthing parent and three weeks for a parent who doesn’t give birth, according to city documents.
Source: Prairie Village Post