The city of Shawnee is looking to fulfill the continuing demand for a summer camp in the area by adding a city-run program next summer. At the Shawnee Council Committee meeting on July 8, City Manager Paul Kramer outlined the city’s 2025 budget proposal, which includes a summer camp run by the city’s parks and recreation department at Shawnee Civic Centre. “The demand for youth summer camps is high,” Kramer said. “Nearly all local summer camp providers are full, with waiting lists.” Citing full summer camps this year run by the Johnson County Park and Recreation District, the cities of Lenexa [...]

After months of back and forth, the city of Prairie Village will get rid of some of the pickleball courts at Windsor Park in an effort to respond to residents’ complaints about noise. The Prairie Village City Council on Monday voted 10-0 to resurface four of the six existing pickleball courts back into one tennis court that will still have pickleball lines, enough for up to three pickleball games to be played at once at Windsor Park. Councilmembers Tyler Agniel and Cole Robinson were absent Monday. The move Monday comes months after the council temporarily shut down four of the courts [...]

Overland Park is one step closer to fully implementing a “permit-ready” housing pilot program, a pillar in the city’s effort to encourage more diverse housing options in the future. Earlier this month, the Overland Park City Council Community Development Committee voted 6-0 to recommend amending the city’s building codes with that effort in mind. These changes would remove some steps in the approval process for single- and two-family homes smaller than 3,500 square feet. Overland Park would still require other administrative steps before such a housing project could be constructed. “Housing, I think, is our number one community issue right now,” [...]