Community Groups

A Roeland Park community group that has been working for more than a year on a citizen-driven strategic plan for the city delivered its report to the city council Monday night, outlining five major goals for the city to...

If you are looking for some light-hearted entertainment Saturday and want to support a god cause at the same time, SM East’s SHARE program, the school’s student service organization, has just the event for you. SHARE is co-hosting the Hillcrest...

The next phase of the R Park renovation, funded largely by a citizens committee, got the commitment and backing of the city Monday. The focus of the parks committee and the fundraising group will be to put benches, picnic...

The MainStream Coalition has new board leadership team that is long on political experience, in both parties. Republican Sheryl Spalding, who served six years as a Kansas State Representative, will be the new board president and the vice president will...

The fundraising for R Park goes on. With a walking trail through the park already funded by a citizens’ initiative and some matching grant money, the residents will be continuing their fundraisers into 2015 to keep adding improvements to...

Roeland Park’s planned improvements to R Park have received the maximum amount of grant money from the Sunflower Foundation. The grant will fund approximately half of the trail construction, signage and new trees. The city received $18,391 for the R...

For Tom Belancio, being part of the Mission Project has meant going from being isolated to “real happiness,” according to his brother, Michael. “He’s got friends again, he’s got activities to fill his time again,” Michael says. “Tom continues to...

This fall a community of adults living in Mission will celebrate a milestone. The Mission Project will turn 10 years old. Started by a group of parents, the project’s participants are adults, all living on their own. The members of...

By Mitch Kaskie From Pee Wee sports to senior bingo nights, to classes on raising chickens, the Roeland Park Community Center has something to offer for everyone, no matter the age or interests. Located at 4850 Rosewood Drive, the RPCC is...

The Shawnee Mission Rotary Club has proposed donating a street clock to a plaza area on the southeast corner of Johnson Drive and Woodson Road. The clock would be 8.5 feet high from the base, but would be higher from...

The Roeland Park Police Department will roll out its new community policing effort next week with its first meeting of neighborhood block captains. Sixteen people have volunteered to participate by becoming block captains for their neighborhoods and Roeland Park...

Roeland Park residents get a chance to weigh in later this month on the city’s strategic plan. The strategic planning committee has been meeting with small groups, but wants to open the discussion to all of the city’s residents. A...