Thursday, March 27, 2008

KCK GETS NEW GROCERY STORE


Anytime someone wants to sink money into downtown KCK it is news. It appears that 18th street will get a new grocery store and hotel off of I70. I know that if I were looking to open a grocery store and hotel that this would be my first choice in locations......

The people that are putting this store in either have to be incredibly ignorant OR are getting the whole thing funded by JOCO. Yes I said JOCO. It makes sense doesn't it? What better way to keep KCK residents from entering the dome than to open a grocery store on their side of "the bridge". Also look into who is developing the new Mission shopping area and see if they have ties into the group building what will be the most robbed store in the metro. It just doesn't make sense. Who the hell are they going to get to work there? In a county with the highest unemployment rate in the state the Village West STILL can not fill jobs that have been open for 2 years.

I am sure the good people that were brave enough to open their family run grocery stores up the street are glad to see the competition move in. Seriously I feel bad for those people that for years were the only ones willing to take the risk in that area.