Astor Place Neighborhood, Kansas City, MO

06/14/2026

Dumpster Day Details 6/27/26

05/29/2026

Astor Place Neighborhood, Kansas City, MO

05/29/2026

Hey APHA! Summer Dumpster Day is coming up 6/27! Keep an eye on email and facebook events for additional information.

02/23/2026

Hi, This is Marty Kraft.

I live in the Urban Wilderness at the corner of 57th and Charlotte. I’m writing because I want to gather a group of neighbors to form a green community within the 49/63 Neighborhood Coalition.
Quorum Sensing Music Video
Tracygarden.org
The underlying question that inspired this letter is: What can we do for the environment together, as neighbors, that we cannot do by ourselves?

I have talked to Rockhurst University, where we can reserve a room in which we can meet and share ideas, and see if we want to do something together for the environment. I am part of Heartland All Species Project, a Missouri non profit established in 1987. We have organized eight city wide Earth Days. If needed, we can use that organization to facilitate plans that we make.

Let’s meet on March 28 at Rockhurst’s Alvin Brooks Center, 5401 Troost at 9:00 AM. We can go until noon if needed. Neighbors, Barbara Mullins and Izula Jade will help with facilitation.

I have scheduled a performance of a play, Microbes Always and Everywhere, on May 2 at the corner of 57th and Charlotte, in front of the Urban Wilderness. It is a giant puppet play. Joann McMillan of Flying Heart Theater and I wrote the play that has been performed three times. After the play we will have a native plant planting; a compost building at a neighbor’s yard; discuss how to place and start a garden in another neighbor’s yard; and other learning activities.

Please contact me if you would like to explore green community, be part of the May 2nd puppet play, gardening at Tracy Garden, or any other events on that May 2. My phone number and email address are below.

Please send this letter to anyone who you think might be interested, so they can contact me.

Thanks
Marty Kraft - Heartland All Species Project, 5644 Charlotte KCMO 64110
[email protected], 816-400-2277 - tracygarden.org (microbe song there)

Discover how fungal-rich compost can slow climate change through soil carbon sequestration.

12/09/2025

The holiday shopping rush is in full swing this weekend, and small businesses in the Brookside neighborhood are reminding shoppers that where they spend their money truly matters.

12/09/2025

BKS Artisan Ales is in the Crossroads! Thanks to all that stopped by for the opening weekend of our 2nd tasting room. Regular hours will begin Wednesday 12/10.

📍1701 McGee St, Ste 400, KCMO

▪️Wed & Thur: 3 to 9pm
▪️Fri & Sat: 1 to 10pm
▪️Sun: 1 to 6pm

Brookside tasting room hours will remain 7 days a week for now.

12/09/2025

An APHA neighborh asked us to share the following:

11/26/2025

In celebration of Thanksgiving, City facilities will be closed Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28. If your trash day is Thursday or Friday, collection will be delayed by one day. 🍁🥧 kcmo.gov/trash

11/17/2025

Astor Place KC

Got leaves? 🍁 Round 2 of fall leaf and brush collection kicks off Monday, November 17th in South KC.
If you’re participating, here are some reminders:
• Maximum 20 sacks and bundles per household
• Sacks and bundles have a weight limit of 40 lbs each
• Use only paper lawn debris sacks. No plastic bags
• If you seal the sacks, use masking tape; do not use plastic or duct tape
• No grass clippings or trash
• Branches cannot be more than 3 inches in diameter and must be bundled
• Bundles of branches cannot be more than 2 feet in diameter and no more than 4 feet long
• Tie bundles with twine or jute rope; do not use wire or plastic tape
• If wet weather is forecasted, cover sacks and bundles with clear plastic
More information: kcmo.gov/leafandbrush

11/17/2025

Astor Place KC We hope to see you Sunday!!

HARVESTERS DONATION DRIVE & CHIEFS WATCH PARTY

🗓️ Sunday, Nov 23 from 12 to 6pm
📍 BKS Artisan Ales, 633 E 63rd St, KCMO

Donate 3 food or household items for:
- A free drink
- Entered into a raffle for various prizes
- 10% off draft pours all day

in the parking lot too!

*Hosted by Astor Place Neighborhood, Kansas City, MO & BKS Artisan Ales.