Upcoming in Kansas City, Mo.
Glaciers to Gentrification: A Short History of the West Bottoms
Presentation by Larry O’Donnell, Healthy Rivers Partnership
At a Special Location This Month – The Healthy Rivers Partnership River Center!
Larry will explore through pictures the major highlights of the interaction between the West Bottoms and the rivers bordering them.

Kansas City's West Bottoms during the 1951 flood.
Time and Place
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
7:00 pm
This Month's Location: Healthy Rivers Partnership Office
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Presentation by Larry O’Donnell, Healthy Rivers Partnership
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
This Month’s Location – Healthy Rivers Partnership River Center – 815 Woodswether Rd, Kansas City, MO 64105 – (816) 679-7772
6 p.m. – Chili Dinner (Beer and Wine also available for a small donation)
7 p.m. – Presentation.
Presentation is FREE and open to the public!
Hosted by Healthy Rivers Partnership
Directions
From the East –
- Take I-70 west. Exit at the Broadway Bridge downtown.
- Take a right and stay in right lane. Instead of continuing onto the bridge, veer right of bridge entrance to go under bridge.
- At Stop Sign, veer left onto Woodswether Rd.
- Turn left on Madison. You can either park along Madison or park near the caboose park further down the road. Heathy Rivers Partnership is the building at the corner of Woodswether and Madison. The entrance is a gate on Madison.
From the West –
- Take I-70 East. Exit at the Broadway Bridge downtown.
- Take a left and stay in right lane. Instead of continuing onto the bridge, veer right of bridge entrance to go under bridge.
- At Stop Sign, veer left onto Woodswether Rd.
- Turn left on Madison. You can either park along Madison or park near the caboose park further down the road. Heathy Rivers Partnership is the building at the corner of Woodswether and Madison. The entrance is a gate on Madison.
Here’s a map that shows a few other ways from I-670. Thank you to Healthy Rivers Partnership for hosting the Big Muddy Speaker Series this month!
The Big Muddy Speakers Series in Kansas City
is hosted by these wonderful partners!
- Healthy Rivers Partnership
- Little Blue River Watershed Coalition
- Kansas City Digital Video
- Missouri River Relief
- Lights On – KCK
Thanks to all of our venue hosts for making this possible! Click here for a list of upcoming presentations» The Big Muddy Speaker Series is also held monthly in Rocheport and St. Charles.
Recordings of Presentations
Kansas City Digital Video has been recording Big Muddy Speaker Series presentations. These are available on their website at this link. Some contain synchronized powerpoint presentations. We will be posting these to the archived presentation pages on bigmuddyspeakers.org.
We are deeply saddened by our loss of KCDV’s driving founder, Michael Morgan. Our hearts are with his family. Big Muddy Speaker Series will always be indebted to his vision, skill and selfless hard work.