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2005
ABC Shines Bright on Main Street
"No one even knew the business was still open
when I bought it in March, 2000," explains Rick
Kappa, owner of ABC Storage at 3240-44 Main
and member of MainCor. "The north building was
boarded up. There was old graffiti on the building,
the painted signs had faded. The Midtown Marketplace
site was being cleared and there was a pack of 13 wild
dogs scavenging the grounds."
This is how Kappa described the area at Linwood and
Main when he first purchased ABC Storage a few short
years ago. "I knew if I was going to get new customers,
things would have to change."
Enter MainCor. "I was invited to a MainCor business
lunch and I soon realized this was a place where I could
find the help I needed." With dogged determination,
Kappa marketed his business to new customers. It wasn't
easy at first because people new to the area were sometimes
approached by panhandlers
With dogged determination, Kappa marketed his business
to new customers. It wasn't easy at first because people
new to the area were sometimes approached by panhandlers
and even prostitutes. Remember, this was prior to Midtown
Marketplace.
After a while, Kappa worked with MainCor staff and
applied for the Facade Rebate Program. With that help,
he was able to make repairs and repaint the 3240 Main
building. No longer a boarded up building, it now adds
character to Main Street.
Thanks
Just a note to thank everyone I've
worked with during my time at MainCor. I learned a lot
during the last ten years about the strength and tenacity
of the people who live and work in Midtown and, specifically,
on the best corridor in Kansas City - Main Street!
Many blessings to all of you,
Clara
T-Asset offers Premium Security Product for IT
You may have noticed some great things are happening
just to the east of the Corridor on Troost. A good number
of buildings have been purchased and rehabbed. New businesses
are bringing a vitality to Troost that has been long
awaited. One such business is T-Asset. Because there
product is something we think might be of interest to
some of our businesses on Main Street, we wanted to
share the following information with you.
T-Asset, a software company headquartered on Troost
Avenue introduces PowerCat™ for securing and managing
IT assets. PowerCat™ is targeted at small and medium-sized
businesses and provides a highly secure, affordable
solution for network security. PowerCat™ uses a
unique 'clean list' approach to protect computers against
known and unknown viruses, Trojans, hacking tools, and
other networks threats. It also gives IT managers remote
access to computers on a network, encrypts sensitive
documents when computers are off-line, and helps manage
their hardware and software investments. Customers can
have PowerCat™ deployed as a managed service, which
reduces infrastructure investment and service headaches.
For more information, please visit www.tassetusa.com
or call (816) 756-0300. Also, please join MainCor as
T-Asset will give a presentation at the September 15th
luncheon.
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Volume 10, Issue 4
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
(CPTED) Class in Kansas City
The conceptual thrust of the CPTED program is that
the proper design and effective use of the physical
environment can produce behavioral effects that will
reduce the incidence and fear of crime, thereby improving
the quality of community life. These behavioral effects
can be accomplished by reducing the potential of the
physical environment to support criminal behavior.
Some strategies are:
- Provide clear border definition of controlled space
- Provide clearly marked transitional zones, which
indicate movement from public to semi-public to private
space
- Relocate gathering areas to locations with natural
surveillance and access control, or to locations away
from the view of would-be offenders
- Redesign or revamp space to increase the perception
or reality of natural surveillance
If you would like to learn more about CPTED, the
Missouri Crime Prevention is presenting a 40-hour
class from Sept. 26 through 30, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily,
at the Marriott Downtown.
Topics to be covered include Crime Causation, Natural
Access Control, Natural Surveillance as a Crime Reduction
Technique, Territorial Reinforcement, Crime Prevention
Classifications, Residential/Business Community Design,
Approach to Facility Design, and Five Types of Information
Needed for Proper CPTED Planning and Field Assignments.
The instructor for this class is Timothy Crowe. Mr.
Crow, a criminologist specializing in CPTED, has trained
law enforcement and private security personnel and
worked with government, private owners and designers
to create crime-free environments. He has also published
many articles and authored two books on the subject.
The course is being offered for $250. Registration
deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 21.
If you have questions or would like to register,
call Officer Diane Soligo at Central Patrol Division.
You may reach her at diane.soligo@kcpd.org or 759-6328.
- Sept 7 , 8:00 a.m., Coffee Klatsch
- Sept 15 , 11:30 a.m., Business Lunch, please
RSVP by Sept 13
- Oct 5 , 8:00 a.m. Coffee Klatsch
- Oct 20 , 11:30 a.m., MainCor Business Lunch;
please RSVP by Oct 18.
- Nov 2, 8 a.m., Coffee Klatsch
- Nov 17, 11:30 a.m., MainCor Business Lunch;
please RSVP by Nov. 15.
Coffee Klatsch and
Business Lunches are held at the MainCor office,
3215 Main. If you would like a reminder by
e-mail or fax, call the office at 753-3820.
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Thanks to Our Members
We would like to thank the following for their support
by becoming members of MainCor:
- A to Z Services
- ABC Storage
- American Century
- Bank of America
- Buddies Lounge
- Buttonwood Financial
- CFH Properties
- Children's TLC
- Cal & Marilyn Cohen
- Community Blood Center
- Enterprise Rent-a-Car
- Fairfield Inn
- Frye & Co.
- Grand Emporium
- Green City Designs
- H&R Block
- Frank Haar
- Hallmark Corporation
- HDR Engineering
- Heartland Health Services
- John Hueser
- Jackson Hewitt
- Kauffman Foundation
- Kemper Museum
- Kessinger Hunter
- Tom Kirkwood
- L&H Midtown Investments
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