Lee's Summit Town Hall

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of May 18, 2020... Downtown Lee's Summit Farmers Market; Summit Christian Academy; Municipal election; Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education; Lee's Summit Parks & Recreation

On today's episode, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury revisit conversations with Timothy Shrout, Andrew Felker and Steve Lee, candidates for Lee's Summit City Council, District 2. Candidate Roberta Gough did not respond to multiple invitations to participate in interviews with Link 2 Lee's Summit or the Lee's Summit Town Hall podcast.

Everyone may be talking about the start of Jackson County's reopening plan, but Nick and Jason want to remind you we're only a few weeks away from Election Day. The duo revisits conversations with Hillary Shields, Steve Lambert and Robert Dye, candidates for Lee's Summit City Council — District 1.

Lee's Summit and the rest of Jackson County begin Phase 1 of reopening this week. Today's episode of the Lee's Summit Town Hall podcast offers a few other tidbits of information from local schools, the business community and the City to get you started for the week. For more on the reopening procedures, check out the Friday, May 8 episode of the podcast.

Nick Parker and Jason Norbury take a look at the phase 1 reopening guidelines for Jackson County, Mo and ask listeners for some feedback on what the procedures mean for them.

Ronnie and Rachel Dyer, of Dyer Oil Graphics, met up with Nick Parker during the Together We Can craft brew even last week to talk about their company and a new side project, Quarantine Brewery & Taphouse, raising funds for hospitality workers and Lee’s Summit Social Services.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of May 4, 2020.

Some quick news & notes and then Nick and Jason talk about their search for information from our elected leader amid confusion during the current COVID-19 crisis.

It's National Tell a Story Day and we've got a good one for you this week. Your Monday NewsLink for the week of April 27, 2020 includes news from: Lee's Summit R-7 School District, City of Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Economic Development Council, University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit, Bennett Packaging & more.

This was supposed to be a conversation on their business, I am noticed, and the service they provide. But when Amy Johnson and Jaime Lyon dropped by the Zoom studio for a Friday conversation with Nick, the talk quickly shifted to broader topics of people and the relationships we make.

There's not a lot of news happening right now, but Nick and Jason take a few minutes to catch up on a few things, follow up on all of our self-care talk and take a peek at Friday's LS Town Hall conversation.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of April 20, 2020.

LSR7 elementary art chair Aimee Fresia and City of Lee's Summit cultural arts manager Glenda Masters join Nick for a chat about their love of art and its ability to help us cope with the current stresses. And to top it off, give a listen for a chance to share art from your home and win some sweet prizes.

District 4 City Council member Bob Johnson joins Nick and Jason for a conversation on the City's budgeting process and how it is planning to adjust to COVID-affected economy.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of April 13, 2020.

Working from home... Trying to take on the role of teacher... stuck with the same people all day every day... this stay-at-home order is hard. One good thing is knowing we're all in the same boat. Join us for a conversation on how to cope with all of these various roles we're taking on while trying to keep the peace at home. Hosts Nick Parker & Jason Norbury are joined by local family therapist Ke...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of April 5, 2020.

This week, we’re going to do something a little different. As we’ve settled into our current stay-at-home status, Link 2 Lee’s Summit has attempted to help everyone alleviate a bit of the stress by sharing some pieces of music submitted to us from homes throughout the community. With that in mind, we thought instead of a conversation today, we’d just give everyone a few minutes of rest and relaxat...

Jason and Nick take a look at an emergency ordinance passed at the most recent City Council meeting before Lee's Summit Social Services executive director Matt Sanning pops in to talk about how the current COVID19 crisis is affecting people in our community and how you can help local agencies now and in the months to come.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of March 30, 2020.

District 4 City Council Candidate Donnie Funk drops by the virtual studio for a chat with Nick & Jason. Lee's Summit Town Hall was unable to interview the Funk's opponent, incumbent Fred DeMoro. DeMoro has not responded to repeated attempts to contact him via phone, email and social media.

We’re in week one of the metro-area’s 30-day stay-at-home directive. Nick and Jason review a few things before shifting to a conversation with District 2 City Council candidate, Steve Lee.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of March 23, 2020.

Meet Brian Austerman, Megan Marshall & Christine Bushyhead, candidates for the LSR7 Board of Education. This is the third of three panel conversations with candidates for the Board. To create an opportunity for better conversation, the nine candidates for the three open seats were divided into smaller groups. See episodes from Feb. 21 and March 6 for conversations with the other candidates.

If, for whatever reason, you've ventured out of your house you can almost feel the tension in the air. We're all anxious and we're all nervous about the unknowns in this coronavirus world. So, Nick and Jason decided it was time for a little group therapy and called their friend, Kerri Gray, to talk about anxiety and how best for us all to cope.