#KCCornerstone Finalist: Morningstar Youth & Family Life Center

In Cornerstone Awards by EDCKC Staff

Morningstar Youth & Family Life Center
2525 E. 27th Street
Kansas City, MO 64127

The Morningstar Youth & Family Life Center is a $5 million project located at 27th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri’s East side. Over $2 million was spent on acquiring and demolishing 30-35 dilapidated and dangerous buildings in order to clear the land and construct a new 13,000 square foot community center.

Morningstar Baptist Church, where the idea for a community center was conceived, is a 108-year-old anchor church well known in Kansas City, Missouri’s urban core. While the church has always offered community services and programs, the new Morningstar Youth & Family Life Center provides them much-needed additional space for expanding programs and partnerships.

In 2016, the Morningstar Youth & Family Life Center was finally completed and plans are for the center to serve about 200 people a day, with a wide range of programs and services including math, science, and computer tutoring; jobs skills training; food and clothing programs; counseling; and sports programs.

Sources:
Merit General Contractors
KCStar