Brush Creek is an appealing feature of the Country Club Plaza, where the lawns are manicured and sidewalks are wide. But once the creek crosses east of Troost Avenue, it’s a different story.
“I walk along there and I see so much debris in the water that you think it’s a small island,” said Kansas City resident Jackie Brown. “But no, that’s mountains and mountains of dirt and trash, and that just breaks my heart.”
On Thursday afternoon, Brown and other community members, faith leaders and environmental activists walked along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from MLK Park to Troost Avenue, to demand that the city make improvements to the eastern portion of Brush Creek. The social justice organization Metropolitan Organization for Racial and Economic Equality, or MORE2, and faith leaders organized the march…