Kansas City leaders broke ground on a $300 million redevelopment project Friday at Parade Park Homes, one of Americas first Black cooperative housing developments.

The city says the project at 18th and Vine streets will transform the area into a mixed-income neighborhood with 1,100 affordable homes.

The BBQ grills and flowers on the front porches of some homes are signs some residents still live at Parade Park Homes. They have to move out by the end of the month because a new development will replace their homes.

Jamie Marzett has spent most of his life at Parade Park Homes. He arrived there as a newborn.

Its hard leaving a place that you love, Marzett said. Its just hard losing it.

Sitting on the staircase, he remembers the days he would sit on the back porch with his dad. He says th

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