Kansas City lauded its new “collaborative public safety” model for breaking the lease of a downtown convenience store, which attracted 184 police calls over two years. But Downtown Market, at 11th Street and Grand Boulevard, is still open.

Can Kansas City prevent violent crime through cracking down — and even closing — businesses that are on speed dial for police?

Mayor Quinton Lucas and the city council think so, using what they call a “collaborative public safety” model that pairs several city agencies and private property owners.

This month, the council expanded the city’s “chronic nuisance” code , which had included only parking lots in entertainment districts, to encompass all problem properties citywide.

One of the effort’s first projects, the Downtown Market a t 1103 Grand

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