Youth Program: Write Brain
Write Brain is a STEAM-based summer enrichment program for youth in 3rd-5th grades. Youth will be served breakfast and lunch and engage in a writing workshop. At the end of the six-week summer enrichment program, youth will have authored and illustrated their own book that they will receive, and in addition, one will be made public and shared with the community.
Our 2022 UNI Gala!
Recess!
is the signature fundraising event for Kansas City’s Urban Neighborhood Initiative.
The proceeds support our mission to improve the quality of life in our community through affordable housing, home repairs, and quality after school and summer time youth activities.
Embrace your inner child while investing in quality urban neighborhood development
Our News
Welcome Our New Leader, Dr. Jamee Rodgers
As we prepare for our longtime President & CEO Dianne Cleaver’s retirement, we welcome our incoming President & CEO Jamee Rodgers as UNI’s future leader.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
Long before Urban Neighborhood Initiative was even an idea, neighborhood organizations were already hard at work, intent on improving and revitalizing the communities where they live. Our neighborhood partners have been, and are essential to, UNI’s success.
Our partners are building community gardens, orchards, and playgrounds, and working on streetscapes, new curbs, and sidewalks. They’re working to decrease crime and close drug houses. They’re developing block leader programs and hosting clean-up and dumpster days.
Location
2300 Main Street, Suite 180
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
816-231-0822 (office)
816-231-0855 (fax)