The 49/63 Neighborhood Coalition represents approximately 3500 homes and businesses in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri. We represent a very diverse collection of individuals and businesses - including two major universities - and enable everyone within the Coalition to work together to solve common problems and explore common goals.
The Coalition is perhaps unique in that it set our deliberately, from its founding in 1971, to bridge all levels of diversity - economic, religious, political, racial - and provide a common forum through which everyone within the Coalition could speak.
The 49/63 Neighborhood Coalition represents a diverse neighborhood; therefore, opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily represent the Coalition's Communications Committee, its Board of Directors, its Officers, or the neighborhood as a whole.
Send suggestions, comments, information, etc. to webmaster@4963.org
If you recently received the Coalition fundraising letter and haven't yet sent it back in, there's still time to do so. The Coalition relies on its many members to help with the substantial costs involved in running such a widespread organization - the monthly newsletter you receive costs $500 a month to produce, and that even with free printing services provided by the city. Remember that anything you give is entirely tax-deductible, and 100% of what you donate comes back to you in the form of newsletters, monthly general meetings and other programs that the Coalition has sponsored in the past. The Coalition is run entirely by unpaid volunteers - nobody gets a salary. If you didn't receive the fundraising letter or you have misplaced it, you can download it here in pdf format. It lists the many activities and programs sponsored by the Coalition last year. Please read through and consider donating today - anything you can donate is appreciated, and we thank you in advance for your support!
Be sure to check out the series of photographs taken of Troost Avenue in the 49/63 area during the 1940's! You'll recognize some of the places, but others may be long gone. Go to the "Past Activities" section of the site to look at and download these fascinating images.
Do you have a 1940's photograph of a property in 49/63? Whether it's a business or your own house, we'd love to show it off to the neighborhood. Contact webmaster@4963.org and we can arrange to get your photograph scanned in if it's not already a digital image.