Host Nick Parker welcomes back columnist John Beaudoin to discuss Beaudoin's recent Q&A with District 4 Councilman Donnie Funk. The two dig into District 4's residential character, the ongoing debate over apartment development, and what's still missing from Lee's Summit's retail and office landscape.

They also unpack the city's rocky budget-communication moment — including City Manager Mark Dunning's widely quoted "losing sleep" comment — and the unresolved tension over council committee assignments, after Councilwoman Cynda Rader declined an assignment amid disagreement with Mayor Pro Tem Hillary Shields. The conversation wraps with a look at public comment rules at City Hall and the one follow-up question Beaudoin wishes he'd asked Funk about the future of Downtown Days funding.

Downtown Days is back, and this year the festival looks different in the best way possible. Events manager Julie Cook and assistant director Jenny Gale from Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street join Nick to preview the move to the new Green Street covered lawn, a Grammy-nominated Saturday headliner in Making Movies, and everything you need to know before heading downtown this Friday through Sunday. All the music is free — you just have to show up.

A Lee's Summit tutoring organization that has spent a decade closing academic skill gaps for K–12 students is now targeting the other side of the equation — the homes those students return to every night.

Host Nick Parker sits down with Tomorrow's Promise Today founder Mike Graham and new Executive Director Marion Marshall to introduce their newly launched nonprofit, Today Promises Tomorrow, and the simple but powerful belief driving it: invest in the parent, change the child's future.