In lieu of cutting a ribbon, a Fort Osage students sawed a board Wednesday to mark the opening of the Fort Connect education space at NorthPoint Development's Eastgate Commerce Center. The space is in one of first two of several industrial and commercial buildings NorthPoint plans to construct in the Little Blue Valley, and the ceremony preceded City Manager Zach Walkerâs state of the city address during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Read more about Fort Connect in Friday's edition of The Examiner. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net With progress in several key areas over the past year, the city of Independence has started to make some transformational, long-term…
