Saving the Quindaro Ruins - The Birth of Concerned Citizens for Old Quindaro

In December of 1982 the Quindaro Community (bordering the Quindaro Ruins and Quindaro Park) received an anonymous letter concerning a proposed landfill permit to be granted to Brown & Ferris Industries. 

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The Western University Holding Association, governed by the African Methodist Episcopal Church 5th District, had entered into agreement with Brown & Ferris Industries allowing the landfill to be established in the heart of the Quindaro Ruins.

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Members of the Quindaro community reached out for assistance from local officials. After receiving little to no support, the community formed Concerned Citizens for Old Quindaro in early 1983, and took matters into their own hands. The founding board members were: Jesse Hope III, Accie Taylor, J.C. Clark, Kay Moore, Claudia Clark, and Delbert Kimbrough. They, along with many members of the Community appeared before the Kansas City, Kansas Planning Commission in January of 1983 to oppose the landfill, and Special Permit SS-1982-82 was denied. Unfortunately the Wyandotte County Commissioners later approved the landfill permit, and the struggle continued. 

Concerned Citizens for Old Quindaro retained the services of attorney Grover G. Hankins of North, Watson, Bryant & Hankins law firm on February 24, 1983. 

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