Juliana Garcia

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Need some spring cleaning? These JoCo cities offer large-item trash services

6 days ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

The season for spring cleaning is in full swing, and there are several ways to get rid of large items lying around your house in Johnson County. Several Johnson County cities will be offering large or bulk item pickup services this spring. Merriam and Prairie Village, for instance, kick off their annual bulk item pickups next week.
Merriam to demolish old Antioch Library, nearby maintenance building

1 week ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

The building that housed the Antioch Library for decades is set to be demolished soon. The Merriam City Council on Monday unanimously approved a more than $150,000 contract with Merriam-based Denton Excavating to demolish the former Antioch Library building and a nearby maintenance building.
Prairie Village eyes these 5 major roadways for improvements in coming years

1 week ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

The city of Prairie Village is looking at improving five major thoroughfares over the next five years. The Prairie Village City Council last week voted 11-0 to approve a five-year plan for the city’s County Assistance Road System program funding requests. Councilmember Ian Graves was absent.
Local group pitches new dining concept for long-vacant Fairway Houlihan's

1 week ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

A local restaurant group is eyeing the long-vacant Houlian’s at The Fairway Shops off Shawnee Mission Parkway for a new dining concept. W. VinZant Restaurants, the Kansas City-based group that also owns BRGR, Gram & Dun, Taco Republic and Va Bene, among other establishments, wants to bring a new restaurant called The Fairway to the empty space at 2820 W. 53rd St.The Houlihan’s closed there in December 2019 after 16 years in business due to the bankruptcy of its parent company, HRI, Inc. W.
Prairie Village considers donating $23K to Ukrainian sister city for drones

1 week ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

The city of Prairie Village is once again thinking of sending funds to help its war-ravaged Ukrainian sister city, but the politics of the moment in the U.S. are creating local concerns that didn’t exist the first time Prairie Village tried to help three years ago. On Monday, the Prairie Village City Council during a committee meeting directed city staff to write out a recommendation for the city to give nearly $23,000 to Dolyna, Ukraine, its longtime sister city.
Developer pitches plan for grocery store, restaurants and apartments at prominent Merriam corner

3 weeks ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

After nearly seven years without a grocery store, there’s a plan to bring a new one back to Merriam on a prominent corner on Shawnee Mission Parkway. Overland Park-based Drake Development, the same entity behind the Merriam Grand Station project, wants to bring a grocery store to a new development across Shawnee Mission Parkway on the former site of the now-shuttered Antioch Library.
Celebrate Earth Day 2025 with these cleanup and recycling events

3 weeks ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

As Earth Day 2025 approaches, Johnson County is gearing up for a jam-packed month of environment-forward events. From cleanup and recycling events to citywide garage sales next month, there are several ways to get involved in your community this Earth Day, which falls on Tuesday, April 22. Clean up your communityThere are several ways to actively clean up your community this Earth Day.
Advocating for collaboration among key partners to promote diversity in clinical studies amid policy challenges in the United States of America | Trials | Full Text

3 weeks ago | trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com | Samuel Byiringiro |Juliana Garcia |Hailey Miller |Evans M. Whitaker |Barbara E. Bierer |Erin D. Michos | +13 more

The lack of diversity in clinical studies has significant ethical and health consequences, limiting the development of effective treatments for diverse populations. Homogeneous participation in clinical studies contributes to health disparities, particularly among historically underrepresented groups in the United States (US). Racial, ethnic, and other minoritized populations have long been excluded from clinical research. In response, the US Congress mandated the National Institutes of Health to assess the impacts of insufficient diversity in clinical studies. Despite efforts by the government, non-profit organizations, and industry players to improve diversity in clinical studies, progress has been slow due to fragmented approaches. For instance, the new US administration (2025) has recently released executive orders which threaten to reverse the progress made in inclusive clinical research. The Stanford Think Tank on Diversity and Equity in Clinical Trials, held in September 2023, brought together key partners across multiple sectors and professions to discuss barriers and explore potential solutions to participation in clinical studies. In this commentary, we discuss the importance of collaborative, inclusive strategies in clinical study design to advance equitable health outcomes for all. Further, we discuss potential implications of the government’s dismissal of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives on diverse research participation.
Westwood voters reject sale of park, killing controversial office project

3 weeks ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

Westwood voters on Tuesday killed a controversial office and retail project along Rainbow Boulevard by rejecting the proposed sale of city parkland that would have been used for the development. According to unofficial final results from the Johnson County Election Office, 52.8% of voters opposed the sale of Joe D. Dennis Park at the corner of 50th Street and Rainbow Boulevard, compared to 47.2% in support.
Prairie Village pit bull bite left infant hospitalized. What does city data say about how rare that is?

3 weeks ago | johnsoncountypost.com | Juliana Garcia

A recent incident in Prairie Village in which an infant was left in critical condition after being bitten by a pit bull has once again put the city’s breed-specific rules in the spotlight. It was five years ago that the Prairie Village City Council, after an emotionally fraught public discussion, opted to lift the city’s ban on pit bulls, a move other Johnson County communities have made in recent years, too. What has been the impact?