Goooood morning, Johnson County! Kyle here, with another midweek edition of your daily planner. Here’s what’s happening.

Forecast: 🌧️ High: 67, Low: 54. Another soggy day with showers likely through the morning and afternoon and a chance for isolated thunderstorms at times. Rain is expected to slacken off by tonight. 

Diversions

• Happy National Wine Day! You may not need a reason, but this is kind of official. Celebrate responsibly.🍷
• Looking for something unusual? Professional eater Randy Santel will be at 1889 Pizza Napoletana on 47th Street near Westwood tonight for a new eating challenge in which he and his wife will try to eat 1889’s full menu “in a short amount of time.” Learn more here.

Public Agenda

• The Overland Park Public Works Committee meets tonight at 7 p.m. Among other things, the committee will discuss approving more than $440,000 to fix a leak in the underground fuel storage tank at the city’s Blue Valley Maintenance Facility.

Noteworthy

• On the final ceremonial day of the Kansas legislative session in Topeka earlier this week, lawmakers nearly unanimously approved a bill making Kansas businesses that had to shut down during the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions eligible for rebates on property taxes and rent. [The Kansas City Star]
• KC-based development firm Hunt Midwest has sold The Vue apartments in downtown Overland Park to Illinois-based JVM Realty. As part of the deal, JVM assumes the right to collect on any future public tax incentive reimbursements originally granted to Hunt. [Kansas City Business Journal]
• Workers at a Starbucks in Independence, Missouri, voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to unionize, joining employees at the location on 75th Street in Overland Park who approved a similar move last month. [KCUR]