Price range $109,000 to $389,500
Mission, Kansas, is about 2.75 square miles along Shawnee Mission Parkway east of Metcalf/Highway 169 and south of I-35. The town˙s unofficial slogan is "Big enough to serve you and small enough to want to." Johnson Drive, the central commercial strip, offers shoppers an assortment of small businesses.
Everything from a German butcher shop, to hometown hardware and a health food store can be found. The Shawnee Mission main post office and the northeast branch of the Johnson County offices are in Mission. In 2002, residents vowed to maintain the business district as a pedestrian-friendly area and in 2003, the Mission Business Development Committee was formed to oversee the area's ongoing revitalization.
In 2006, work began on the East Gateway project, a mixed-use development at the east entrance to the city.
Recreational choices include an outdoor municipal swimming pool, seven parks and an 80,000 square-foot community center with indoor pool, two gymnasiums, racquetball courts, classrooms, meeting areas and workout rooms.
Mission's residential neighborhoods offer good variety. Interstates 35 and 635 offer quick access north and south while, Shawnee Mission Parkway is a direct route to the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City.
