Announcement and Construction
The announcement of the new temple was made on October 4, 2008 during the church's 178th Semiannual general conference by church president Thomas S. Monson. When the announcement was made, Monson did not specify whether the temple would be constructed in Kansas or Missouri. However, a later press release confirmed that the temple would be built in the Shoal Creek development in Clay County, Missouri. This was the second temple built in Missouri, after the St. Louis Missouri Temple.
The Kansas City Missouri Temple was announced concurrently with the Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Calgary Alberta, Córdoba Argentina and Rome Italy temples.
On October 22, 2009, the Kansas City Council approved The Meadows at Searcy Creek First Plat, the subdivision of the Shoal Creek development where the temple is located. The plat includes the lot for a church meetinghouse as well as the temple. Site work in the development, including acquiring property for the future temple, commenced in late October. The official groundbreaking for the temple took place on May 8, 2010; attendance was by invitation only.
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