Community
Our Bowen Community
Bowen Apartments is more than a building with spacious residences in a central, convenient location. Our residents, some of whom have been at Bowen for more than twenty years, truly consider Bowen a comfortable and secure home, with lots of friendly neighbors. Close friendships develop among residents, who often include their other friends and relatives in Bowen groups and activities. Residents strengthen their ties to each other and to the local community with recreational and interest groups, parties, meals in our cafe, or by just getting together for chats in our many comfortable common spaces.
Historic Raytown and the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Located just steps from downtown Raytown, Bowen is convenient to shopping, banking, restaurants, pharmacies, doctors, and a variety of churches. The City of Raytown has entered into an exciting period of change, as some older downtown spaces are being transformed into new and exciting common areas, which will co-exist with some of our time-honored local business and monuments. Raytown has many beautiful public parks, which provide opportunities for a variety of outdoor activities and beautiful walks. Our recently refurbished public library is just across the street from Bowen Apartments, and is one of our residents' favorite community resources.
From the Raytown Chamber of Commerce
The greatest benefit of Raytown’s geographic location is its access to the entire greater Kansas City area. Serving as a crossroads to surrounding communities, the City of Raytown is 10.4 square miles located southeast of downtown Kansas City. Both the Chamber and the Raytown Quality Schools serve a larger area of 32 square miles. Raytown has outstanding access to interstates 435, 470 and 70. The 350 Highway link, in the ever-growing community of eastern Jackson County, makes Raytown an important economic development corridor.
The Raytown area blends the best of urban and suburban life. Local, national and international businesses such as KCP&L, GE Energy, USA 800, Inc., and Ken-A-Vision Manufacturing Co., Inc. are located here. Our central location, low tax base, and strong workforce provide the necessary tools for success. Opportunities abound here, and a pattern of redevelopment and growth is apparent.
Raytown’s stable and well-established community is located only minutes from downtown Kansas City, the Country Club Plaza, Nelson Art Gallery, Union Station, Lyric Theatre, Crown Center, the Kansas City Zoo, Starlight Theatre, Kansas Speedway, and the Music Hall-Bartle Hall. Sports fans can cheer on the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, and Kansas City Wizards in the neighboring Truman Sports Complex, home of Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium (the K). Raytowners are within minutes of Municipal and Kemper arenas, and the new Sprint Center & Power and Light Entertainment District. These downtown facilities are home to the University of Missouri-Kansas City Roos basketball, and many concerts.