It&rsquo;s a baby step. True, the child should be full-grown by now, finally reaching her potential. But it&rsquo;s progress nonetheless. </p><p>I&rsquo;m referring to the advances made in the 18th and Vine Jazz District. </p><p>The Jazz District Redevelopment Corp. recently announced that two new tenants, the Full Employment Council and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation&rsquo;s Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, will take up space there. </p><p>The Full Employment Council will be at 1710 E. 18th St., next to the Alvin Ailey headquarters. It will occupy 2,900 square feet of space. </p><p>Clyde McQueen, president of the Full Employment Council, said the space is almost ready to occupy. </p><p>McQueen said the location creates a kind of campus. </p><p>&ldquo;It has access to great parking,&rdquo; McQueen said. &ldquo;It will be good to be close to the museums.&rdquo;</p><p>The space should alleviate some of the lengthy waits that Full Employment Council clients have experienced because of surging interest in the job market. </p><p>The council will also have a presence inside the new Black Archives of Mid-America headquarters when it opens, another amenity in the jazz district. The council&rsquo;s Youth Opportunity Center will be located there. </p><p>&ldquo;This gives us great proximity to our main headquarters,&rdquo; McQueen said. &ldquo;And at the same time, people will be able to see the great assets the district has to offer.&rdquo; </p><p>The Kauffman Foundation&rsquo;s Urban Entrepreneur Partnership will occupy 2,970 square feet at 1520 E. 18th St. </p><p>Daryl Williams, director of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation and the CEO of the Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, said that the program &ldquo;trains minority entrepreneurs on their business skills. We always held it within foundation walls. Now we&rsquo;re trying to give it a city presence.</p><p>&ldquo;Historically, we&rsquo;ve supported a lot of the work that&rsquo;s been done in the 18th and Vine Jazz District. So it&rsquo;s a natural place for us to move the program to.&rdquo; </p><p>In a press release, Denise E. Gilmore, president/CEO of the Jazz District Redevelopment Corp., said she was delighted to welcome the two agencies to the district. </p><p>The Peachtree Restaurant, which left to operate in the Kansas City Power & Light District, hasn&rsquo;t been replaced. When someone steps forward to occupy that vacant space, the project will have made major strides.</p><p>The recent addition of the Kansas City Jazz and Blues Juke House has injected a new energy into the jazz district. Some nights, the line to get in winds up the block. A couple more additions like that and the jazz district will finally be making more than just baby steps.