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The first of four Whataburger locations will be opening this fall in the Kansas City area. The burger chain announced they will be opening the four different locations and hiring 700 positions locally. New locations include one in Lee’s Summit,…
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This week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed Executive Order 21-06 establishing the Show Me Strong Recovery Task Force. The purpose of the Show Me Strong Task Force is to study and develop recommendations on ways to support small businesses, including…
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Once home to Sam's Town Gambling Hall, then Harrah’s Entertainment, and most recently Cerner Corp., the North Kansas City-based healthcare IT company has listed its Riverport property at 6711 NE Birmingham Road for sale. The 32.4-acre property is listed through…
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The now-empty building located at a highly-visible corner on Broadway in downtown Kansas City will soon see demolition day. Constructed in 1971, the 30-year-old-building once home to a Denny’s restaurant was vacated in November 2020. On Tuesday, March 23, a…
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We had a pretty good winter until the middle of last month—how has weather this season affected progress on your progress, given the national scope of this freeze? During the extreme weather in February, we lost about two weeks of…
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Roughly $57 million in aid has reached around 3,000 small businesses in Kansas in Small Business Working Capital (SBWC) grants. Funding for the grants was drawn out from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which sent monetary aid to businesses…
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The Kansas City metropolitan area is down more than 46,000 jobs in one year, according to a recent report from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. Kansas City counted 1.06 million nonfarm jobs in February, off from 1.11 million…
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Full approval is nearly complete for the KC Streetcar Riverfront Extension project. Estimated to cost $20.2 million, the project will extend the streetcar route three-quarters of a mile to Berkeley Riverfront Park. The line currently ends Third Street Grand Boulevard.…
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A strong divide in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) design plan for the new Buck O’Neil Bridge has members of the community, and some city officials, hoping for a revised design that will allow the bridge to be updated…
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On Monday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed Executive Order 21-08, establishing the Advantage Kansas Coordinating Council (AKCC). The council was created to improve Kansas’s workforce and is comprised of education and business leaders across the state. The AKCC will align…
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