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The Johnson County Community College Foundation announced today that it had received a $10 million lead gift from the Sunderland Foundation to jump-start the largest campus transformation project in the nearly 50-year history of the college. Dubbed The Sunderland Challenge,…
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The University of Kansas announced this morning that its Bioscience & Technology Business Center had earned a $50,000 grant from the Small Business Administration to support the center's mission as a business accelerator and economic engine for northeast Kansas. It's…
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The University of Kansas Health System and Ardent Health Services have announced completion of their purchase of St. Francis Health, a move that will keep the financially struggling Topeka hospital's doors open. In a news release issued this morning, the…
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Years of recovery in the construction sector have benefitted residential and commercial building projects, but in terms of public infrastructure, Missouri in general--and Kansas City in particular--are among the states and metro areas with the biggest construction job losses over…
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A national IT company based in Dallas has unveiled plans for building a 50,000-square-foot data center in Lenexa, its third facility in the Kansas City region. In a news release this morning issued by the Kansas City Area Development Council,…
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Score one more for the Animal Health Corridor’s ability to attract key companies: C.J. Foods, a Nebraska-based maker of premium dry pet foods and treats, announced today that it would open an executive office in the Kansas City area. “After…
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Wyandotte County’s Unified Government has signed off on a request for state approval of STAR bonds for the American Royal Association, which is planning to turn a 112-acre site in Kansas City, Kan., into a national center for agribusiness. The…
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Cheryl Lockton Williams, widow of Lockton Companies founder Jack Lockton, has donated $10 million to support the new Cambridge Tower A at the University of Kansas Hospital. Announcement of that gift came this morning at the hospital near Midtown. Officials…
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As of today, the Kansas City region's dreams of being home to a second headquarters for Amazon.com are in the hands of Jeff Bezos and his team in Seattle. In what is being described as the largest regional collaboration in…
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Tortoise Investments, one of the region's largest wealth-management institutions and a subsidiary of Mariner Holdings, is being acquired by a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, Lovell Minnick Partners, and members of the Tortoise management team, the firm announced this morning. …
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