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“Westward, Ho!” for Expansion in Lee’s Summit

According to the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council, the west side of town could be the site of new development projects totaling some $500 million. The proposed development projects in Lee Summit’s View High corridor include more than 300 acres… more

Lansing Trade Group Releases Tender Offer Update

Lansing Trade Group, LLC, the Overland Park-based commodity merchandising company focused on commodities including grains, feed ingredients and energy products has announced preliminary results of a tender offer that began in August. The company reports that 79.2 percent of the… more

KCU’s Joplin Medical School Approved to Begin Operations

The Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) has announced that it has gotten the go ahead from its accrediting organization the to begin operations and admit students at KCUs Joplin site, which is currently under construction. KCU-Joplin will… more

Kansas City to Get a New Indoor Football Team

A new indoor football team for Kansas City was announced today by the team’s owners. We intend to bring a fan friendly, affordable indoor-football franchise "that is part of the community and a competitor on the field the City can be proud of,”… more

Bloch School Begins Search for New Dean

In a week with several celebrations of entrepreneurism happening in Kansas City, the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, a leader in entrepreneurship and innovation education, has added to the excitement by announcing its search for a new dean.… more

St. Joseph 5th in Startups Nationwide

According to the data-analysis website, FiveThirtyEight.com, St. Joseph, Missouri ranks 5th among metro areas with the fastest-growing rates of new startups (businesses less than a year old). Basing its findings on data from 2014, the report puts three Missouri metros… more

Mentors Invest Time in the Future of KC Business

It’s a big day for entrepreneurship in Kansas City. As Ivy League Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business winds up its Minority Business Entrepreneurs program here in town and Techweek Kansas City continues spotlighting the local tech community, the Helzberg Entrepreneurial… more

UMKC and LaunchKC Agree to Strengthen Tech Mentorship

University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) and LaunchKC—the global tech-grants competition whose winners will be announced this Friday as part of Techweek Kansas City—have agreed to join forces in better mentoring idea-people in the tech industry. The letter of agreement includes… more

KC Corporations See Potential in Minority Entrepreneurs

Today is graduation day for 30 Kansas City-area participants in a program called Strategy and Business Development for Minority Business Entrepreneurs—a 2½ -day intensive education program for executives, brought to Kansas City by the Ivy League staff of Dartmouth College's  Tuck School… more

Amazon Breaks Ground on New KCK Facility

Online-shopping giant, Amazon, broke ground yesterday for its fifth fulfillment center in the state of Kansas. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas said the center, measuring more than 855,000 square-feet on 190 acres, “will create at… more