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Q: What do you consider your organization’s most significant achievement or highlight over the past year? A: I would have to list two: continued strong investment performance and client retention. These certainly go hand in hand. We couldn’t be more…
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Posted December 28, 2023 Sunflower Bank announced it has hired a new Kansas City and Eastern Kansas market president to oversee the bank’s growth in the area. Billy Weiland joins Sunflower Bank as the Kansas City/Eastern Kansas regional market president…
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Posted December 27, 2023 The City of Riverside approved the final development plan for the final development plan and rezoning for the new LiveNation 15,000-seat Amphitheater. The 161-acre development site is located west of NW Horizons Parkway near Interstate 635.…
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Posted December 27, 2023 The Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors (KCRAR) is merging with the Southeast Kansas Association of Realtors (SEKAR), bringing KCRAR jurisdiction to a total of 46 counties across Eastern Kansas and Western Missouri. The KCRAR Board…
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Posted December 27, 2023 New single-family home sales experienced a decline for the month of November but are up compared to this time last year. The seasonally adjusted annual rate for new single-family home sales nationwide was 590,000 in November,…
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Posted December 26, 2023 Missouri experienced growth in workforce development during the month of November while Kansas continues to remain unchanged month-over-month, according to Kansas And Missouri monthly jobs reports. Kansas Kansas has remained stagnant with a seasonally adjusted unemployment…
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Posted December 26, 2023 Mission-based Lettermen's Energy Holdings LLC announced a series of asset acquisitions equating to five additions across the country. Lettermen's Energy, a propane company that serves residential, industrial, agricultural and autogas customers recently bought five retail propane…
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Posted December 26, 2023 Kansas City-based TranSystems announced it is adding a full-service engineering and consulting firm to its roster of acquisitions, expanding its Washington footprint with a 75-person team. Washington-based BCE Engineers, Inc., established in 1986, provides design services…
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Posted December 26, 2023 The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its tenth district services survey, showing a moderate decline for December while the forecast for the next six months remains still. According to the survey, the month-over-month services…
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Posted December 21, 2023 Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said up to 200,000 homeowners in Jackson County were victims of a flawed assessment process and urges homeowners to pay under protest. Fitzpatrick believes the failure of the Jackson County Assessment…
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