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Posted March 10, 2025 The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council named Joe Perry, a Port KC veteran, its next president. Perry will assume the role on April 1, 2025, according to a release. For nearly 15 years, Perry has been…
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Posted March 7, 2025 Kansas City University has received $1.25 million which will go toward funding a new scholarship as well as support the school’s new Center for Population Health and Equity. The philanthropic gift will be divided between $750,000…
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Posted March 5, 2025 Prieb Homes Inc. is seeking to construct a 62-lot single-family residential area in western Shawnee, 20 years after an initial project for the site was abandoned. The Olathe-based home builder plans to construct the new development…
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Posted March 3, 2025 First Busey Corporation has officially closed its acquisition of Leawood-based CrossFirst Bankshares Inc., worth nearly $917 million. The transaction officially closed on March 1. Busey will operate CrossFirst Bank as a separate banking subsidiary of Busey…
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Posted March 3, 2025 The February Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index reports a 9.6% boost in prices is expected if tariffs are implemented. The Business Conditions Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, increased to 52.0 from 51.1 in…
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Posted March 3, 2025 Park University has appointed Dr. Paul Orscheln to the role of vice president of enrollment and student services. He will assume the role of his new position effective immediately, according to a Monday release. Orscheln will…
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Posted March 3, 2025 The latest acquisition from Overland Park-based Prime Capital Financial will launch a new division focusing on the needs of ultra-high-net-worth families. Prime Capital Financial announced its new Prime Capital Family Office following its acquisition of SineCera…
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Posted February 28, 2025 LANE4 Property Group and the City of Olathe have announced a partnership to develop a restaurant project in downtown Olathe. Austin’s Bar and Grill, which occupies a 100 year-old-building, will be renovated and add two rooftop…
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Posted February 27, 2025 Kansas City Fed president Jeff Schmid said that Thursday now is not the time for the Fed to lower its guard against a rise in consumer inflation expectations. While giving remarks at the USDA Annual Agricultural…
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Posted February 27, 2025 Five years following the pandemic the price of homes across the nation has grown more than a decade’s worth. A new report from Zillow published Thursday found home values in the U.S. increased 45% since the…
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