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Region Manufacturing Index Shows Fewer Job Openings, Third Straight Month

Posted April 1, 2024 Creighton University released its Mid-America Business Conditions Index for March and shows the region has not broken the growth threshold and the manufacturing sector is losing more workers. The Business Conditions Index, which uses the same… more

Window & Door Manufacturer Selects KCK for $76M Facility, 600 New Jobs

Posted March 21, 2024 Warroad, Minnesota-based Marvin, a window and door manufacturer, has selected Kansas City, Kansas for the home of its new $76 million factory. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday that Marvin will invest $76.5 million to build… more

Archer Technologies Acquires Risk Management Tech Startup

Posted March 25, 2024 Overland Park-based Archer Technologies LLC announced it has acquired an Austin-based tech startup to expand into a new risk management solutions market.  Archer acquired Flisk, a risk management information system (RMIS) technology startup. Flisk will bring… more

Equity Bank Creates Four Regional Leadership Positions Following Acquisition

Posted March 21, 2024 Wichita-based Equity Bank has hired a new regional CEO to oversee the bank’s operations in its recently expanded Missouri market. Craig Dunn will oversee regional strategies, commercial and consumer business development and local banking operations in… more

Chiefs, Royals Detail Their Community Benefits Agreements Ahead of April 2 Vote

Posted March 21, 2024 Updated 12:55 p.m., March 21, 2024 The Kansas City Chiefs and Royals announced plans for their community benefits agreement (CBA) in Jackson County. The April 2 ballot is less than two weeks away for Jackson County… more

Kansas City Nonprofits Awarded Millions from MacKenzie Scott, Yield Giving

Posted March 20, 2024 Updated 1:17 p.m., March 20, 2024 Billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott, through her organization Yield Giving, has awarded $3 million to Kansas City-based nonprofits. KC Healthy Kids announced it had received $1 million while another… more

Kansas City University Gains $5M Grant to Support CPHE Initiative

Posted March 20, 2024 Kansas City University (KCU) announced it has received a $5 million grant to support the development of its new Center for Population Health and Equity (CPHE) building, bringing its total raised fund to $16 million. The… more

Children’s Mercy Partnership Expands Pediatric Care to Southwest MO

Posted March 20, 2024 Children’s Mercy is entering into a new partnership with Mercy Hospital Springfield and will work to provide enhanced pediatric care to patients in southwest Missouri. In 2023, Mercy announced a similar partnership with Springfield-based CoxHealth to… more

Developer NorthPoint Requests Tax Incentives for $41M Apartment Complex

Posted March 19, 2024 NorthPoint Development is requesting tax incentives from the Port Authority of Kansas City regarding its upcoming $41 million apartment complex. During a committee development meeting last week, NorthPoint proposed a real property tax exemption and sales… more

Google to Build $1 Billion Data Center in Kansas City

Posted March 20, 2024 Updated 10:52 a.m., March 20, 2024 Google said this morning that it would expand its presence in Kansas City's expanding tech sector with a $1 billion data center at the Hunt Midwest Business Center, along with… more