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Kauffman Foundation Makes Three New Additions to Leadership Team

Posted March 11, 2024 The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced the organization has added three new additions to its leadership team to lead program, research, and community engagement initiatives. Allison Greenwood Bajracharya, Yvonne Owens Ferguson, Ph.D., and Gloria Jackson-Leathers will… more

Evergy Chairman to Retire, CEO David Campbell to Assume Role in May

Posted March 11, 2024 Evergy, Inc. announced chairman Mark Ruelle plans to retire later this year leaving the company’s president and CEO to take up his position. Ruelle has served as board chairman since 2018 following the merger between Westar… more

Barkley Merges with Chicago-based OKRP Forming BarkleyOKRP

Updated 11:20 a.m., March 8, 2024 Kansas City-based advertising agency Barkley is merging with OKRP to form BarkleyOKRP, a new agency that fulfills a "big indie" role in the sector. Barkley and Chicago-based OKRP announced the two companies will merge… more

UG Names Dr. Shelley Temple Kneuvean as CFO, 30 Years of Experience

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City announced it has hired Dr. Shelley Temple Kneuvean as Chief Financial Officer, effective later in March. Kneuvean brings over 30 years of executive experience in the UG to the role. Since… more

Fed Beige Book: CRE Loans Weaken, New Development Nearly Halts

The Federal Reserve Board released its Beige Book report for February indicating economic activity in the Tenth District was pacing at stable conditions but new commercial real estate development has all but ceased. While demand for credit remained stable across… more

University of Kansas Hospital Featured in 2024 World’s Best Hospital List

The University of Kansas Hospital has been named one of the best hospitals in the world in Newsweek’s 2024 "World's Best Hospital" list, featuring only 43 hospitals in the U.S. Newsweek partnered with Statista and analyzed 2,400 hospitals across 30… more

Netsmart Enters Senior Living Market Through New Partnership

Posted March 6, 2024 Overland Park-based Netsmart announced a strategic partnership with a senior care public-benefit corporation to bolster its value-based care designed around quality of care and provider performance to people with Medicare.  Netsmart is partnering with Kansas City-based Serviam… more

WellSky Partnership Expands its Post-Acute Services to Southeast Physicians

Overland Park-based WellSky has partnered with a Florida-based Millennium Physician Group and will provide its doctors with technology to improve patient outcomes through post-acute care. Millennium physicians can access WellSky’s technology, clinical services team, and extensive acute, post-acute, and home… more

Study: Missouri Rents Grew More Than Any Other State in Midwest

A study from Rent.com shows Kansas City rent prices have increased more than 7 percent year-over-year and Missouri’s rent growth leads nationally. From January 2023 to January 2024, rent prices rose by 1.13 percent, from $1,942 to $1,964. However, the… more

Developer Plans for 314 Unit Apartment Complex Along K-7 in Olathe

Lenexa-based developer Oddo Development is awaiting the Olathe City Council's approval to construct a 314-unit luxury apartment complex along Highway K-7. The nearly 485,000-square-foot development site is located south of College Boulevard and west of K-7. Oddo plans to build… more