Missouri

Sunderland Foundation Donates $66 Million to KU Health

The Sunderland Foundation announced this afternoon that it was making one of the largest philanthropic donations in the region's history--and definitely the largest ever to the University of Kansas Health System. Officials at the hospital made the announcement at a… more

New Coworking Space Launches in Lee’s Summit  

Bridge Space, Lee’s Summit first coworking space and entrepreneur incubator, officially opened Wednesday evening in the former Post Office in Downtown Lee’s Summit. The space, which provides open coworking and private offices, operates through monthly memberships – members will have… more

MARC survey: Kansas Citians have good quality of life

Seventy-nine percent of Kansas City-area residents say their quality of life is good or excellent, according to a survey commissioned by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in partnership with the Mid-America Regional Council. This number is up from 74 percent… more

Kansas City Zoo to Add Aquarium

The Kansas City Zoo is planning to add a $75 million saltwater aquarium, according to a resolution sponsored by Kansas City Councilmember Alissia Canady and Councilmember Kevin McManus. To fund the project, the councilmembers have proposed the City of Kansas City… more

Burns & McDonnell to Expand Campus, Hire in Waves

Burns & McDonnell is expanding its headquarters to make room for more jobs. The company announced this week that it would break ground on a $42 million expansion (which includes a 550-stall parking garage and 142,000 square-foot office building) to… more

NAFTA: Handling Uncertain Trading Times

Mexico is Kansas City’s second-largest export market after Canada, which means the stakes are high for our city as with the Trump administration's efforts to revise the North American Free Trade Act. With Kansas City companies exporting primarily automobile parts,… more

CVS Opens Northland Distribution Center

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson headlined a list of dignitaries who gathered Friday for the ribbon-cutting of a new CVS retail distribution center, which will add more than 360 jobs to the Kansas City area. The facility, covering 760,000 square feet,… more

Welcome to Kansas City: Transformation in Progress

AN ENTIRE URBAN COMMUNITY IS BEING RECREATED RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.  Say what you will about the Keynesian power of public dollars to jump-start business activity, and perhaps even create new business sectors, but what’s happening in Kansas City… more

Shifting Horizons

Circle this date on your calendar: Dec. 31, 2031. What’s special about that particular New Year’s Eve? It’s the date on which the very last members of the Baby Boom generation, born just before the clock ran out on 1964,… more

Kansas and Missouri Exports Threatened by Trade War

Today, China will impose an additional $16 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. This comes in response to the Trump administration's move to impose $16 billion in tariffs against Chinese imports. With this increase in tariffs, the price of… more