Tag: small

Prayer-built coffee shop brews holistic healing with fuel from Grandview father’s faith

admin — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:05:23 +0000

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Nate Thomas saw something others didn’t in the near-windowless former Masonic lodge and one-time Christian school in southern Jackson County, he said. The Missouri father-of-two envisioned a gathering place with handcrafted coffee and holistic care under one roof.

“Through prayer and patience, the Lord blessed us with this huge space,” said Thomas, a Grandview chiropractor and founder of ASE Coffee, 1800 Highgrove Road. “It became available, and we were able to purchase it and build it out.”

‘Volatile times’: C2FO targets capital access to businesses rattled by global tariff disruptions

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:01:58 +0000

Companies — especially small businesses with limited banking options — need liquidity during times of global economic uncertainty, said Sandy Kemper, detailing C2FO’s fruitful efforts to meet growing demand for fast capital amid unpredictable tariff-related disruptions.

KC BizCare receives $20K grant to promote economic mobility ahead of 2026 World Cup

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:54:43 +0000

A sixth-month initiative to rapidly boost small businesses and entrepreneurs in Kansas City is expected to help KCMO leaders drive readiness for the massive influx of FIFA World Cup visitors in summer 2026.

The National League of Cities (NLC) this week awarded Kansas City a $20,000 grant and expert guidance to promote economic mobility in the city ahead of the unprecedented, 40-day sports event that is expected to bring 650,000 professional soccer fans to the region.

GEWKC submissions open: Organizers seek community-sourced ideas for fall event series

admin — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:53:38 +0000

One of Kansas City’s largest interactive educational experiences for entrepreneurs is inviting community members to drive the conversation when Global Entrepreneurship Week returns in November.

Pitt’s Is Country Couture

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:31 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

When Jeremy Salamon, of Agi’s Counter in Crown Heights, opened a second restaurant, I would not have guessed that the standard-bearer of Hungarian Jewish cooking’s party-of-one revival movement would go so goyische. Salamon had just published Second Generation, a cookbook devoted to keeping alive the traditions of his grandmother, Agi, who survived Holocaust-era Budapest.

KCMO sets aside $1.4M to get small biz, artists in the front door before World Cup arrives

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:29:28 +0000

A city-led and funded effort to fill vacant storefronts in downtown Kansas City ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is still taking shape, officials said this week, noting that crafting the infrastructure for the program alongside private property owners is expected to extend through the summer.

Global startups plug into Topeka: How Kansas connections are powering their innovation

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:58:59 +0000

TOPEKA — Collaboration in the Midwest is just a call away, said Romaine Redman. It’s a reality that sets the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem apart, he added, and a heartland trait that seeds Topeka’s Plug and Play accelerator with the potential for international impact.

The Gruesome and the Infernal Bring Her Back

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:07:00 +0000

The Philippou brothers discuss staying small for their big movie

Erik Piepenburg Used to Man-hunt at Veselka

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:00:26 +0000

Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne

Times veteran Erik Piepenburg came of age — and came out — in the ’90s, a time when, he says, gay restaurants were “everywhere” in New York, particularly in neighborhoods like Chelsea and the East Village.

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No time to roll credits: Film tax incentives give Kansas City more screen time than ever

admin — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:36:48 +0000

After Hallmark movie touchdown, TV and film crews are scoring big in Kansas City, official says

With cameras rolling and spotlights shining, Kansas City is positioning itself as one of the Midwest’s most attractive film destinations, said Rachel Kephart, noting reinvigorated support from city hall and an effective mix of local and state incentives.
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Roar of the Crowd: June 2025

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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Landlord’s solution to Kansas housing crisis: 3D print his own home inventory

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:47:37 +0000

TOPEKA — Regularly confronted with a lack of supply in the housing market — and the subsequent higher prices — landlord and general capital investor Chris Stemler faced a multi-dimensional challenge.
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Just-launched retail hub gets first tenant, battling ‘blight of the heart’ on Troost corner

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:34:39 +0000

‘We are each other’s bootstraps’

Transforming a long-vacant building along Troost into a space for neighborhood small businesses is about empowering the entrepreneurs already living and working in the east side community, said Father Justin Mathews.
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Hog Island to Parkville: Justus Drugstore owners docking new seafood concept in historic Parkville

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:34:19 +0000

The Parker Hollow builds on Chef Jonathan Justus’ mission to put small town Missouri on the menu

PARKVILLE, Mo. — A bright yellow, nearly 150-year-old former Italian restaurant could become Kansas City’s go-to seafood destination with help from the world-renowned hometown culinary team behind Justus Drugstore and Black Dirt.
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How a Small Texas Boxing Gym Inspired One of the Summer’s Most Anticipated Novels

admin — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000
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