Tag: small

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.

Roar of the Crowd: June 2025

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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.

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.

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.

How a Small Texas Boxing Gym Inspired One of the Summer’s Most Anticipated Novels

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

KC’s Enduralock secures $1.25M SpaceWERX contract to boost satellite docking tech

admin — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:40:09 +0000

A Lenexa tech company has been selected by the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force to address one of the most-pressing challenges facing military operations in the skies and beyond.

You can’t plan for this: ‘Mr K’ finalists wary of another ‘wrench into the face’ from Washington

admin — Fri, 30 May 2025 19:01:54 +0000

An upended national political and economic climate has rippled down to Main Street, acknowledged leaders of this year’s Top 10 Small Businesses, bringing concerns about racism, DEI backlash, tariffs, and supply chain disruptions to Kansas City’s front door.

KCMO awards another $100K to help businesses boost outdoor dining ahead of World Cup

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 17:39:30 +0000

A fresh round of funding for upgraded outdoor dining experiences at small businesses across Kansas City, Missouri, will put entrepreneurs ahead of the game when World Cup revelers arrive in 2026, city officials said Thursday.

‘Buy, buy, buy while we can’: This KC toy store is stockpiling Christmas gifts now as tariff reality unwraps

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 15:07:30 +0000

Brett Goodwin and Alan Tipton are feeling even more thankful right now for the large, dry basement at The Learning Tree — the independent toy store they own in Prairie Village — amid worries over tariffs on Chinese imports and how they’ll impact prices from toy manufacturers.

The best they can do to prepare: stockpile merchandise earlier than usual for the holiday season and commit to larger orders, Goodwin and Tipton shared.

Dangerous D.C. Court Reappointment System Usurps President’s Authority

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:22:17 +0000

Bánh Anh Em Makes Food With Some Tooth

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:00:23 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

Taste, smell, and spice tend to absorb the lion’s share of a restaurant critic’s attention, not to mention his adjectives. Texture often pulls the short straw. Non-western cuisines have been quicker to appreciate its merits — QQ, the Taiwanese-derived term for springiness and bounce, highlights exactly this — and it’s time I stood up for the chew and the chaw.

They Paved Fields of Rice and Put Up a Solar Panel Lot

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Nour’s extends flavor of 39th Street’s ‘restaurant row’ to long-vacant neighborhood cafe

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 19:18:29 +0000

After a lengthy stint developing corporate dining concepts, Kansas City chef Marwan Chebaro has spent two years planning his return to public dining.

This City Is Ready for Some Fro-Yo

admin — Tue, 27 May 2025 11:00:51 +0000

Photo: Heami Lee/B)HeamiLee

Every day on the Upper East Side, lines snake outside the neighborhood’s two Butterfield Markets. These crowds are particularly striking because of the diversity of age on display: There are old people. There are babies. There are couples, nannies, tourists, friends, and medical professionals. At 3 p.m.