Tag: kansas city

Omaha-based Elevator expands its co-working with warehousing model to North Kansas City

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:16:24 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was published by Silicon Prairie News, an Omaha-based publication of the Nebraska Journalism Trust. Click here to read the original article or here to subscribe to SPN’s newsletter.

Superstars pack KC Chamber celebration with gratitude; thankful for a space to belong when many feel lost

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:42:03 +0000

Julie Cortes beamed as she took in the energy of Kansas City’s small business community Tuesday evening — surrounded by hundreds of her fellow Small Business Superstars and a crowd eager to build an emerging spirit of entrepreneurship.

Ixtapa closes JoCo favorite; owner says he won’t compromise family recipes or up prices as food, rent costs rise

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:43:11 +0000

Ixtapa Fine Mexican Cuisine has closed in Johnson County after five years.

Co-owner Victor Esqueda blamed rising costs — rent, ingredients and more — for the closing of the restaurant at 7305 W. 95th St. in Overland Park, near the sprawling Shamrock Trading Company campus.

Coffee cluster percolating on one Troost block; will business support the buzz of six spaces to sip?

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:50:09 +0000

A new stretch of coffee shops in the 5500 block of Troost will test the caffeine tolerance of folks seeking a fix. Six options soon fill out the menu along this bustling corridor.

Blackhole Bakery, High Hopes Ice Cream and The Littlest Bake Shop currently offer coffee along with their core menu items.

But Blackhole is expanding with a coffee and bagel bar. Kaveh Coffee Co. is opening just to the north, and Polished Perk Coffee Co. is going in across the street. Start at Zero is expected offer coffee in its new play cafe near the southern end of the block.

Rally unifies voices amid attacks on immigrants, LGBT+ rights; now it’s time to make noise, organizers say

admin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:41:47 +0000

As anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies seeking to dismantle DEI efforts ramp up, Danny Soriano has seen inquiries and communication to his digital media business noticeably slow down, the Latino entrepreneur said.

Rooftop Austin’s Bar & Grill just one step in unlocking Olathe’s ‘downtown renaissance’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:33:58 +0000

A century-old building in downtown Olathe will get new life as an indoor/outdoor restaurant complex known as County Square Commons — anchored by the popular Austin’s Bar & Grill.

Concert: Black rockstars don’t just exist — they innovated the genre; how KC artists are still (song)writing history

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:31:54 +0000

A rock concert Friday at the newly opened Zhou B Art Center in Kansas City does more than place Black artists center stage for one night, said Malek Azrael; it spotlights that Black creatives belong in every musical space.

Blackhole Bakery plans bodega-style expansion for second location: a West Plaza ‘blank canvas’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:00:02 +0000

During his five years operating on Troost, Jason Provo said real estate agents often approached him, asking, “When are you going to leave and get a big boy spot in Leawood?”

Now the owner of beloved Blackhole Bakery is planning his second location. But not in Johnson County.

Dublin down on shenanigans: Smoke Brewing goes green with St. Patrick’s season pop-up

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:49:20 +0000

St. Patrick’s Day-themed Shenanigans is now open in downtown Lee’s Summit.

The game is rigged; the goalposts move (and we still have to pretend it’s fair)

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:21:30 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. JQ Sirls is an author and illustrator, as well as co-founder and CEO of Storytailor — an AI-infused storytelling platform that turns children’s emotions and challenges into adventures filled with imagination and wonder.

Takeaways From a Triumphant Austin FC Season Opener

admin — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:47:00 +0000

Rejuvenated club defeats Sporting Kansas City 1-0

How Trump’s win on DEI means fewer fresh foods for KC’s east side; USDA rakes back critical grant for farmers market

admin — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:05:20 +0000

An ambitious plan to create greater food security through urban farming won’t be entirely uprooted by efforts to dry up federal funding for projects linked to equity and access, said Alana Henry — but its harvest likely will yield dramatically less.

‘Black-owned dining passport’ launches in response to Trump’s attacks on diversity

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:29:31 +0000

A new effort encouraging support for local, Black-owned businesses — many in Kansas City’s historically redlined neighborhoods — is a timely reminder of the purchasing power in each diner’s hands, said Brandon Calloway.

As ICE threat scares customers, Kansas City businesses urged to ‘protect people working for you’

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:40:40 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective.

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In Good Company: This ‘hidden gem’ offers escape from club chaos, KC’s corporate nightlife

admin — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:26:53 +0000

A new East Crossroads venue on McGee offers no clues of what’s inside.

The black facade out front features no marquee. No neon lights.

It’s the first indication that In Good Company is something different from neighboring Power & Light District hot spots.

The goal: Good people. Good drinks. Good vibes.
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