Tag: kansas city

Northeast Pizza shop bakes KC’s most accessible food into a new restaurant for all, owner says

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:42:32 +0000

Rising from a family of restaurateurs, Noah Quillec is striking out on his own — with the help of some culinary friends — to bring a new pizzeria to Kansas City’s Northeast; it’s a move he hopes will bring unity by the slice.

“This neighborhood is very accessible, so diverse and so all over the place,” said Quillec, who lives near Pendleton Heights. “Pizza is a food that is accessible to everyone and everybody likes. It is sort of a unifying food.”

Best-selling tea towel maker’s business model hangs by this thread: ‘the more I give back, the more I’ll succeed’

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 22:15:39 +0000

Elene Banks, founder of Kansas City-based Absorb-Lumen, turned her boutique clothing store into a mission-driven business that puts eco-friendly kitchen essentials in the spotlight, all while giving back to the community through a charitable business model.

“It was a happy accident,” Banks said, “We started a boutique online and tried to carry tea towels from another place. They told us no, so we thought, ‘Why don’t we try to make our own?’”

Developers plan to transform historic UMKC building into boutique hotel, spa

admin — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:45:22 +0000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Click here to view the original article.

TikTok ban would mean an ‘astronomical’ change for these Kansas City content creators

admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:02:24 +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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Acting camp to cast: Lifetime movie filmed in KC gives young actors their TV dream moment

admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:47:06 +0000

A Lifetime movie debuting this weekend not only shines a spotlight on Kansas City, said Elaina Paige Thomas, but it showcases talent at The Next Paige, Kansas City’s first Black-owned talent management agency.
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Mayor proposes $1M in off-duty LEO pay; River Market eyes ‘witching hours’ security to combat crime wave

admin — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:48:32 +0000

An ordinance pushed by Mayor Quinton Lucas would fund extra security services in KCMO business districts through collaboration with regional law enforcement agencies — a move aimed at preventing more thefts, break-ins and vandalism incidents targeted at Kansas City small businesses.

Lucas’ proposal would invest up to $1 million to increase the presence of off-duty deputies and officers, he said, noting the funds would be outside and in addition to regular Kansas City Police Department budgeted funding.
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How this Andre’s Valentine collaboration celebrates the friendship that sparked Kate Spade

admin — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:07:27 +0000

The favorite hometown chocolate of one Kansas City’s best-known fashion designers and entrepreneurs serves as just one ingredient in a new Valentine’s Day collaboration from André’s Confiserie Suisse.
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Electric Americana: How singer Teri Quinn broke from the pack (and found her own in KC)

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:44:46 +0000

Members of the Kansas City-based band Teri Quinn & The Coyotes are carving a distinctive space within the local music scene. From Appalachian banjo riffs to punk-inspired beats, their sound reflects diverse influences — howling loudest from the woman in front.
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C2FO hits its first billion-dollar day; marks $400B in funding to customers as global finance shifts

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:51:20 +0000

A record-breaking year for C2FO serves as a proof point itself, said Sandy Kemper, revealing the Kansas City-built fintech surpassed $400 billion in lifetime funding to its customers in 2024 and achieved $1 billion of daily funding for the first time.
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KC Biohub leader bullish on Tech Hubs funding after region missing from latest grants list

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:16:39 +0000

Kansas City is still in the running for a chunk of the remaining $280 million in expected funding for federal Tech Hubs implementation grants, said Melissa Roberts Chapman, emphasizing the region remains primed and competitive in the process despite the KC BioHub not being among the latest awardees announced by the program.
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KCMO secures $11.8M to expand city’s EV charging infrastructure, targeting underinvested neighborhoods

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:59:21 +0000

A freshly charged tranche of funding is expected to help power Kansas City’s efforts to install 256 new electric vehicle charging points across urban and suburban areas of the city, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday.
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Houston-based fund leads effort to restore KC’s iconic Garment House with $3.2M already invested

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:19:00 +0000

A strategic investment in Kansas City history is expected to bring new purpose to a downtown building known locally as The Garment House — creating what developers envision as an eclectic, but contemporary experience.
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Cherry catches history with new Chiefs playoff collection — a first for a female designer

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:56:55 +0000

An exclusive apparel collection from the Chiefs and fashion-forward brand Cherry is taking the field ahead of Kansas City’s latest playoff appearance. And the woman wearing the cherry-red captain’s patch: a familiar face within Kansas City sports and entrepreneurship.
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Score a high-end ‘Kingdom Coat’ in time for KC’s love story with the Chiefs; popup sews in fashion designer’s own lifelong fandom

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:35:28 +0000

Kansas City fashion designer Christian Michael Shuster’s latest collection is skipping the runway and hitting the gridiron, he shared.

The lead designer and president of the christianMICHAEL fashion label — known for his outerwear and signature diamond-quilted fabric — has kicked off his “Kingdom Coats” collection just in time for the NFL playoffs and the Kansas City Chiefs attempt at a third straight Super Bowl victory.
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Mildred’s new South Plaza spot serves brothers opportunity to scale brand’s cozy legacy

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:43:26 +0000

It already has one of downtown Kansas City’s best breakfast sandwiches. Now Mildred’s is opening another home-spun spot in the South Plaza neighborhood.

Mildred’s — a breakfast, brunch and lunch operation with locations downtown and in the Crossroads — plans a 7 a.m. Friday opening at 5060 Main St., in the former Mission Taco Joint space.
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