Corporate

US company lands on the moon: Here’s how a KC firm helped boost its flames of innovation

By Tommy Felts / February 23, 2024

For the first time ever, a commercial spacecraft has touched down on the moon and Kansas City-based Burns & McDonnell provided innovation that helped to make it possible for Intuitive Machines and its Odysseus IM-1 lander, shared Brittney Swartz. The local engineering, construction and architecture firm served as the designer and builder of Intuitive Machines’…

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$60M investment for Urban Outfitters’ clothing rental sister brand expected to create 750 KC jobs

By Tommy Felts / February 20, 2024

RAYMORE, Missouri — The opening of a 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center for Nuuly, a women’s clothing rental brand, is an exciting moment for the region, said Chris Gutierrez, buoyed by company officials’ plans to create 750 new jobs over the next five years. A press conference Tuesday celebrated the second local facility for URBN, which in…

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Free office space at nbkc bank awaits one Kansas City area small business 

By Tommy Felts / February 20, 2024

Editor’s note: The following is sponsored by nbkc bank, which has locations in Leawood and Overland Kark in Kansas, and Liberty and Kansas City in Missouri. [divide] Many small businesses struggle to find ample attractive office space at a low cost. Thanks to nbkc bank, one business will secure such space at the best rate…

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Last to know, first to go: ‘Out of touch’ ballpark plan leaves Crossroads small biz owners feeling betrayed

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2024

Unlike many of her Crossroads neighbors — hoping to draw in crowds of football fans still riding high from Kansas City’s Super Bowl win — Jill Cockson’s business wasn’t open during Wednesday’s Chiefs victory parade. Candidly, jersey-clad sports enthusiasts aren’t really within her typical customer profile, the James Beard-nominated owner of Chartreuse Saloon said, and…

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Royals want Crossroads ballpark open by 2028, calling up ‘generational’ impact on newly linked arts district, downtown

By Tommy Felts / February 14, 2024

A late-to-the-game East Crossroads site is expected to take shape as the new home of the Kansas City Royals if voters approve the extension of a stadium sales tax that would help support the $2 billion downtown ballpark project. Ending months of speculation, majority owner John Sherman and team officials announced on Tuesday the ball…

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