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

By Tommy Felts / May 27, 2025

After a lengthy stint developing corporate dining concepts, Kansas City chef Marwan Chebaro has spent two years planning his return to public dining. Set to open in June, Chebaro’s new Nour’s restaurant will showcase his native Lebanese cuisine and culture while helping bring the community together, he said. The venture at 3855 Warwick Blvd., in…

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How tech can put humanity back in hiring: Interview app brings beta test to Kansas City

By Tommy Felts / May 27, 2025

Automation in the hiring process is leaving critical details — and quality, diverse talent — out of the jobs market, said Chelsea Parker, a Kansas City human resources innovator whose new Interview app aims to reconnect recruiters and applicants on a human level.  “Interview is the TikTok of LinkedIn,” said Parker, the HR trendsetter behind creating an…

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Streetwear-infused runway show hits 10 year-mark, building fashion family along the way

By Tommy Felts / May 20, 2025

High fashion met heartfelt passion on the runway Sunday with the return of the The Kritiq Fashion Show — a celebration of creativity, entrepreneurship and community spirit that not even a global pandemic (or family pressures) could undress. “This is our 10th year,” said Mark Launiu, co-founder of The Kritiq, as well as the Kansas…

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KC GIFT’s $100K grant — its largest-ever — aims to help boost Black-owned job creator

By Tommy Felts / May 20, 2025

A newly opened $100,000 grant represents a significant step in Kansas City GIFT’s mission to close the racial wealth gap — investing in Black-owned businesses that have the potential to become significant employers and economic drivers in their communities, said Brandon Calloway. “We exist to right the wrongs of the past and create the economic…

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Entrepreneur flexes her creative strengths into visibility for Kansas City’s lupus warriors

By Tommy Felts / May 16, 2025

Keisha Jordan refuses to be a wallflower in the fight against lupus, she said. The founder of Kansas City-based creative home design brand Complex Flavors, Jordan is working to raise awareness this month with her own story as an entrepreneur-turned-lupus warrior.  “We just want everybody to know that Kansas City has not forgotten about the…

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