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Kansas Citians of the Year: A business power couple who built a legacy of civic service

By Tommy Felts / November 27, 2024

A core requirement to earn the KC Chamber’s highest honor: simply making Kansas City a better place, said Joe Reardon, announcing local business icons Peggy and Terry Dunn — a former mayor and the longtime top executive at JE Dunn Construction — as the 2024 Kansas Citians of the Year. “Together, Peggy and Terry exemplify…

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How a KC design firm helped put the tinsel on Hallmark’s new town square experience

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2024

Saturday’s star-studded premiere for the Hallmark movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” at Crown Center won’t be the only hometown Christmas tie-in at the sprawling Hallmark Christmas Experience. Kansas City-built Dimensional Innovations plays a key role in the season-long holiday celebration, which kicks off with the TV movie — filmed over the summer in…

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Roll out the green carpet: KC activist-turned-global performer readies for his 1,000th clean energy show

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2024

AY Young is counting down to music history, he shared. After an almost 13-year journey through 100 cities and 40 countries, the singer, songwriter, activist, and entrepreneur has 41 shows remaining until his Guinness World recording-breaking 1,000th show powered solely by clean energy. He’s planning to hit the milestone Oct. 6, 2025: Green Sports Day.…

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If their shop smells like Travis Kelce at Christmas, these candle chemists called the right play

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2024

When the owners of Decori home and gift shop at the Village at Briarcliff suited up to create a Travis Kelce candle scent, they turned to their virtual assistant to help make the call. Alexa suggested a play on the “audacious, confident and powerful” scents of Creed Aventus. Three formulations later, partners Ralph Liebetrau and…

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Downtown food hall hits closing time; Strang’s chef-driven concept leaving lightwell

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2024

Strang Chef Collective is serving its final customers within the food hall’s downtown space, said CEO Shawn Craft, announcing the lightwell location would close Tuesday “despite the company’s best efforts over the past year to keep it open.” The chef-driven concept — through which diners experience a mix of global and elevated comfort flavors —…

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