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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…

KC gets its first pro pickleball team; Why a staunch tennis purist put down his racket for a paddle

By Tommy Felts / February 20, 2024

Pickleball has given former professional tennis player Daryl Wyatt a new lease on life, he shared, and now he’s hoping to ace Kansas City’s serve into next-level pickleball. The Kansas City Stingers — one of six U.S. expansion teams — is joining the National Pickleball League in 2024, under the ownership group of partners Julie…

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. 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 possible…

KC gun violence ‘hurts all of us,’ shop owner along Chiefs parade route says

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2024

A shooting at the end of the Chiefs’ victory rally at Union Station brought a rolling celebration of citywide pride to an abrupt stop, said Kinley Strickland, taking fans and business owners from an all-time high to a low with which many are all-too familiar. “It’s just tragic that someone would take an opportunity where…

Chicken N Pickle serves a no-tech, backyard vibe; Here’s why it’s paying off with Texas, national expansion

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2024

North Kansas City-founded Chicken N Pickle now has 10 locations — with six more in the works — but the award-winning entertainment destination remains committed to fostering human connection through simple spaces where everyone can play, said Kelli Alldredge. And disconnect. “We don’t have computers on the property. You don’t order from an iPad,” said…