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Small Biz to Watch: Deposit The Work builds mass with tech-enabled consistency — no excuses, all grit

By Tommy Felts / July 10, 2025

Editor’s note: Startland News is showcasing five Kansas City small businesses this week through the newsroom’s first-ever Small Biz to Watch series, presented by Bank of America. The following highlights one of the 2025 honorees, curated by editors from Kansas City’s wide array of hard-working entrepreneurs and business owners. Selection criteria is based on factors…

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KCMO is building a skate park under the Buck O’Neil Bridge (and tagging artists for the blank canvas)

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2025

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. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. Local artists can have a hand in creating public art to accompany a planned skate park between River Market and the…

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Culinary Center cooking with plans to expand from Overland Park into Northland shops

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2025

After nearly 30 years in downtown Overland Park, The Culinary Center of Kansas City is expanding with a second location. It plans a late 2025 or an early 2026 opening in the former Ombra small plates + librations spot in The Village at Briarcliff, 4161 N. Mulberry St. in the Northland. The space will be…

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Small Biz to Watch: Chick-In Waffle scales its cleverly KC-sauced identity, tapping Gen Z soul, God’s blessings

By Tommy Felts / July 9, 2025

Editor’s note: Startland News is showcasing five Kansas City small businesses this week through the newsroom’s first-ever Small Biz to Watch series, presented by Bank of America. The following highlights one of the 2025 honorees, curated by editors from Kansas City’s wide array of hard-working entrepreneurs and business owners. Selection criteria is based on factors…

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Small Biz to Watch: Someday Sunday opens the door to me-time without guilt (or toxins)

By Tommy Felts / July 8, 2025

Editor’s note: Startland News is showcasing five Kansas City small businesses this week through the newsroom’s first-ever Small Biz to Watch series, presented by Bank of America. The following highlights one of the 2025 honorees, curated by editors from Kansas City’s wide array of hard-working entrepreneurs and business owners. Selection criteria is based on factors…

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