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She’s the mixologist of melt: Jess Priemer blends a cocktail of Kansas City into candle scents

By Tommy Felts / April 10, 2025

With niche blends like 18th & Vine (whiskey, tobacco, and rose) and KC BBQ (hickory, oak, and BBQ sauce), Jess Priemer evokes memories and local landmarks with the lighting of each wick. Her candles are the best part of what makes Kansas City uniquely home, she said. “I love this city, like everybody else around…

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Dual attractions at vineyard disc golf course bring hole-in-one for this Kansas entrepreneur trio

By Tommy Felts / April 9, 2025

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.  [divide] EDGERTON, Kansas — A rural Douglas County family is pairing its award-winning Kansas table wine with 18 holes of disc golf and earning national recognition in the process, Christy Fuller-Flyntz…

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City Market eats: Master roaster hopes hungry Kansas Citians will flock to Murmuration 

By Tommy Felts / April 8, 2025

A new eatery and cocktail bar that now shares a space with the popular City Market Coffee Roasters is designed to reflect a vision of bringing people together, fostering connection, and embracing the diversity that makes the City Market so special, said master roaster Nikole Ammer. Plus, the people are hungry — from day to…

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Getting Kansas City to the last mile of tech workforce development requires a bridge (and together we’re building it)

By Tommy Felts / April 7, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Kara Lowe is president and CEO of KC Tech Council. [divide] The greater Kansas City region faces a sizable workforce challenge; there currently are more tech-focused jobs in the region than local job candidates to fill the openings. At present, employers are seeking…

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1 Million Cups relocating back to Kauffman Foundation, renewing weekly meetup’s energy, sense of purpose

By Tommy Felts / April 3, 2025

After more than six years connecting entrepreneurs in Midtown, 1 Million Cups Kansas City is returning to its roots — relocating the weekly event series April 9 to the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center where the now-coast-to-coast morning meetup series first percolated.  Changing the brew for the Wednesday entrepreneur pitch showcase came from the same voices…

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