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How a military mom’s hobby blossomed into a flower business in rural NW Missouri

By Tommy Felts / September 10, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it. [divide] ROCK PORT, Missouri — Mandy Herron turned two…

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Candidates: Unchecked property crime against businesses driven by prosecutor’s failure to hold offenders accountable

By Tommy Felts / September 6, 2024

Melesa Johnson, Tracey Chappell share their solutions for combatting recent uptick in break-ins at Kansas City businesses Editor’s note: Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is not seeking re-election, so it’s an open race for her countywide seat. Democrat Melesa Johnson and Republican Tracey Chappell are running in the 2024 general election with a vote…

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Bingo with lingo: Black culture reshaped history (and how we talk); this board game revives a timely story of KC pride

By Tommy Felts / September 6, 2024

A board game originally conceived in the wake of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1969 assassination is making a revival in 2024 — thanks to the Kansas City entrepreneur who created it and remains committed to keeping Black history alive. SLANG-A-LANG!™ returned to shelves earlier this year, said Irene Carter, noting the game was born out…

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Here’s how a new data dashboard could help KCMO redirect funds to small businesses

By Tommy Felts / September 5, 2024

A new data dashboard built to better understand Kansas City’s business needs — and guide the city’s response — is not only revolutionary for the metro, said Nia Richardson, it could be the first of its kind, period. Small business advocates already are calling it a win. “I don’t know of any other city or playbook…

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Grantmaking reboot ‘just one piece of the larger puzzle’ in Kauffman Foundation reset, CEO says

By Tommy Felts / September 5, 2024

Overhauling the Kauffman Foundation’s grantmaking strategy aligns with a broader, holistic reset for the influential Kansas City organization, said Dr. DeAngela Burns Wallace, emphasizing org-wide moves to deepen the impact and dialogue sparked by its giving. “We’re still engaged in the work happening locally, regionally, and nationally,” said Burns-Wallace, president and CEO of the Ewing…

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