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Do The Right Thing: Startup helps college applicants boost their odds, inserting character alongside test scores

By Tommy Felts / July 18, 2024

The following profile features one of five finalists for the “Do The Right Thing” social impact pitch competition organized by the KC BizCare Office, Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City and Startland News. Finalist features will be published throughout the week. Click here to read more features. Click here to vote for your favorite finalist…

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New owners for Bo Lings’ Plaza location; here’s what the beloved restaurant is adding to its menu

By Tommy Felts / July 12, 2024

Change is on the way for a longtime staple of the Kansas City food scene: Bo Lings — the Chinese restaurant chain founded by Bo “Richard” Ng and Far “Theresa” Ling in 1981 — has partnered with W.VinZant Restaurants to reimagine its Country Club Plaza location with more contemporary and expansive Asian cuisine. The new…

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Prospect KC brews coffee bar collab with Messenger inside iconic downtown KC library

By Tommy Felts / July 12, 2024

A reimagined coffee shop — closed during the pandemic — returns to full strength Aug. 7 thanks to a menu of pastries, sandwiches, and salads prepared by The Prospect KC culinary students in a live-training environment, as well as drinks and coolers crafted with Messenger Coffee Co. The 1,350-square-foot coffee bar and café — dubbed…

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Cookies have taken over Sweet Kiss, but this mother-daughter brigadeiro shop has even more baked inside

By Tommy Felts / July 11, 2024

For Jessica Harris, a brigadeiro offers a taste of home, she said, and for almost a decade, she’s been sharing those Brazilian truffles with Kansas City. When the Sweet Kiss Brigadeiro co-founder relocated to the City of Fountains in 1996 — following her sister who moved the year before to play basketball for Penn Valley…

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Catalyst Fund tops $2M invested in nonprofits boosting people of color; meet the latest grantees

By Tommy Felts / July 10, 2024

The latest batch of Catalyst Fund grants — a combined $500,000 across nearly two dozen organizations — seeks to elevate the work of small nonprofits that are led by or primarily serve Black, Latino, and other people of color across the region, said Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace. “Looking across the list of organizations in this third…

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