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This young baker tore up the instructions for starting a business (but kept all the best recipes)

By Tommy Felts / March 31, 2025

Overland Park cookie shop gets a new baker behind the counter, adding a frosted twist to familiar favorites She learned to bake as a child by her grandmother’s side. So by middle school, Maddie Callicott was so proficient she not only held popular bake sales, she printed up business cards for her “You Take the…

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Trio adds Asian fusion to KCK culinary cluster; new BYO ramen, poke spot opens by May

By Tommy Felts / March 17, 2025

This little strip in Kansas City, Kansas, boasts some of the metro’s favorite restaurants: Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, 1889 Pizza Napoletana, and Gus’s World Famous Chicken.  Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop is just down the street in Westwood. Now an Asian fusion restaurant is joining the mix. Sannin — poke, sushi and ramen — plans to…

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How a toy car can recapture a moment (and put a little cash in this student’s pocket)

By Tommy Felts / March 14, 2025

Collecting toys is in Andrew Bates’ blood, the UMKC senior said — and now it’s in his wallet. A supply chain management student at the university, Bates was exposed to the hunt for nostalgia early, he said; his father was snagging Hot Wheels for him before Bates was born. “I was (slow) to embrace it,” the…

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Why keep Betty Rae’s from the world? KC ice cream shop franchising brand across region

By Tommy Felts / February 27, 2025

Matt Shatto wants to “create smiles across the country” — not just in the metro. His plan: scoop a pint of franchising into the handcrafted mix for Betty Rae’s Ice Cream, a shop that developed into multiple must-visit Kansas City destinations over nearly a decade. Betty Rae’s is now targeting seven cities in the region…

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ProX calls on KC employers to help plant seeds; 1,700 student interns await program’s summer sunlight

By Tommy Felts / February 27, 2025

For the fourth consecutive summer, ProX — one of the largest paid internship programs in the country — is giving Kansas City-area employers the opportunity to invest in the region’s future talent, Solissa Franco-McKay shared. The collaborative ProX effort pairs Kansas City students — from both sides of the state line — with area employers…

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