Tag: Keith Bradley

Brian Roberts, The Black Pantry

Black Pantry coming to Midtown: Boutique for Black-owned essentials opening storefront in shared space with Made in KC

By Tommy Felts / March 23, 2021

When an opportunity pops up, make it permanent, said Brian Roberts, teasing the opening next month of The Black Pantry’s first brick-and-mortar storefront. The 650-square-foot space on the revitalized Martini Corner in Midtown is expected to open in early April: the product of an evolving partnership with the team at Made in KC. Roberts originally…

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Chase McAnulty, Charlie Hustle

‘A Super Bowl for small business’: Chiefs’ back-to-back playoff success scores for apparel makers 

By Tommy Felts / January 25, 2021

The Chiefs’ Sunday-night victory over the Buffalo Bills not only means Kansas City’s return to the Super Bowl, but a repeat opportunity for local small business owners amid a rush of hometown pride, said Chase McAnulty.  “When the Chiefs won [in 2020], we were fighting as hard as we could to get as many blank…

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Made in KC Marketplace illustration by Elyssa Bezner

Shop small: Five finds at Made in KC to help creators survive a ‘make or break’ holiday season

By Tommy Felts / November 25, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News explored the Made in KC Marketplace in Lee’s Summit as part of the newsroom’s five-part holiday gift guide that identifies locally made goods and supports the call to shop small. Click here to read the multi-day gift guide as it develops. A trip to Made in KC means a majority of…

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Made in KC's Lee's Summit Marketplace

Made in KC replicating its Plaza marketplace in Lee’s Summit; opening set for September

By Tommy Felts / August 14, 2020

A popular retail marketplace concept made in Kansas City is headed east — to the sixth-largest city in Missouri and a customer base eager to support local makers, said Thomas McIntyre. “We want to keep growing our footprint, but only where it makes sense,” said McIntyre, co-founder of Made in KC, detailing the decision to replicate…

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Keith Bradley, Made in KC

Made in KC moving Crossroads HQ, flagship retail store to revitalized Martini Corner

By Tommy Felts / July 28, 2020

A new spin on Made in KC’s local-first, retail-cafe concept — complete with a drive-thru window and shuffleboard bar — will provide a vibrant and dynamic new experience for the Tower East neighborhood in Midtown, said Keith Bradley.   “It will be a very unique space, with nothing in the city that can be easily…

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