Tag: Mike Sinnett

Goodwill merger pushes expansion plans, KC’s new adult high school to the front of the store, leader says

By Tommy Felts / September 5, 2025

Consolidating operations between offices in Kansas City in St. Louis not only will produce one of the largest Goodwill footprints in the nation, said Mike Sinnett; the move is expected to bolster efforts to add more retail stores and deepen initiatives like the soon-to-open Excel Center at Bannister Road. Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern…

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Goodwill opening first-of-its-kind KC adult high school near Oracle Cerner Innovation Campus

By Tommy Felts / October 2, 2024

A new “adult high school” offering free, onsite childcare to Missourians 21 and older is planned in Kansas City. Organizers are eyeing a fall 2025 opening and a first-year enrollment of 250 students. The project — dubbed The Excel Center — follows a model operated across the country in other communities for the past 10 years,…

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Feds award $500K for Goodwill, LaunchCode jobs training effort through STEM Tech Challenge

By Tommy Felts / October 19, 2023

Nearly a half-million dollars in federal funds are expected to help two local programs forge a new STEM-based job training initiative to help Kansas City-region job seekers find permanent high-wage careers in tech. U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, on Wednesday announced a $499,196 award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Goodwill MoKan (Goodwill of…

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