Tag: Ruby Jean’s Juicery

KC Edibles

Startland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Edibles and Drinkables

By Tommy Felts / December 1, 2017

Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the KC Edibles and Drinkables category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below. Boozy Botanicals — $17 Add aroma to your favorite amateur mixologist’s repertoire with Boozy Botanicals, a syrup infusion that brings complex flavors…

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Ami Freeberg, Longfellow Farm

Longfellow Farm coworking the soil amid KC’s urban food desert

By Tommy Felts / November 15, 2017

In a city ripe with coworking office spaces, there’s a hunger for similar environments outdoors, Ami Freeberg said. As with maintaining individual workplaces, traditional urban farming also can be isolating and expensive, the Longfellow Farm manager said. By working together, however, the collaborative process allows for shared resources, greater human expertise and, of course, more…

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Chris Goode, Ruby Jean's Kitchen & Juicery

Ruby Jean’s juices unity, entrepreneurism with Troost opening (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / November 11, 2017

Chris Goode is helping change what Troost Avenue means to Kansas City, pastor Stanley Archie said Saturday morning at the grand opening of Ruby Jean’s Kitchen & Juicery. Troost has been a place of division, he said, noting years of racial segregation along the corridor where those with a “permanent tan” weren’t welcome west of…

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Kartez Marcel Addison

Hip hop entrepreneur: Rap stardom isn’t the only way to a paycheck

By Tommy Felts / November 1, 2017

Music is everything, Kartez Marcel said. It’s an avenue to express anger and hurt in a positive way. It’s a way to heal. And for aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s an opportunity to earn a paycheck even if they aren’t destined for on-stage superstardom, said Marcel, a Kansas City rapper and hip hop industry mentor. “Everybody wants…

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Ilan Salzberg and Caleb Buland, Wonder lofts on Troost

Troost revival: Can a brewpub, retail and 670 housing units mend racial divide?

By Tommy Felts / October 18, 2017

No turning back now, Ilan Salzberg said. “This is real,” the Wonder lofts developer laughed, gesturing at the freshly installed kitchen cabinetry and hardware in a model apartment unit at 30th Street and Troost Avenue. Wonder is expected to be the first of three major residential developments to open between 27th Street and Armour Boulevard…

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