Tag: Ruby Jean’s

Joe and Toyia Mays, The Laya Center coworking spa

Ex-KC Chiefs player opens coworking spa space to boost creativity, holistic wellness (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / January 24, 2018

With long hours and potent job stresses, entrepreneurs often are more mindful of their business’s health than their own, said Joe Mays. The former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker teamed with his wife, Toyia, to open a coworking spa space within their holistic wellness venture, The Laya Center. Targeting individual and small-team innovators, the duo hopes…

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Ruby Jean's Juicery, Chris Goode

2018 Startups to Watch: Ruby Jean’s gets juiced with the power of Goode vibes

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2018

Editor’s note: Startland News selected the top Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2018’s companies. To view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch, click here. This juice bar is about more than your next squeeze. Ruby Jean’s Juicery embraces good health and…

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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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