Tag: Ruby Jean’s

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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Wonder lofts, Exact Architects

Wonder developers eye emerging businesses and creatives for Troost

By Tommy Felts / October 18, 2017

Business is brewing at the former Wonder Bread bakery. With a flurry of activity at 30th and Troost, the historic site is undergoing a transformation: from yet another vacant space on the corridor to an anchor for residential and commercial life on Troost. “They’ve gutted the inside and they’ve done a ton of work,” said…

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Chris Goode, Ruby Jean's Kitchen and Juicery

Wonder no more: Ruby Jean’s taking juice to Troost

By Tommy Felts / September 13, 2017

Thirty years after Chris Goode’s grandmother helped drop him off for daycare at Operation Breakthrough on Troost Avenue, the entrepreneur is expanding the juicery that bears her name — Ruby Jean’s — to a site less than a block away. “It’s crazy how life comes full circle,” said Goode, Ruby Jean’s Juicery founder. “I’m 33 now…

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