Tag: Tim Ekeren

Skip shopping and shipping: Your guide to last-minute, KC-made gifts you can still get in stores

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2024

Forget naughty and nice: one Kansas City-pieced business has a puzzling present for each person on Santa’s “weird and mellow” list. Locals can still find them on KC-area store shelves — while they last. Birdie — a sister company to Stefanie and Tim Ekeren’s popular Kansas City Puzzle Company — packs each eye-catching box with…

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Attention passengers: Prepare to fill your carry ons with local goods when KC’s new terminal opens

By Tommy Felts / February 24, 2023

Local businesses are a significant part of Kansas City’s story, Tyler Enders said, and the new terminal at the Kansas City International Airport gives travelers coming into the city the perfect prologue. “Right when people land in Kansas City, they will be introduced to local artwork, local restaurants and local retail brands. When they go…

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Close-up of the Kansas City illustrated map by Mario Zucco, Kansas City Puzzle Company

Their KC company didn’t sell a single puzzle during the pandemic; today the best-sellers need restocked ASAP

By Tommy Felts / December 14, 2021

The puzzle finally fits together this holiday season for Tim and Stefanie Ekeren as the couple discovers the missing pieces that kept Kansas City Puzzle Company boxed on the shelf for more than a year. The small business, based in Mission, Kansas, offers a line of 10 puzzles, most featuring Kansas City-area landmarks or illustrations…

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