Tag: Tom Bloch

UMKC celebrates Maria Meyers for driving social entrepreneurship, ecosystem building in KC

By Tommy Felts / November 16, 2019

Kansas City’s most tenacious advocate, Maria Meyers has built far more than a legacy for herself, proclaimed Mary Bloch. “I first met Maria Meyers in the mid-90s when we were both involved in the renovation of Union Station,” Bloch, civic leader and daughter-in-law of H&R Bloch founder Henry W. Bloch, said as she recognized Meyers,…

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Zach Pettet: Henry Bloch gave KC a legacy to believe in; now it’s our turn to make him proud

By Tommy Felts / April 30, 2019

Editor’s note: Zach Anderson Pettet is vice president of FinTech strategy at nbkc bank and managing director of Fountain City FinTech. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Henry Bloch made an immeasurable impact on Kansas City. The H&R Block co-founder’s April 23 death shook many of us; though we knew it was…

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