County Appraiser to speak at Business West Annual Meeting Kathy Briney, who was recently appointed by the Unified Commission as County Appraiser, will be the featured speaker at the annual membership meeting of Business West at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 at the main building at the entry to Schlitterbahn just west of 94th Street [...]
Benefit planned for scholarship fund Members of Business West are urged to attend a fundraiser for the Business West Endowment Foundation at Culvers restaurant, 1925 Prairie Crossing, in Village West. Money raised will go toward a scholarship fund at Kansas City, Kansas, Community College. Business West members will be servers.? Culvers will donate 10 percent [...]
By Murrel Bland Governor Sam Brownback came to Kansas, City, Kan., Friday, July 15 to speak to members of the Congressional Forum, a committee of the Chamber of Commerce. About 75 persons, mostly community business leaders, attended and heard the states chief executive speak on a wide range of subjects. Gov. Brownback, a conservative Republican, [...]
Business West to sponsor Candidates Forum July 12 Business West will sponsor a Candidates Forum for the Primary Election from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 12 at the Upper Level of the Jewell Building at Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, 7250 State Ave. The offices and candidates who have been invited to attend [...]
By Murrel Bland It was a blessing in disguise. About three years ago, Macys department store came looking for a major distribution center. Representatives considered the 130-acre site just south of the Turner Diagonal at Riverview Avenue. ?The agricultural property had long been considered a development site for various projects, including moderate-cost housing. Macys rejected [...]
By Murrel Bland U.S. Representative Kevin Yoder (R-Third Dist.) said he is proud of two pieces of federal legislation he is supporting that are moving ahead. One would require a court-ordered search warrant before government could access an individuals cell phone records. The other would require a cell phone company to cooperate with law enforcement [...]
By Murrel Bland Is the State of Kansas spending enough money on its roads? That depends on who you talk to. If you talk to Mike King, the Kansas Secretary of Transportation, the answer is yes. ?King is a former owner of a construction company; he serves at the pleasure of Governor Sam Brownback. If [...]
Business West plans night at T-Bones Business West members and their guests are invited to enjoy a barbecue dinner and a baseball game when the Kansas City T-Bones play the Joplin Blasters Tuesday, June 21. The cost will be $32.50 a person and will include a barbecue dinner, two drinks and a game ticket. Members [...]
Business West plans night at Kansas City T-Bones Business West members and their guests are invited to enjoy a barbecue dinner and baseball game when the Kansas City T-Bones play the Joplin Blasters Tuesday, June 21. The cost will be $32.50 a person and will include the meal, two drinks and a game ticket. The [...]
By Murrel Bland Agenda items on the Unified Governments Planning Commission meeting Monday, May 9 revealed details of who would be developing 800 acres along the Turner Diagonal from State Avenue to K-32. The developer listed on the public records at the meeting was Seefried Industrial Properties, based in Atlanta with offices in Dallas. That [...]