Mayor to speak at Membership Meeting Mayor David Alvey will be the keynote speaker at the spring Membership Meeting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 17 at the West Wyandotte Library Auditorium, 1737 N. 82nd St. The cost will be $25 a person and will include lunch. A reservation form is attached. Mayor Alvey, who was [...]
Business West to sponsor scholarship benefit for Community College at Schlitterbahn Business West, in cooperation with its nonprofit partner, Business West Endowment Foundation, will sponsor a benefit dinner and band concert from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Schlitterbahn Water Park, 9400 State Ave. Money raised from “The Legends of the Dotte” [...]
Candidates’ Forum planned July 18, 19 at Community College Business West, in cooperation with Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, and other neighborhood business associations, will sponsor a Candidates’ Forum for the Primary Election Tuesday and Wednesday, July 18 and 19 at Upper Jewell at the Community College. The election will be Tuesday, Aug. 1. Other [...]
County Administrator to speak at Business West Membership Meeting Doug Bach, the County Administrator for Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County, will be the featured speaker at the summer quarterly membership meeting of Business West at noon Wednesday, June 28 at the Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, 8123 Parallel Pkwy. In the Arrowhead Center. He [...]
Unified Government adds site to help business The Unified Government has launched a new website which provides easier access to information that businesses need to know about zoning ordinances, land development and city and county codes. Encode Plus is a new internet cloud-based editing and presentation system. It provides information about all commercially listed properties [...]
Community meeting planned on Indian Springs redevelopment proposal Unified commissioners Melissa Bynum (First Dist., At-large), Jane Winkler Philbrook (Eighth Dist.) and Harold Johnson (Fourth Dist.) will hold a community meeting to discuss the redevelopment proposal for Indian Springs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 4953 State Ave. Axis Point Developers [...]
Shepherds Center to meet Jan. 20 Murrel Bland, the Executive Director of Business West, will be a guest speaker when the Shepherds Center of Kansas City, Kansas, meets at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20 at Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Ave. He will talk about economic development in Western Wyandotte County. Other activities will include [...]
Security effort to help businesses The Business West Board of Directors, meeting Wednesday, Dec. 21 at The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, approved the 2017 Program of Work. ?A top item of the program will be a project to enhance the security for businesses along the State Avenue Corridor. Dr. Jane Winkler Philbrook, President of [...]
Business West co-sponsors Candidates Forum Business West, along with the Kansas City, Kansas, Community College, co-sponsored a Candidates Forum Monday night, Oct. 19 at the College. Candidates will be on the Wyandotte County General Election ballot Tuesday, Nov. 8. Those who participated ?included? Steve Hohe,? Libertarian challenger for U.S. Representative, Third District; Kathy Wolfe Moore, [...]
K-State dean to talk about future of agriculture Dr. John Floros, the Dean of the College of Agriculture at Kansas State University, Manhattan, will talk about the future of agriculture at a benefit dinner at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. Dr. Floros, who also serves as [...]