Tourism manager to speak at Business West Meeting The Meetings and Sports Sales Manager for Visit KCK, Mindy Lallier, will be the featured speaker at the Business West Membership Meeting at noon Wednesday, April 19 in the Board Room of The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, 8123 Parallel Pkwy., in the Arrowhead Center. Mindy will [...]
By Murrel Bland He came to Wyandotte County in 1879 with 90 cents. In the next 45 years, Junius George Groves developed one of the country’s most successful potato farms in Edwardsville, Kan. He also became one of the successful and wealthiest Black businessmen in the United States. The story of Groves was the subject [...]
Western Wyandotte County continues to be a good location for development. That was the message that Greg Kindle delivered at a membership meeting of Business West Wednesday, March 15 at The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill. About 15 members attended. Kindle is President of †he Wyandotte Economic Development Council. Among the recent major projects, as [...]
Michael Barrera had some advice for those who want take advantage of the special sports activity in the Kansas City Area. Barrera, the District Director of the Kansas City Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, advised business leaders to be prepared. Estimates from the City of Kansas, Mo., indicate that the National Football League [...]
One of the major concerns of Wyandotte County employers is having a qualified workforce. Likewise, one of the major issues in having such a workforce is having affordable quality daycare. That was quite apparent in discussion Friday, March 10 at a meeting of the Public Policy Committee of the Kansas City, Kansas, Area Chamber of [...]
Economic Development President to speak at Membership Meeting Greg Kindle, President of the Wyandotte Economic Development Council, will be the featured speaker at the monthly Membership Meeting at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 in the Board Room at The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, 8123 Parallel Pkwy., in the Arrowhead Center. His talk was originally [...]
Congressional Forum Mayor Tyrone Garner came to the Congressional Forum Friday, Feb. 17 to give a talk. He was careful to let the more than 50 persons who attended know that his presentation was not a speech. The Forum is a committee of the Kansas City, Kansas, Area Chamber of Commerce that meets monthly, usually [...]
Economic Development President to speak at Membership Meeting Greg Kindle, President of the Wyandotte Economic Development Council, will be the featured speaker at the monthly Membership Meeting at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 in the Board Room at The Dotte Spot Bar and Grill, 8123 Parallel Pkwy., in the Arrowhead Center. Those wishing to eat [...]
Jeff Pittman urges the Kansas Legislature, now in session, to use caution as it decides how to spend its estimated $2 billion surplus in state funds. Pittman, the Democrat Senator from the Fifth State Senate District, was the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Congressional Forum Friday, Jan. 20 at Children’s Mercy Park. [...]
I was saddened recently to hear of the death of a friend, Don Scaro. He died Nov. 9. He was 74. Don was my insurance agent who took care of my life and health policy needs. He was a personable fellow who never quite lost his Brooklyn accent and its corresponding sense of humor. Don [...]