Business owners, look out for this new scam

Sep 23rd, 2013 – by 0
The police department wants business owners to be alert for a scam taking place in Kansas City and other parts of the country. Thieves have been covering satellite dishes used to process credit card information with foil. Owners and managers ...

Hiring fair connects urban core jobs, workers

Sep 11th, 2013 – by 0
Residents of the Urban Neighborhood Initiative area, between Troost and 71 Highway, 22nd Street to 52nd Street, are invited to a job fair on Sept. 17. The event aims to offer urban core residents opportunities to talk directly with employers ...

Mayor wants protocol for testing entrepreneurial products

Jun 21st, 2013 – by 0
Mayor James. What if someone came up with asphalt made of feathers and claimed it worked better than any asphalt on the market? Maybe it’s as cheap as water and doesn’t crack, but shouldn’t the city test it before buying? It’s getting ...

Bitterman’s: A family business with 160 years of history in Hyde Park

Apr 11th, 2013 – by 0
Excerpted from the April 2013 Hyde Parker To survive after a quarter century in gumball machine vending, Alan Bitterman realized in 1980 that he needed a new business model, one focused outside Kansas City. Yet even as Bitterman Family Confections ...

Midtown butcher shop owner wants to know your name

Dec 5th, 2012 – by 0
Greg Madouras and Josh Johnson want to be your friendly neighborhood butchers. The Broadway Butcher Shop opens today at 10 a.m. and will sell high-quality beef, pork, seafood, and other items. Madouras says they want to get to know their customers ...

Urban Mining Homewares vendor is out there right now, looking for your next treasure

Oct 10th, 2012 – by 0
Sheri King scours yard sales, thrift stores, dumpsters and curbs to find items to sell at Urban Mining Homewares. She’s among 38 vendors who show their stuff once a month at the vintage market on Main Street. Posted by Joe Lambe Don’t give ...

Slideshow: The Roasterie gets a DC-3

Sep 11th, 2012 – by 0
Here are the stages it took to hoist the DC-3 onto the top of the Roasterie plant. Related posts The Roasterie Coffee production plant gets a DC-3

Troost Avenue, other areas to benefit from small-business loans

Jul 18th, 2012 – by 0
  Storefronts between 30th and 34th along Troost could get a facelift from an expanded loan program. Troost Avenue between 30th and 34th Streets is one of the areas targeted by an expanded Kansas City microloan program. According to 6th District ...