HR&A Advisors, real estate and economic development consultants based in New York, presented its findings earlier this fall to EDCKC and its advisory committee on the HRA team’s analysis and … Read More
Vote YES for a New KCI – We Can’t Afford Not to
By now it seems like everyone is talking about whether to build a new KCI or renovate the existing structure and that many have formed an opinion. Most of the … Read More
Southeast Enterprises Holiday Lights Recycling Program Keeps People Employed Year Round
Christmas lights are big business around the holiday season. The number of holiday lights sold each year is estimated at around 150 million. In 2015, Americans spent more than $6 … Read More
After National Search, EDC Promotes One of its Own
Bob Langenkamp, who became CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City in March, has since then announced a number of new positions and staff members. The latest is … Read More
EDC Connects Low-Income KCMO Youth to Jobs
The Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Mo., recently announced it will help place 1,500 Kansas City, Mo., low income youths in jobs through a state-funded summer jobs program developed … Read More
XPO Logistics Opens In Kansas City, Creating Up To 125 New Jobs!
Leading transportation logistics company invests $1.2 million to open new logistics center in Missouri KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Missouri’s transportation and logistics industry continues to grow with the opening of XPO Logistics’ … Read More
Preparing Americans for Information Technology Jobs requires thinking outside of the box
The Department of Labor projects that there will be 1.4 million new information technology jobs by 2020, and there simply may not be enough adequate training programs to prepare Americans … Read More
Ford Transit Supplier Grupo Antolin Opens Headliner Plant In Kansas City
Gov. Jay Nixon recently joined Kansas City Mayor Sly James, the Spanish Ambassador to America, Ramón Gil-Casares Satrústegui, and community leaders to cut the ribbon on Grupo Antolin’s new manufacturing … Read More
Nonprofits Are Among the Fastest-Growing Sources of New Jobs
Since the year 2000, the United States has experienced two recessions, one of which spanned two years. Though technically, we’re in a period of economic recovery right now, there has … Read More
Bannister Mall Site to Become Cerner Campus; Largest Office Development in Kansas City History
Anyone who drives along 435 near Bannister Road is familiar with the former Bannister Mall site. Once a million-square-foot retail mall, the Bannister Mall officially closed down in 2007 and … Read More