Phil Kirk, guiding light for Downtown, dies at 76

Phil Kirk, retired chairman of DST Realty and a giant in Downtown Kansas City’s real estate renaissance, died Thursday at age 76. Accolades poured in from civic leaders who credited Kirk as a behind-the-scenes master development strategist…

Obama adds presidential buzz to KC

President Barack Obama told the world on Wednesday that "something is going on with Kansas City." "It's a pretty good day to be from Kansas City, " the president said to a KC-friendly audience at the White House on Wednesday. "You guys are…

Now you can tell the City Council where to go

Here's your chance. City Council members are asking us to tell them where to go… over the next five years KCMO residents are asked to participate in work session to help the City of Kansas City, Missouri, determine how best to spend the…

Halls opens new store in ‘grand’ style

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"The new Halls on Grand wants to be known as the place to go for style — regardless of price. "So customers entering the Crown Center store will find a $59 August Silk sweater near a $995 Moncler down jacket, a $98 Hobo handbag and a $2,200…

NY Times: Millennials are goin’ to KC

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As I scanned the newsstand at Cosentino's Downtown Market over lunch today, I flipped open The New York Times to catch the latest Dining feature. I scoffed as I landed on a piece on New York's evolving barbecue scene. Little did I know that…

Cisco announcement to advance KC as a tech hub

Downtown Kansas City received more affirmation Wednesday that it's a tech hub with which to be reckoned. As part of an ongoing, public-private effort to identify and solve a variety of municipal problems, the City of Kansas City, Missouri…

Downtown KC to land Omaha tech firm, MindMixer

MindMixer, a growing tech firm founded two years ago in Omaha has found a new home in the Crossroads Arts District of Downtown and expects to employ 85 people.   The business specializes in hosting interactive online sites for companies,…

Sprint Accelerator welcomes its first 10 startups to Downtown

After a christening by Sprint Corp. CEO Dan Hesse, the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator officially kicked off its program last week by welcoming its first 10 startup tech companies -- all new to Kansas City. According to The Kansas City…

Sprint Accelerator welcomes innovators to its grand opening

A smorgasbord of inquisitive Kansas City professionals converged on the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator during its official public unveiling on Wednesday in the Crossroads Arts District, reported The Kansas City Business Journal.   Those…

Sprint gets its entrepreneurial mojo back; start-up accelerator expected in the Crossroads

Sprint is seeking an elite group of entrepreneurs with big ideas for improving health care using mobile technology. Leaders of early-stage mobile technology companies from across the United States now can apply to be in the inaugural class…

Crossroads to receive a $4.2 million makeover to 20th Street artery

A major artery in the Crossroads Arts District is scheduled to receive a $4 million makeover beginning in the spring, according to a report in today's Kansas City Star.  "You’ve seen it on First Fridays — otherwise happy…

Boulevard Beer makes list of top craft breweries in America

Boulevard Brewing Company, Kansas City's hometown beer company located in the Westside neighborhood of Downtown, took the No. 3 spot on the TheDailyMeal.com's latest ranking of The Best 25 Craft Breweries in America. "TheDailyMeal.com, a…