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Your chamber at Work - January 24, 2022

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO “I feel like we won the Super Bowl!” No, the woman who said that last week wasn’t talking about football, she was talking about the news that Kansas City Public Schools had been awarded full accreditation by the Missouri state school board. Read Article

Centurions NOW - January 24, 2022

Centurions Information Session | Annual Dinner | Leadership Up Close and more... Read Article

Wayside Waifs’ President Geoff Hall Moves On

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – Wayside Waifs’ longest tenured President, Geoff Hall, has announced his resignation from Wayside Waifs. His last day with the animal shelter is February 11. Hall has accepted the job of General Curator at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Read Article

Spectrum to Host First Hiring Event for 500 Newly Created Jobs in Kansas City Area

Hiring Begins Jan. 25 Following Recently Announced Expansion Plans Read Article

Dysart Taylor Announces Office Move to West Plaza

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 21, 2022) – Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt, P.C. is pleased to announce it has moved its office to the West Plaza after more than two decades on Madison Avenue. The firm is now located at 700 W. 47th Street, Suite 410. The firm was originally founded in downtown KC in 1934 by Lee Reeder and then moved to the outer edge of the Country Club Plaza in the 1990s. Read Article

Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees Appoints New President

(Kansas City, Mo.) - The Kansas City Public Library’s board of trustees has chosen its first new president in 17 years. Pete Browne, co-founder and president of Kissick Construction, was elected during the panel’s monthly meeting Tuesday, January 18. He succeeds Jonathan Kemper, who had served as president since 2005. He remains a member of the nine-person board. Read Article

Leeds named Kansas City Water Team Leader

Terry Leeds, PE, former director of KC Water and a Kansas City native with more than three decades of water, wastewater, and stormwater experience, has been hired to lead Garver’s Water and Wastewater Teams in our growing Kansas City, Missouri, and Overland Park, Kansas, offices. Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - January 18, 2022

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO It’s one of the most moving ceremonies one can witness – and you’re invited. On Thursday, January 27 at 10 a.m., people from 61 different countries will become United States citizens, and the ceremonies will be live-streamed on YouTube. Their countries of origin include Afghanistan, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, India, Mexico, Nepal, South Korea, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, and Venezuela, just to name a few. Read Article

Centurions NOW - January 18, 2022

Centurions Information Session | Annual Dinner | Leadership Up Close and more... Read Article

ArtsKC Announces 51 Organizations Receiving Mission Support Grants; With a Progressive Funding Approach

ArtsKC - Regional Arts Council announces 51 nonprofit arts organizations will receive Mission Support Grants totaling $255,160 in funding. Read Article