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GBA Strategic Leadership Promotions

LENEXA, Kansas. – Sept. 21 – GBA is proud to announce numerous well-deserved promotions that help complete our new organizational senior-leadership structure. Read Article

C2FO awards grants to three KC nonprofits boosting Black entrepreneurs with intention

A new grants program developed by one of Kansas City’s biggest scaleups was founded with a clear purpose, said Jay Lott, announcing the effort’s first three nonprofit recipients and touting C2FO’s ongoing commitment to community engagement within the Kansas City region.“We want to support the nonprofit organizations that are focused on intentionally elevating Black entrepreneurs,” said Lott, sales director for the Leawood-based fintech company that boasts a global on-demand working capital platform. Read Article

Rockhurst University Celebrates Best-In-Area Ranking on U.S. News’ Best Regional Colleges List

Kansas City, Missouri — Rockhurst University earned a number of accolades for individual programs and for the University as a whole — including a best-in-area ranking — in the 2024 U.S. News and World Report Colleges list, released today. Read Article

Centurions NOW - September 18, 2023

Apex Retreat | Pinnacle 2024-2025 Legacy Project Application Open | ATHENA Awards Receptions and more... Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - September 18, 2023

Conversation with Ambassador Lighthizer | ATHENA Awards | 136th Annual Dinner and more… Read Article

Centurions NOW - September 11, 2023

Pinnacle 2024-2025 Legacy Project Application Open | ATHENA Awards Receptions | Centurions Information Session and more... Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - September 11, 2023

Access to Capital | ATHENA Awards | Neighborhood Networking and more… Read Article

Park University Alumni Association Announces Honorees of 2023 Annual Awards

Parkville, Mo.—September 6, 2023 — The Park University Alumni Association has announced the 2023 honorees of its four annual awards. Read Article

World Trade Center-Kansas City News: September 2023

A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTORSummer is behind us at the WTC-KC and we are ready for a busy fall. We finished out the summer with a Talking Trade: Coffee & Networking Event at Dentons in partnership with the Heartland Black Chamber. We love connecting with companies and businesses doing business internationally throughout Kansas City. Applications for the fall cohort of the Heartland Export Accelerator have closed. Read Article

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Opens New Obstetrical Emergency Department

August 28, 2023 — AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Birth Center has opened an Obstetrical Emergency Department (OB ED) to serve the nearly 5,000 expecting mothers who deliver at the hospital each year. AdventHealth is the first hospital in the state of Kansas to offer an OB ED. Read Article