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Messenger Coffee Co & Ibis Bakery

Member Spotlight: Messenger Coffee

Oct 05, 2020
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Member News · Small Business Celebration · Business Awards · Case Study

For Messenger Coffee Co., it’s all about the two Rs: respect and relationships. Both have guided this small business since it was founded in 2013 by three small coffee shop owners who wanted to change the future of coffee and pastry in Kansas City and beyond. Read Article
McLain's Bakery

Member Spotlight: McLain's Bakery

Sep 30, 2020
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Member News · Small Business Celebration · Business Awards · Case Study

Greater Kansas City has no shortage of delicious bakeries and coffee houses, but one name has been around longer than most: McLain’s. This expanding bakery was founded 75 years ago and is one of the KC Chamber’s 2020 Top 10 Small Businesses. A big reason for McLain’s longevity and success? A healthy respect for the tradition of the past while embracing the future. Read Article
J. Rieger & Co.

Member Spotlight: J. Rieger Co.

Sep 28, 2020
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Member News · Small Business Celebration · Case Study

When your family name is on your product, the pressure is definitely on for your small business to do well. J. Rieger Co. has certainly succeeded and made a name for itself – for the second time -- in Greater KC. The first time was a distillery that Jacob Rieger founded in 1887. It became the largest mail order whiskey house in the United States – until the onset of Prohibition meant the distillery had to close its doors. Fast forward nearly a century, and J. Read Article
Chicken N Pickle

Member Spotlight: Chicken N Pickle

Sep 22, 2020
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Member News · Small Business Celebration · Business Awards

It began as an idea over cold beer and jerk chicken in the Grand Cayman Islands and evolved into a pickleball court in North Kansas City. Now, it’s a growing small business with multiple locations across the country. Chicken N Pickle is our latest Top 10 Small Business to step into the Member Spotlight. Read Article
Cherry

Member Spotlight: Cherry Sports Gear

Sep 21, 2020
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Member News · Small Business Celebration · Business Awards · Case Study

As a former college athlete, Thalia Cherry knows the importance of quality sports related product. She purchased hundreds of sports-related products during her days as a multi-sport conference All-American. As an adult, she recognized the lack of options for women and women athletes that captured fashion, style, and comfort. Hence, the beginning of Cherry Sports Gear. Read Article
Amply Media

2020 Top 10 Profile: Amply Media

Sep 16, 2020
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Small Business Celebration · Business Awards

When it comes to creating content that gets noticed, KC-based Amply media knows what it takes. Founded in 2016, Amply currently operates more than 50 content websites, covering everything from entertainment to health to news to sports to cooking and even astrology, and then some. Their in-house team publishes more than 1,000 new pieces of content each month. All that content means a lot of eyes. Amply’s numbers are impressive.  Read Article
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2020 Small Business Celebration Candidates' Showcase Day 1 Fan Favorite: KJO Media

Aug 26, 2020
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Small Business Celebration

KJO Media is our first Honeywell Fan Favorite from the Small Business Celebration Virtual Candidates’ Showcase. Their presentation to the judges that day received the most votes from viewers watching online. This doesn’t affect the official judging for the Mr. K and specialty awards, but it does mean we get to learn more about KJO. Read Article
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Your Chamber at Work - August 24, 2020

Aug 24, 2020
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Small Business Celebration · Business Awards · Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Small Business Celebration | Education During COVID | The Business Case for Responsible Re-Entry | and more... Read Article