Corporate Stories

Success clusters: Innovation leaders shine among Lumi Award honorees at Digital Health Day

Clusters drive talent, noted Maria Meyers from the Lumi Awards stage Thursday, detailing the growing list of sectors developing in Kansas City — from digital health and biotech to critical materials — and the impact of embracing them as a region.

City leaders push Royals, Hallmark HQ plans toward full council vote; mayor calls deal a ‘home run’ for KC

Advancing two agreements that would keep Royals baseball in Kansas City for another 30 years — as well as retain the global headquarters of Hallmark Cards — marks a base path toward victory, said Mayor Quinton Lucas, hyping a unanimous vote Tuesday by the city council’s finance committee.

Ten Parks Project reveals next site targeted for Mallouks’ $30M investment in accessible play

Planners of a new inclusive playground in Westwood could receive as much as $3 million to transform the space as part of an initiative to create a fully accessible park within 10 miles of every Greater Kansas City family.

SafetyCulture rebrands to Mitti, unveiling platform built for teams from warehouses to NASCAR

A global operations system with its U.S. headquarters in Kansas City’s Crossroads is shifting its brand identity as the company signals a major expansion beyond traditional safety management to an all-in-one platform for frontline workers who technology largely has forgotten.

MRIGlobal plans North KC lab expansion through KC BioHub’s $38M+ biologics boost

As an influx of $38.1 million in federal Tech Hub and local funds hits the region, a core collaborator within the initiative is expected to cultivate a first-of-its-kind facility in North Kansas City — an expanded physical site for developing critical biomanufacturing and commercialization capacity with the potential to reshape geopolitical threats to U.S. health.