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Mayor: KC will help Royals activate its downtown ballpark dream (without sacrificing taxpayers’ wallets)
Kansas City won’t lose its crown on his watch, Quinton Lucas pledged during the mayor’s State of the City address Wednesday at City Hall, offering a commitment to work out a home-run deal for Kansas City residents that keeps the Royals in Missouri and brings the baseball club’s downtown stadium dream to reality. “As part…
Pipeline reveals new founder-first cohort: Meet the entrepreneurs fueling a Midwest innovation surge
With more than a dozen new members joining its fellowship, the Pipeline Entrepreneurs network is growing not only its ranks, Melissa Vincent said; the elite founder-focused program is working to ensure the best of Midwest innovation stays in the region. “We have assembled a powerful group of founders, ranging from deep-tech and life sciences in…
Pipeline plants seeds for ‘best of the best’ emerging founders: Meet its growing Pathfinder cohort
Entrepreneurs tapped for Pipeline’s latest rotation of Pathfinder programming reflect an expanded expression of the elite network’s founding principle: use a purpose-built community to close long-standing gaps for leaders who have historically lacked capital, resources, and networks. A sister program to Pipeline’s Fellowship, Pathfinder targets support to early-stage founders from underserved Midwest communities who often…
Paris Brothers brewing new HQ, complete with Power & Light coffee labs, test kitchen
Relocating the corporate headquarters of an iconic Kansas City business — a brand inspired by a Sicilian family matriarch’s legacy and traditions — to downtown’s Power & Light District should be seen as a strategic investment in the food and beverage company’s future, said Joe Paris. Paris Brothers has finalized a new seven-year lease for…
It took a relentless ‘army’ of Topekans to open this innovation hub; now it’s time to build
TOPEKA — Moving the capital city’s crown jewel innovation space from start to finish was anything but a straight-line endeavor, said Molly Howey, describing the focus — and patience — that helped push the project forward, despite plenty of opportunities for collaborators to give up. “This is one of those events that I really don’t…
