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Charlie Hustle preps Oak Park Mall store as new owners evolve brand to fit Houston, St. Louis markets (and the world)

Kansas City’s iconic clothing brand Charlie Hustle has a new World Heart Collection in the works for FIFA World Cup 2026 — debuting the collection in June at its new Johnson County pop-up store.

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Cultural fan zone experience planned for 18th & Vine — ‘the soul of KC’ — during World Cup

Kansas City’s 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District is tuning up for a global crowd. With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, organizers are composing a steady lineup of programming designed to pull visitors into one of the city’s most historic corridors.

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Rep Urs: City of Entrepreneurs reframes KC hustle as open door to community-backed culture of wealth

City of Entrepreneurs is not a single program, but a framework connecting efforts across policy, capital access, and physical space, all aimed at making entrepreneurship easier to navigate and more likely to succeed.

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Mallouk family’s $5.1M investment will welcome children of all abilities to KC’s signature downtown park

A $5.1 million contribution from Kansas City’s most-recent Entrepreneur of the Year broadens the spectrum of play for many young people who too often find themselves without a space to belong.

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Inclusive park breaks ground with vision for boundless play, ‘no one else sitting on the sideline’

A new all-abilities playground designed to center accessibility, dignity, and shared play is swinging forward in Overland Park — with a push from one of Kansas City’s most successful startup founders.

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