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Best new spot for your Super Bowl selfie? Sike Style, Tom’s Town run it back for fan-friendly Chiefs mural

Phil "Sike Style" Shafer, Tom's Town mural

A wall of red painted in the shadow of downtown is expected to serve as more than a backdrop for Kansas City Chiefs-inspired selfies, as the world champion football team heads back to the Super Bowl.  “We hope that rallying around the Chiefs becomes a little point of pride for everybody and motivation to get…

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Tees for touchdowns: 21+ ways to wear your Kansas City Chiefs pride while shopping local

Arrowhead tee by HyperKC

The Kansas City Chiefs are headed back to the Super Bowl — seeking to replicate last year’s post-season success at the Feb. 7 big game in Tampa, Florida. And while an ongoing pandemic will limit the number of fans who can travel to the championship matchup, hometown brands and retailers are working to make sure the Chiefs…

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‘You can’t fake that’: Bold flavors, artisan style keep Savory Addictions smoking through times of economic uncertainty 

Craig Jones, Savory Addictions

When raises dried up at work a decade ago, Craig Jones needed a new way to make up lost income.  “It kind of happened by accident. It was never on purpose,” Jones said of the hobby he turned into a side hustle in 2011 and ways it’s since grown into a booming business — Savory Addictions…

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Startup Road Trip: Transplants to Kansas see future of prosthetics in eco-friendly textile hemp

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. WICHITA…

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Jack pot: Native Hemp Co. opens storefront in Lee’s Summit, surviving potent hits

Rich Dunfield, Native Hemp Co.

An empty space with an open-minded building owner in downtown Lee’s Summit became the perfect spot to fulfill Native Hemp Co.’s potential, said Rich Dunfield. “God always has a plan,” he said. “This [location] is better for my life. I live out here; my family’s out here. I like how we’re brand new, and I…

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