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Eyeing added impact, AltCap expands its KC service area

By Startland Staff | July 13, 2018

AltCap — a Kansas City-based community development financial institution that focuses on underserved populations — is expanding its footprint. In response to small businesses’ growing demand for capital, AltCap will now serve the entire Kansas City metro, including the Kansas counties of Wyandotte, Johnson, and Leavenworth. The move will allow AltCap to finance more small…

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Video: ‘Have you eaten?’ KC Pinoy adds food math to flavorful Filipino fare

By Bobby Burch, Tommy Felts | June 6, 2018

Editor’s note: The following content about Chrissy Nucum’s KC Pinoy is sponsored by Mid-Continent Public Library but independently produced by Startland News. KC Pinoy food truck’s last customer of the day was aptly named: Lucky. “We’ve had a good enough day to break a hundred [dollar bill],” owner Chrissy Nucum told the diner at the…

Startup stakeholders: Opportunity zones could prompt culture shift on redevelopment

By Leah Wankum | March 9, 2018

Startup community stakeholders think opportunity zones in some of Kansas City’s poorest areas could work, but only with collaboration between the government and private sector. A number of low-income communities in Kansas City are eligible for designation as opportunity zones — areas in which investors may defer paying capital gains taxes over a certain period…

AltCap banks $55M in tax credits to bolster KC’s underserved entrepreneurs

By Bobby Burch | February 15, 2018

A huge award will enable AltCap to make a broader entrepreneurial impact in low- to moderate-income communities throughout Kansas City. AltCap — a Kansas City-based community development financial institution that focuses on underserved populations — has received a $55 million new markets tax credit award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The award enables…