Tag: Porter House KC

Fueled by $15M, MTC releases plan for boosting entrepreneurs: Here’s how KC is already seeing impact

By Tommy Felts / September 26, 2023

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri — Increased funding for the Missouri Technology Corporation will keep core support programs healthy through 2024, as well as help expand successful pilot initiatives designed to widen economic opportunity in the Show Me State, MTC officials said Tuesday. Among the new efforts gaining extended life through the announcement of MTC’s FY 2024 strategy…

Porter House KC earns MO infrastructure grant, pushing its retail incubator closer to opening

By Tommy Felts / August 10, 2023

Funding from a pilot physical infrastructure grants program is expected to help The Porter House KC complete phase 2 of the build out for its new 811 Retail Incubator, focused on boosting retail entrepreneurs from the urban core. “This grant will allow us to serve over 90 small businesses focused on retail operations within the…

Deep Rooted plants new store at busy Troost shopping hub; Here’s how the streetwear brand is growing

By Tommy Felts / March 22, 2023

A Kansas City streetwear brand is extending its roots on the city’s east side, said owner Donnell Jamison. Deep Rooted — which Jamison launched in 2018 out of the trunk of his car — has a new home in the shopping center at Troost Avenue and Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard. “We just want to be that…

Bank partners with Porter House to give out more than hugs; Meet four latest KC grant recipients

By Tommy Felts / November 9, 2022

Cameron Martin understands the importance of scaling deep into the community that inspired his journey and first fed the business he built with his wife, Tameisha, he said. The co-owners of Love is Key — a waffle-centric brunch restaurant and catering concept in the former Soulcentricitea space on Troost Avenue — were awarded a $15,000…

Porter House KC’s new ‘Alchemy Sandbox’ grants 20 main street businesses with up to $5K each

By Tommy Felts / January 18, 2022

A newly launched program by The Porter House KC is aimed at providing small business owners with as much as $5,000 for their back office, equipment cost, rental assistance or general system needs, detailed Dan Smith.  “We’re really excited about this Alchemy Sandbox program. ‘Alchemy’ is a word that just kept coming up at the…

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