Social Balances
Sports are KC’s biggest new export, leaders say; make them synonymous with city’s brand
By Nikki Overfelt Chifalu
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September 22, 2026
Kansas City’s sports ties should be as obvious and celebrated as Nashville’s musical identity, said Neal Sharma, describing the region’s potential to redefine itself based on recent headline-grabbing wins.
KCultivator Q&A: Jessica Powell gets candid about ‘KC Nice’ (and how she’d spend $1M)
Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Let’s get real, Jessica Powell said with a wry smirk, explaining her vision for a Kansas City that works together — and stops cannibalizing its own. “I’m a startup junkie,” the community champion and founder of Social…


