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The Chamber’s 2018 Kansas Citian of the Year: Mayor Kay Barnes

Kansas City, Missouri’s first woman mayor, Kay Barnes, was honored with the KC Chamber’s Kansas Citian of the Year Award at the Chamber’s 131st Annual Dinner. Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - November 19, 2018

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO The KC Chamber’s 131st Annual Dinner meeting is tomorrow night – and we’re very excited. It’ll be quite a contrast to that first long-ago dinner, which lasted five hours and ended with cigars! The theme this year is EVERYWHERE KC, a tribute to the global reach of Kansas City businesses. (Did you know you can get a Boulevard Beer in China? Visit a soccer stadium in Dublin, thanks to KC architects? Turn on a light in Nigeria, thanks to KC engineers?) Read Article

JE Dunn’s Gordon Lansford Elected KC Chamber Chair

The Board of Directors of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously Monday to elect Gordon Lansford, CEO of JE Dunn, as the organization’s new Chair. Lansford begins the one-year term in office November 1, 2018. Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - October 22, 2018

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO | SHARING EXPERIENCES FOR CAREER SUCCESS | EXPAND YOUR FOOTPRINT – TO CANADA | WHO ROCKED THE VOTE? | #EVERYWHEREKC Read Article

JE Dunn CEO Gordon Lansford, III Named Next KC Chamber Chair

2018 KC Chamber Chair Matt Condon announced today that Vice Chair Gordon Lansford will be the next Chair of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Lansford’s one-year term as Chair will begin November 1, 2018. Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - October 10, 2018

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO | CONNECTING LARGE AND SMALL | ECONOMIC FORECAST | NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKING | ELECTION REFLECTIONS Read Article

Grow KC - September, 2018

GROW KC - September, 2018 Read Article

Your Chamber at Work - September 27, 2018

FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO | CELEBRATE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP | NETWORKING AROUND TOWN | WHERE BUYERS MEET SUPPLIERS | SURVEY SAYS… Read Article

KC Chamber Board Votes to Oppose Jackson County Charter Amendments; Revises Big 5 Conservatory Goal

The Board of Directors of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce took the following actions in its September Board meeting September 17. Read Article

KC Chamber Asks Legislature to Remove Charter Change Proposal From November Ballot

The Board of Directors of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce unanimously voted in its August Board meeting on Monday of this week to request that Jackson County remove the county charter measure from the November 6 ballot, citing a lack of citizen and business input and requesting that a formal charter commission be established to conduct a comprehensive study of the current charter and county needs and recommend appropriate charter amendments to be placed on the ballot at a future date. Read Article