FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
Tomorrow represents a potential milestone for Kansas City’s workforce as voters go to the polls to decide whether to approve a 3/8ths cent sales tax for Pre-K for KCMO’s four-year-olds. The KC Chamber Board supports the measure and urges you to vote “yes” on Question 1 – Pre-K For KC.
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FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
I’m starting off the week at Stanford University with a small delegation of Kansas Citians, including Mayor Sly James, Dianne Cleaver of the Urban Neighborhood Initiative (UNI), and Wendy Guillies, Chamber Board member and head of the Kauffman Foundation.
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THIS WEDNESDAY: PRE-K FOR KC INFORMATION SESSION (ACTIVES AND ALUMNI)
Recently, the Chamber board voted to endorse the Mayor’s Pre-K for KC ballot initiative to expand early childhood education for children in Kansas City. The 3/8 cent sales tax will be on the April ballot in KCMO. The Chamber, as it has with previous initiatives like Better KCI, would like to engage the Centurions actives on the topic and offer those that would like to be involved the opportunity to participate in larger Chamber efforts with the campaign.
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FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO | NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKING | COMMUNITY FORUM: OPPORTUNITY ZONES | CANDIDATES AND COLD ONES | SESAME STREET IN COMMUNITIES EXPANDS IN THE METRO
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Short Items of Interest – Economy | Credit Managers’ Index Trends in a More Positive Direction | CMI Continued (manufacturing) | Pretty Much Everybody Saw This Coming | What Else Can You Get from Armada? | Being Aware | New Chart – Credit Managers’ Index
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