Healthy KC partnered up with the REACH Health Care Foundation and Sesame Street in Communities to bring Comfy-Cozy Nests to Greater Kansas City. A school district and three early child learning centers in the Greater Kansas City region are now home to these trauma-informed, safe spaces for children.
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Member News · Entrepreneurship · Networking Opportunities
KANSAS CITY, MO. – Nearly 12 dozen young, fast-growth companies spanning North America have applied to introduce their businesses to prospective investors at InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum this coming March in Kansas City.
“We received more than 140 applications from entrepreneurs in 19 states seeking to present their business cases to venture capitalists, private and corporate investors, and other business professionals,” said Christine Walsh, Executive Director of InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum.
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Merriam, KS-based Morrill & Janes Bank and Trust Company (“Morrill & Janes Bank”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (“Heartland”), and Overland Park, KS-based Bank of Blue Valley, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blue Valley Ban Corp. (“BVBC”), announced their parent companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which BVBC will be acquired by Heartland. In connection with the closing of this transaction, Morrill & Janes Bank and Bank of Blue Valley will merge.
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If the Kansas City Chiefs win this weekend’s AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots, the head of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, James Rooney, will be wearing an official Patrick Mahomes headband (complete with hair) to his next Chamber Board meeting and sending a package of lobster to KC Chamber President and CEO Joe Reardon.
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FROM THE KC CHAMBER'S PRESIDENT AND CEO
I hope your holidays were filled with love and laughter and your new year filled with new opportunities and new success.
As I look ahead at the new KC Chamber year, there are a number of items on our 2019 agenda:
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Short Items of Interest – Economy | Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? | Mid-Sized Business Drives Job Growth | British Prospects for 2019 Not Good | What Happened to Macron? | What Else Can You Get from Armada? | Friendships and Legacies | New Chart – Brexit
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