Priority Based Budgeting

Priority Based Budgeting

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Sept. 14, 2019 Mallory [email protected] The Lee’s Summit city council’s finance and budget committee got another look at the Priority Based Budgeting (PBB) tool the city will begin using this year. At the committee’s Sept. 9 session, Management Analyst Chris Clubine outlined…

Lee’s Summit Chamber Announces Matt Baird As Interim President

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The Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee has announced the appointment of Matt Baird as the interim president of the Chamber. The appointment will last until a new president is named. The action follows the resignation of Chamber President Blake Fry…

Community Expresses Support Of Hillcrest’s Efforts To End Homelessness

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Sept. 7, 2019 More than 400 donors, volunteers and community leaders gathered in support of Hillcrest Transitional Housing’s annual gala and auction on Thursday, August 22 at Arrowhead Stadium. This event is Hillcrest’s largest fundraiser of the year. It raised more than…

Recognizing Our Community’s Unsung Heroes: Citizens Of The Year

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Sept. 7, 2019 I am pleased to tell you about the seven 2019 Citizens of the Year who will be recognized at this year’s Toast to Our Towns Gala, presented by Speaks Chapels. It’s a great honor for your Community Foundation to…

B&B Theatres Launches First Of Its Kind, Inclusive Movie Experience

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Sept. 7, 2019 The backpacks will be available in KC first at the following locations, then will launch nationwide at a later date: Liberty, Northland, Overland Park, Shawnee, Twin Drive-In, Lee’s Summit 16 and New Longview, and Grain Valley. B&B Theatres is…

New Hearing Clinic

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Aug. 31, 2019 Associated Audiologists Inc., the area’s leader in hearing testing, hearing aids, dizziness and balance and tinnitus, is opening its Eastern Jackson County Clinic in August 2019. The clinic is located in the Cliffview Professional Building, 4721 S. Cliff Ave.,…

Blake Fry, Chamber President, has resigned effective immediately.

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Aug. 30, 2019 The Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee announced today to the board of directors that Blake Fry, Chamber President, has submitted his letter of resignation, effective immediately. We are saddened by Blake’s departure, and thank him for his…

Glass Family Agrees to Sell the Royals

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Aug. 30, 2019 PRESS RELEASE Local businessman, John Sherman, to lead group of local Kansas City investors to purchase club (The following release contains the only comments that will be made by the Kansas City Royals, the Glass family and John Sherman until the sale is approved…

Library Offers ‘Marketing and Branding Toolbox’ For Entrepreneurs

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Aug. 29, 2019 On Friday, August 30, from 8:00 a.m. to noon, Mid-Continent Public Library’s Square One Small Business Services will help local entrepreneurs learn how to create their own “Marketing and Branding Toolbox” through a series of breakout sessions led by…

Local Entrepreneurs Are Opening Children’s Coding Center In Lee’s Summit

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Aug. 24, 2019 Code Ninjas Lee’s Summit Grand Opening is Sunday, Aug. 25 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. located at 314 SW Blue Pkwy, Lee’s Summit, MO 64063-3965. As interest and demand for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields grow,…