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Much of Christopher Vernon Stewart's flooring and home restoration work happens in properties that haven't been renovated since the 1970s. His goal is to "provide modern living at an affordable price for our community.”
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Along one of Kansas City’s most storied avenues, a new mission is taking shape in a 140-year-old stone structure, where Chef Shanita McAfee-Bryant is working to create a new, food-based solution to urban hunger and unemployment.
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Kansas City radio pioneer Andrew Skip Carter started the nation’s first Black-owned and operated station west of the Mississippi River, KPRS AM. Now the company he founded, Carter Broadcast Group, is looking back at 72 years of growth and contemplating a robust future.
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G.I.F.T. (Generating Income for Tomorrow) is making good on its goal to invest in Black-owned businesses in the lowest income areas in Kansas City.
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The makeup, formulated for a variety of skin tones, is now being sold in 41 Target stores
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City will be paid by the state to study if Missouri is once again failing to equitably employ minority-owned and women-owned businesses.
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The development plan would include multifamily units and commercial retail space along the 1800 block of Vine.
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A Black-owned theatre company, KC Melting Pot is the resident company of Just Off Broadway Theatre in Penn Valley Park and has presented well-timed work since launching in 2013.
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Three new brewery owners are undaunted by the pandemic as they move to join Kansas City's beer scene.
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Fahteema Parrish, the owner of Parrish & Sons Construction, says that COVID-19 has caused constant disruptions in her business, even as her employees try to keep up with shifting safety protocols.
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Calvin Arsenia, a Kansas City-based singer, harpist and composer, has a new book about coming to terms with his evangelical Christian upbringing and being queer. Plus, Willa Robinson went from selling books on the street to operating Kansas City’s largest collection of vintage African American books.
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The 14,000 square foot, early education facility has capacity for up to 430 children and 65 employees.