Local Business

Three Kansas City startup owners describe their products and why they chose to start their businesses in the midst of the pandemic.

Even as the pandemic worsens again, many restaurants say they can't afford to sit out the city's annual Restaurant Week. Some are offering delivery and carryout options, while asking diners to practice patience and kindness.

Fulk Farms has been owned by the same family since 1889, and has sold Christmas trees since the early 1990s. In the last two years, this farm and others in the region have faced new holiday challenges.

The Kansas City Beacon found that 48 businesses in Kansas City received grants from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

The Raven Book Store survived 2020 by shipping books to customers across the country. Now, it's doubling down on the effort in a bigger location designed for "a new model of bookselling.”

The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals sided with Nebraska Furniture Mart's protest of its tax bill in Wyandotte County in the latest of so-called "dark store theory" cases.

A new survey of more than 180 members of the Greater Kansas City Area Chamber of Commerce showed that more than 80% of local businesses and organizations are so far not requiring workers be vaccinated, though nearly 80% are requiring masks be worn on their premises.

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the federal fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

Eight years after closing her beloved Chacko's Bakery and Eatery, local chef Rachel Finn is starting Chacko's as a studio kitchen in her Mission home, where she will teach cooking classes.

From cocktail bars to comic book stories, small businesses turned to social media to keep in touch with customers — giving researchers a glimpse at what was going on in their communities.

Over half of women who regularly visit a gym or fitness center experience harassment according to one new report, and animal shelters in the area are reeling from the number of pets being dropped off at their facilities.

Banks can be reluctant to lend to Black-owned businesses and nonprofits. That's why a Juneteenth fundraiser is stepping in to get Kansas City organizations access to capital.