Tag: social

Back to the people: Social venture firm connects WyCo entrepreneurs with a human-centered toolkit

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:38:40 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story is presented through a paid partnership with Network Kansas.

An initiative built on collaboration with business boosters already embedded in urban communities is deepening Network Kansas’ impact, said Erik Pedersen, sharing how the strategy helps more readily connect entrepreneurs to available resources like loans and technical assistance.

Robert Roberson’s Execution Has Been Suspended Once Again

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:29:14 +0000

Robert Roberson’s Execution Has Been Suspended Once Again

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:29:14 +0000

What Is Zabar’s Without Saul?

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:20:00 +0000

Photo: Michael Gold/Getty Images

On more than one occasion, I had heard people mistakenly refer to Saul Zabar as the founder of his family’s famous Upper West Side store.

HOPE Outdoor Gallery Makes Its Long-Awaited Return

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:02:47 +0000

HOPE Outdoor Gallery Makes Its Long-Awaited Return

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:02:47 +0000

Getting in a Good Headspace With How Are We Today?

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:43:30 +0000

Getting in a Good Headspace With How Are We Today?

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:43:30 +0000

Le Creuset Is Cheugy

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:03 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Grub Street; Photos Getty Images

When my friend Chris finished college, he asked his parents for a Le Creuset Dutch oven as a graduation gift. At school, he was often difficult to reach because his phone was usually broken or lost; he never struck me as the kind of person to covet enameled cast iron. He didn’t even cook that much.

Black Feast Week returns to feed restaurants new diners, combat hunger in Kansas City

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:33:57 +0000

Opening Black Feast Week — designed to promote Black-owned restaurants, chefs, and culinary creativity — by feeding 150 single Black mothers for free was an intentional act of community care, said Joshua “JT” Taylor.

Pietro’s Is Open Again

admin — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:00:23 +0000

Photo: Pietro's

All it took was two phone calls, and “everyone” knew that Pietro’s, the 93-year-old Midtown East institution, was back in business. “You tell the right person … the whole country club knows,” says Bill Bruckman, the former busboy who took over the restaurant from the original owners, brothers Natale and Pietro Donini, in 1992. Bruckman spoke to a couple of the right people.

Cafe Gitane Was ‘a Vanguard of Cool.’ Now Employees Say They Can’t Get Paid

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:00:07 +0000

Photo: Yadid Levy/Anzenberger/Redux

In its 1990s heyday, Cafe Gitane was an impossibly hip place where it wasn’t uncommon to run into David Bowie or Helena Christensen during brunch.

MJ Lenderman, Cage the Elephant, Hozier, Luke Combs, and More Reviews From ACL’s First Friday

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:36:17 +0000

MJ Lenderman, Cage the Elephant, Hozier, Luke Combs, and More Reviews From ACL’s First Friday

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:36:17 +0000

Trailblazer on Troost among honored innovators for UMKC’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

admin — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:12:53 +0000

This year’s signature Bloch School celebration — set for Dec. 3 — heralds the efforts and successes of experts in grassroots community-building, financial planning, DNA science

Earning the top social entrepreneurship award from UMKC is more than just the greatest recognition Father Justin Mathews has ever received, the faith leader-turned-community innovator said; it’s validation that work to heal Kansas City’s racial and economic divide is as critical as wealth creation elsewhere in the metro.