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Tweet Two northeast Johnson County natives are among the young metro area business people honored by Ingram’s magazine “20 in the Twenties” class of 2013. 2003 SM East graduate Blake Miller, 28, is a partner at Think Big Partners, an early-stage entrepreneurial incubator that “brings a Silicon Valley approach to the Midwest through the funding [...]
Tweet Dozens of local residents, city officials and business leaders braved the first truly hot morning of the summer Wednesday to recognize the official opening of the fully renovated Hen House market at Corinth Square. In an 8 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony, Ball’s Food Stores executives thanked the community — and their staff — for [...]
Tweet Gabe Ismert has always been a hands-on kind of guy. So armed with a fresh pair of degrees in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Benedictine College, Ismert decided to take a hand-on approach to his future by launching a new business that helps do-it-yourselfers get the equipment they need without having to leave their homes. [...]
Tweet When last we left the saga of the Twisted Sisters Coffee Shop on Johnson Drive, Sandi Russell (one of the sister owners) was wrestling with what to do about the legal threat she received from Twisted Sister, the heavy metal band. You may recall that a lawyer for a band founder John French had [...]
Tweet SeniorCare Homes, which operates several small Alzheimer’s homes in neighborhood settings, has received another two zero-deficiency surveys from the Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services. Jerry Pullins, operator of SeniorCare Homes, said all four of his Alzheimer’s care centers are currently operating at zero deficiency status. Each location is surveyed once per year [...]
Tweet What do these two photos have in common? Stumped? The answer, of course, is that they are both Twisted Sisters. One is the coffee shop and cafe on Johnson Drive in Mission. The other is the 1970s era heavy metal band – still performing, by the way. Right now they share the name, but [...]
Tweet A Prairie Village-based tech firm focused on helping school districts hire and evaluate teachers recently announced a $6.5 million capital infusion from a San Francisco growth equity firm. NetchemiaCEO Carlos Antequera told the Kansas City Business Journal that the firm, which has its world headquarters at 3520 W. 75th Street, will use the money [...]
Tweet Shawnee Mission Medical Center will open its own outpatient cancer center this summer on the hospital’s Merriam campus at I-35 and 75th Street. The cancer center will offer a full array of oncology services, including medical oncology, infusion and radiation therapies. The center also will offer a PET/CT scanner which provides advanced imaging. The [...]
Tweet Dineplex International’s Frank Rash announced last week that the company has hired Erik Hess to be the general manager of the first-ever STANDEES restaurant and theatre concept, which is scheduled to open at the Village Shops in Prairie Village in late May. Hess has experience as a marketing executive for Sysco Corp., where he [...]
Tweet In an effort to keep our readers better informed about the state government actions that impact our communities, we are featuring regular update columns from northeast Johnson County’s elected officials in the legislature: Rep. Barbara Bollier, Rep. Stephanie Clayton, Rep. Melissa Rooker and Sen. Kay Wolf. Check back on Mondays to find out what’s [...]
Tweet A northeast Johnson County eating disorders treatment center that caused a stir when it moved in to Fairway’s Golden Triangle in 2011 is pulling up its stakes. Co-Founder Brooke Wesley said Thalia House, a residential treatment facility for women recovering from eating disorders, has put its house at the corner of Norwood and Shawnee [...]
Tweet Construction work is in full swing at the Village Shops as crews make strides to finish the substantial interior and exterior renovations necessary for the scheduled opening of STANDEES, a first-in-the-country restaurant and movie theater concept, this May. STANDEES principal Frank Rash says progress is on schedule to be able to open the facility [...]
Tweet Good news, antiquers: Rumors of the demise of the Mission Road Antique Mall have been greatly exaggerated. Owner and manager Casey Ward announced late last week that the popular store housed in the building that originally served as the Woolford Farm stables had signed a new lease through 2019. First opened in 1994, the [...]
Tweet Vintage Market, that quirky purveyor of quirky home furnishings, has closed its store in the north Leawood shops at Lee Boulevard and Somerset Drive in favor of a new space at Town Center Plaza. The north Leawood location closed quickly and quietly earlier this month February 14, with several neighboring tenants wondering what prompted [...]
Tweet A couple of Prairie Village facilities have earned the top ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s fifth annual Best Nursing Homes listings. Both Brighton Gardens and Claridge Court received the five-star overall rating. They were also rated on health inspections, nurse staffing and quality measures. Brighton Gardens is at 7105 Mission Road and [...]
Tweet The Johnson Drive business district in Mission has seen some vacancies in recent years, but now there is a new flurry of building permit activity that is filling in some of the empty spaces. The focus of late has been on the projects at either end of the drive, including the Gateway project that [...]
Tweet It may be cold and snowy outside, but if you picked this week to be born, Shawnee Mission Medical Center will welcome you into the world with a warm and inviting new birth center. The $44 million Shawnee Mission Birth Center held its ribbon-cutting Monday morning and was open for business Tuesday, even in [...]
Tweet Greg and Adrienne Doring’s Prairie Village home is stuffed with nearly 1,000 pill bottles. And it’s not some kind of “Hoarders”-esque nightmare. In fact, it’s a dream come true for the Dorings. Because as of Wednesday, they were able to start fulfilling orders of a new sleep aid product that the young couple conceived [...]
Tweet Prairie Village’s Mike Brown, CEO of the Brainzooming Group, recently received a nice pat on the back for his work on the web. His blog, Brainzooming.com, was named one of the top 40 innovation blogs of 2012 by Innovation Excellence, an online hub for the global “innovation community.” Brown’s company led the development “Building [...]
Tweet Your house might not have a “For Sale” sign planted in the front yard. But a 1999 SM East graduate thinks you might be willing to entertain offers just the same. By day, Parker Hills is an engineer with Burns & McDonnell. But after a frustrating experience trying to sell his wife’s Prairie Village [...]
Tweet A south Prairie Village beauty mainstay for more than 15 years recently gotten a major makeover. The Sunseekers Tanning Salon at 89th Street and Roe Avenue has been rebranded as The Body Bar, and now offers a full range of beauty salon services. Owner Vicki Flowers said the move came in response to changing [...]
Tweet Owners of the Corinth Square building that until 2010 primarily housed a Bank of America branch say they intend to open a new community bank on the site in the first quarter of 2013. Casey McLiney, chairman of Marion National Bank, said a group of family-owned businesses have take up residence in the building’s [...]
Tweet “What are these guys going to do without you?” On Friday, with just ten minutes left in her 30 year career at Euston Hardware, Beverly White’s customers were worrying about how her co-workers were going to cope. Starting as a part-time cashier in 1983, White eventually moved up to becoming store manager at the [...]
Tweet Mady and Me Children’s Boutique will close at the Village Shops Dec. 28, with owners moving operations to a new location and under a new name in 2013. The store will be open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 26-28, with all merchandise for sale at 50 percent off listed prices. The company was purchased by [...]
Tweet With Thanksgiving comfortably in the rear view, many of us have turned full attention to the holiday juggernaut that is Christmas. So, dear readers, where is it you’ll be procuring the bulk of your holiday gifts?
