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Tweet A new business that offers both tutoring and nanny services has opened a Prairie Village location at 4617 W. 90th Street. College Nannies and Tutoring has been in business since 2007 with a learning center in Overland Park and will continue at that location as well adding the new Prairie Village learning center. The [...]
Tweet A new Starbucks Coffee with a drive-thru window is now open for business at Ranchmart South. Construction on the facility began in early fall 2012 in the parking lot outside the Ranchmart Ace Hardware. For now, at least, it’s the only announced Starbucks drive-thru in the area…
Tweet Demolition of the interior of the old Macy’s Home Store space and the Einstein Bros. restaurant in the Village Shops will start next week to make way for STANDEES, the new restaurant and theater combination that is expected to open in May 2013. Einstein Bros. closed last weekend. The restaurant will have seating at [...]
Tweet A PVPost.com reader shot us an inquiry about the new construction in the parking lot at Ranchmart South shopping center. The building that is now in progress will be a new drive-through Starbucks, according to the Overland Park Planning Department. Although the property sits in Overland Park, a reader with a good arm could [...]
Tweet The long winding case of the Slab N’ Pickle barbecue restaurant in the Ranchmart North shopping center is headed for a conclusion that is acceptable to the neighbors, but will be without a Slab N’ Pickle. The development is north of 95th Street and east of Mission Road. The controversy over the planned restaurant [...]
Tweet “I can hardly wait,” was the prevailing sentiment of the sparse group of neighbors who turned out Tuesday for a briefing on STANDEES, the restaurant and movie theatre concept planned for the Village Shops. As part of the city’s public participation policy and in preparation for its upcoming planning commission project review, STANDEES invited [...]
Tweet The Wright Legacy Group, a registered investment advisory firm, has opened a new office at 5815 Dearborn, Suite 104, in Mission. Bill Meador is the principal in the firm. The Wright Legacy Group offers retirement planning, financial planning and estate planning services. The goal of Wright Legacy, Meador says, is to preserve and protect. [...]
Tweet A new business opened on Johnson Drive in Mission is counting on the continuing attraction of northeast Johnson County to young families. Diaper Daisy is a baby story with modern cloth diapers as its centerpiece. The store, at 6114 Johnson Drive, is owned by Heather Berry, Justin Quick and Jessica Quick. Berry feels the [...]
Tweet If all goes according to plan, the Village Shops will be home to the inaugural location of a new restaurant/entertainment concept that its founders — two former AMC Theatre executives —hope will spread throughout the Kansas City metro and eventually across the country. Dineplex International, LLC President Frank Rash will announce today that his [...]
Tweet A locally based fitness business is flexing its muscles with the opening of a new location. Fusion Fitness, which had its first location in downtown Overland Park, is now offering classes at a new Mission Farms facility in north Leawood. The new space officially opened Aug. 6. Prairie Village resident and owner Darby Brender [...]
Tweet Hey, Villagers, let me ask you something: Do you ever feel the need to just rear back and punch something? Well, you’re in luck! Four fitness and martial arts pros have recently opened up a new martial arts training center in Prairie Village. Welcome Mat Elite, in the Somerset Plaza shopping strip at 90th [...]
Tweet As the mother of two, Prairie Village resident Laura Wildman knew a thing or two about the pressures of balancing work and family. After 12 years working in professional services and as a business consultant, she was ready to find a situation that allowed her more flexibility to be with her own kids. The [...]
Tweet Angela Bertocchini says she knows just how hard it can be to find a daycare center where parents feel comfortable dropping their kids off. “I’m a mom, and I’ve shopped around for childcare myself,” she said. “I know what it’s like to struggle to find that place that has an opening for your child, [...]
Tweet Christine Gregory remembers stopping at Franklin Park on the way back home as a child, hopping out of the car to let her pooch out to play. “You’d see all these people out there walking their dogs,” she said. “You could tell it was definitely a dog-friendly community.” Such experiences were among the reasons [...]
Tweet The Corinth Square makeover continues, with the addition of two new tenants as extensive renovations keep progressing at the main shopping center. Tide Dry Cleaners, which took over the space previously occupied by Dragon Inn, opened for business Thursday. It offers dry cleaning services using GreenEarth processes that rely on liquid silicon instead of [...]
Tweet Some good news for local shoppers saddened by the closings last year of design shops Curious Sofa and Stoney Broke, Ltd.: A popular design store is relocating from the Plaza to The Village Shops. Create: Modern Home Decor owner Sherry George says she’s aiming to open for business in the space next to Minsky’s [...]
Tweet Breakfasts are about to get bigger at the intersection of of 95th Street and Nall Avenue. The Big Biscuit owner David Offerdahl says his company is moving toward completion of the chain’s fourth restaurant, to be located in south Prairie Village, and hopes to be open before Memorial Day. “Initially, we’d hoped to be [...]
Tweet Two local women are hard at work prepping to open a new nail salon at the Fairway Shops this summer. Megan Thornberry, a Pembroke Hill graduate who lives in Brookside, and Molly Maxwell, a SM East graduate who lives in Mission Hills, plan to open HOOPLA in the space previously occupied by Matney Floral. [...]
Tweet Villagers looking to blow off a little steam, get their heart rate up, or bring their stress level down have a new fitness option at Corinth Square. Fitness professionals Janell and Glen Bartlett opened a new studio, Kempo Fitness, on the west side of the main Corinth building near Social Suppers and Soul Patch [...]
Tweet UltraMax Sports, the running specialty store taking over the space previously occupied by Stoney Broke, Ltd., at the Village Shops, is set to open its doors sometime today, said Assistant General Manager Eric Hunt. Hunt said the store will focus on providing high-service consultation for runners, from beginners to veterans. The store has a [...]
Tweet As the mother of three school-aged girls, Prairie Village resident Suzanne Stratman knows the feeling of just wanting a little time to yourself. And the desire to honor what she calls those “elusive me moments” was strong enough that she decided to turn it into a business idea. Stratman launched So Ready Designs last [...]
Tweet Time to say your last goodbyes to the old Tippin’s building at Corinth Square. The city of Prairie Village has issued a demolition permit for the structure, with the contractor predicting work will begin on Monday. (We assume this means the Ripple Glass bin will be moving behind Hattie’s very shortly). Assistant City Administrator [...]
Tweet Construction is under way to transform the space most recently occupied by Stoney Broke, Ltd. into a retail location for UltraMax Sports, a running specialty company that also manages athletic events. Stoney Broke, Ltd. closed in March 2011. The new store will sell running shoes and clothing, as well as some gear for triathletes [...]
Tweet If you needed a reminder that the world is a much different place in 2012 than it was just five or ten years ago, one of the most recent casualties of the down economy should suffice. Blockbuster, the 1990s powerhouse of retail movie and game rental, closed its last Prairie Village-area location — in [...]
Tweet After 24 years, Dragon Inn will close its Corinth Square restaurant for good December 31, its owners confirmed Thursday. Thomas Tsui and his sister Catherine Kot will be consolidating the business’s operations to the original Overland Park location at 7500 W. Santa Fe, which opened in 1975. “It’s hard to say goodbye,” Kot said. [...]
