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RubinBrown Named Fastest Growing Accounting Firm in Midwest

Apr. 12, 2012 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: America's Creative Crossroads, Economic Development, Marketing KC, Regional KC Business
Tags: accounting, America's Creative Crossroads, creativity, Kansas City, KCADC, RubinBrown

Occasionally we will use this blog to announce regionally or nationally significant news from our KCADC investor partners – recognitions, major new clients, executive announcements or major growth news. We are pleased to bring you commentary from Todd Pleimann, managing partner of RubinBrown’s Kansas City office on the firm’s recent 14 percent growth rate, bucking the Midwest trend for 2011.

Mar. 29, 2012 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: America's Creative Crossroads, Economic Development, KC Arts and Culture, Workforce Development
Tags: arts, Carlsen Center, creativity, Higher Ed Task Force, higher education, Johnson County Community College, Nermann Museum, training, workforce

Johnson County Community College President, Terry Calaway, offers his perspective on the value of higher education in a growing community. A member of the KCADC Board of Directors, Mr. Calaway also co-chairs the KCADC Higher Education Task Force.

Show your support for NBAF

Mar. 6, 2012 | By: Bob Marcusse | Category: Biosciences, Economic Development, KC Animal Health Corridor, Regional KC Business, Workforce Development
Tags: Biosecurity Research Institute, Cleaver, Department of Homeland Security, Kansas State University, KC Animal Health Corridor, Manhattan Kansas, McCaskill, Moran, NBAF, Roberts

Recently, President Obama submitted his 2013 budget which did not include any further funding for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, and requested a “reassessment” of the project. It is critically important we maintain our regional solidarity and remain diligent in our support to build a new state-of-the-art NBAF in the KC Animal Health Corridor.

KCnext, Technology Voice for the Region

Feb. 7, 2012 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: America's Creative Crossroads, Entrepreneurs, KCnext, Regional KC Business, Technology
Tags: business ecosystem, KCnext, Technology Council

Last month, KCnext – The Technology Council of Greater Kansas City, announced the selection of Ryan Weber as its president and a new board of directors, led by Perry Puccetti, president and CEO of triple-I Corporation. This week, Perry offers his thoughts on the importance of a regional voice for the technology industry in KC.

A Midwestern Manufacturing Renaissance

Dec. 29, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: Economic Development, Industrial Manufacturing, Recruitment Success, Regional KC Business
Tags: best cities for industrial manufacturing, Forbes, Grundfos North America, Kansas City

As a European living in the United States, one of the things that have often struck me about this country is its decentralized nature. No city has a monopoly on American commercial, cultural or political life. The United States is a mosaic of many great cities.

Kansas City is one of these great American cities.

Dec. 27, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: America's Creative Crossroads, KC Arts and Culture, KC Lifestyle, KC2.0
Tags: America's Creative Crossroads, Belger Art Center, creativity, Crossroads Arts District, KC arts, Midwest arts, Red Star Gallery

Showcasing its rich history, exhibition space and gallery and ceramics studio, the Belger Art Center and Red Star Gallery is a growing arts asset in KC.

The Right Connection

Dec. 19, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: KC Lifestyle, KC2.0, Marketing KC, Workforce Development
Tags: career, KC2.0, KU Med, lifestyle, talent recruitment, University of Kansas Medical Center

Recruiting for a residency program seems like it would be easy. Have a good program, be in a great hospital and automatically good residents will come begging to be trained at your institution. However, it isn’t quite that simple. There is that intangible “thing” that has to be there.

Dec. 9, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: Biosciences, Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, KC Animal Health Corridor
Tags: animal health, Center for Animal Helath Innovation, Entrepreneurs, innovation, Kansas Bioscience Authority, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, KC Animal Health Corridor

The Kansas Bioscience Authority, the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute and Kansas City area animal health industry executives have shown real insight into driving innovation with the creation of The Center for Animal Health Innovation (CAHI).

Oct. 31, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, KC Animal Health Corridor, KC Arts and Culture, KCADC News, Regional KC Business, Technology, Uncategorized
Tags: America’s Best Downtowns, Forbes, Hallmark, Joe Reardon, Kauffman Foundation, KCADC Annual Meeting, Sly James, Sprint, Stinson Morrison Hecker, the Plaza

But is it really the fountains, the towering buildings and the outstanding barbecue that makes Kansas City stand out? We don’t think so. We think it’s the people throwing pennies in the fountains, working hard in the towering buildings and devouring the outstanding barbecue that make the city what it is today. And not just in Kansas City, Missouri, but across our entire 18-county, 2-state metro of 2 million people.

Oct. 24, 2011 | By: Ashlie Hand | Category: Economic Development, Entrepreneurs, KCADC News, Regional KC Business, Technology, Uncategorized
Tags: Bill Taylor, Entrepreneurs Unpluggd, Fast Company, Forbes, KCADC Annual Meeting, Practically Radical, Wall Street Journal, Wired Magazine

Bill Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company magazine and author of Practically Radical, is a firm believer in embracing the fast pace of the world. In his article, The 10 Questions Every Game Changer Must Answer, Taylor notes that the above question may be the most important to ask yourself. Are you keeping up?