Celebrating Creativity in Lee’s Summit

If you look around Lee’s Summit, it doesn’t take long to notice the deep creative roots sprawling out around the city. We see in it our business climate, our shopping centers, entertainment options and many other areas. We reached out to some of...

Podcasting: Not the Creative Outlet I Sought

By Nick Parker Podcasting was not in my original business plan. Grabbing a microphone was not the creative outlet I sought. I (and you can, too) blame my friend Jason’s resistance to penning a regular column for Link 2 Lee’s Summit. Well, Jason and maybe...

Hollis + Miller: Inspired by Learners

Designing learning environments that inspire creativity is Hollis + Miller’s passion, and so we find the most inspiration in the learners we serve. Working with students, teachers, administrators and community members to develop a vision for the design is a...

Travis O’Guin: Man Behind Strange Music

Even before graduating high school from VanHorn of Kansas City, Mo. in 1988, Travis O’Guin was quite the entrepreneur. He spent the years  after graduation running a furniture service business with 32 locations across the country, getting into real estate, and...

Dancing the Night and Days Away: BPM Dance

Local dance studio owner Blake Piatczyc makes his professional dream a reality. By John Beaudoin If you know Blake Piatczyc, then you’re just one degree from knowing Rihanna, Paula Abdul and Jennifer Lopez. That’s because the young, energetic,...