by Rick McDowell The Lee’s Summit EDC has undergone a strategic overhaul over the past three years. In 2016, the LSEDC staff reimagined the organization from the inside out with new structures, programs and initiatives. In 2017, we focused efforts on creating a...
by Jordan StraitsOne Good Meal has 130 clients, 11 delivery routes, nine board members, 10-15 daily volunteers, five days a week, and one passionate woman behind it all. One Good Meal Director, Roberta (full name Roberta McArthur, but she insists to work on a first...
by John Beaudoin Don Kahan has said that his “location became my vocation.” That’s because the 50-plus-year resident and auto expert has literally lived over his dealership since the 1970s, just a few short years after moving to Lee’s Summit and opening up in...
by Rick McDowellThe Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council is best known for its mission of promoting and enhancing the City of Lee’s Summit as a model community for economic innovation and growth. LSEDC typically makes headlines for its role in...
by Heather ThompsonI had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mike Smith, president of Twin Lakes, for an afternoon of stories. Born a business man, he encourages that in life and business, you just have to treat people the way you want to be treated.There is...
by Heather ThompsonWhile much surrounding the outside of Summit Lanes bowling alley has changed over the last fifty-plus years, the people on the inside have remained right along with the changes. The building itself was constructed in 1957, at least half the size of...
