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adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief Central Bank of Kansas City was founded in 1950 as a State banking corporation and opened its first location in March 1951 at 3030 Truman Rd. However,…
adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief Oredi Jay — owner of Jay’s Grocery and Restaurant — opened his store at 2605 Independence Ave., in December, 2021 with a mission to provide the community…
adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief When Hayle Abdulahi moved to Kansas City from Somalia, East Africa in the year 2000, he said he always knew he wanted to open his own business…
adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief The Cosentinos — a family who migrated to Kansas City from Italy in the early 20th Century — began their grocery store journey in 1948 and has…
adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief El Mercado Fresco — a franchise of nine Hispanic and ethnic grocery stores across the Kansas City Missouri and Kansas metropolitan area — is owned and operated…
adminSan Antonio Meat Market, located at 2904 Independence Blvd., is a family-owned Latino market and restaurant, which joined the Independence Avenue business community in 2014. The Contreras family hails from…
adminLiberty Tax is a nation-wide professional income tax preparation service, which was founded in 1997 with headquarters in Hurst, TX, according to its website. Its Northeast location at 3414 Independence…
adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief To wrap up the series on the Independence Avenue Community Improvement District (CID) Storefront Improvement Program(SIR), this week focuses on Scuola Vita Nuova (SVN) Charter School at…
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adminJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief As an Independence Avenue Community Improvement District (CID) initiative, its Storefront Improvement Rebate (SIR) program, was created with a mission to support Historic Northeast Kansas City businesses,…
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