...this pandemic has hit black and Latinx business the hardest. From February to April, 41 percent of black and 32 percent of Latinx-owned businesses closed, while only 17 percent of... Read more
...fund said. The resiliency fund isn’t the first COVID-19 aid effort to see an immediate outpouring of need. In April, the AltCap-led KC COVID-19 Small Business Relief Loan Fund —... Read more
...pandemic, said Ryan Weber. “In April, there was a rosier outlook for the resumed timeframe around in-person business events, office reoccupation and business travel,” said Weber, KC Tech Council president,... Read more
...at Summit Fair in Lee’s Summit. MY Play Cafe, Lee’s Summit Originally set to debut in April, COVID-19 slowed MY Play Cafe’s seemingly smooth launch, Tiffany noted, adding they delay... Read more
...serve more counties in Iowa. Jane Boyd Community House — Support to enhance and expand the organization’s entrepreneur education program, Empower, to better serve entrepreneurs from communities systemically left behind... Read more
...child care available since my husband works for the hospitals in the Army — meaning he is mission essential.” A canceled baby expo in April left her with an unexpected... Read more
...April. Click here to read more about Ronawk’s T-Blocks technology. Mellott and his small but mighty team — which also includes Heather Decker, vice president and co-founder — weren’t expecting... Read more
...those things you might expect that were coming up through April, May, June,” he said. “We shut everything down.” Plexpod also canceled all scheduled events, leading a dip of more... Read more
...have been born black. In Kansas City, maybe visit the marker down the street from the River Club where Levi Herrington was lynched by a white mob on April 3,... Read more
...a whiteboard and cranked it out.” Merry Outlaw had collaborations in the works with several nonprofits in 2019, and planned to begin food-centered projects in the community starting April 1... Read more
