In his career, Blake Schreck has been a chamber executive and development director in Overland Park, Olathe and Lenexa.

A community development corporation tied to Central Bank of Kansas City was awarded $35 million in New Markets Tax Credits, a tool aimed at building up distressed areas. The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday that it awarded more than $5 billion in New Markets Tax Credits to 107 organizations in its latest round. The program historically has generated $8 of private investment for every $1 invested by the federal government, according to a release. CBKC CDC LLC, a unit of Central Bank, is…

The Olathe-based maker of fitness wearables has fought the case since 2017.

Spring will bring area travelers a new airport terminal. It also will bring new nonstop flights from Southwest Airlines. The airline’s spring schedule includes nonstop service from Kansas City to Albuquerque and Indianapolis, the Kansas City Aviation Department announced on Twitter. Southwest is restoring the routes, which were removed from the schedule after the Covid-19 pandemic hit, according to the department. Southwest also will add flights from KCI to Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Diego and…

The now iconic station seemed destined for demolition until the bistate area banded together to save it, creating a template that drove almost every subsequent inflection point: working hard and working together to achieve a common goal. Editor Brian Kaberline examines Union Station and a handful of other big civic challenges in the latest installment of our Turning Points series.

Sharing awareness of programs is an important step toward giving minority entrepreneurs a more equal shot, panelists say.