Joe Reardon, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, said 40% of all child care businesses across the city have closed because of Covid-19.
For parents that means spending months — if not years — on waiting lists.
The regional chamber described the child care problem across this city as almost reaching a crisis level.
"A lot of places are wait-listed for a really long time," said Morgan Reed, who struggled to find care for her child who's due in a few weeks. "And it was just…KC Chamber: With 40% of child care businesses closed, city nears crisis
Joe Reardon, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, said 40% of all child care businesses across the city have closed because of Covid-19.
For parents that means spending months — if not years — on waiting lists.
The regional chamber described the child care problem across this city as almost reaching a crisis level.
"A lot of places are wait-listed for a really long time," said Morgan Reed, who struggled to find care for her child who's due in a few weeks. "And it was just…
Macy's announced that it will be closing its location in Lee's Summit, at the Summit Fair Shopping Center.
The company said the closure is part of the company's strategy announced in early 2020.
Macy's said regular, non-seasonal employees who were unable to place at a nearby Macy's store will be eligible for severance, including outplacement resources.
"The decision to close a store is always a difficult one, but Macy's Summit Fair is grateful to have served our customers and the community during…
Brookside Poultry Co. will close next month due to pandemic challenges.
The fried chicken-focused restaurant, located at 751 E. 63rd St. in Kansas City, announced Tuesday that it will close Jan. 29, and a new restaurant will take over the space afterward.
"We may emerge in a different space down the road with our fried chicken concept but for now, we're taking a break," Brookside Poultry Co. chef Charles d'Ablaing said.
D'Ablaing originally opened in 2018 as a tiny, 30-seat restaurant. By October…
Thousands of customers are without electricity Wednesday night after a windstorm swept through the Kansas City metro area.
Wind speeds around 50-60 mph caused tree damage, downed power lines and created other problems throughout the area. The Kansas City area also experienced severe thunderstorms, with the downtown Kansas City airport recording a wind gust over 75 mph.
Evergy Inc.’s (NYSE: EVRG) outages map showed more 4,530 outages at 9 p.m., affecting 164,921 customers in Kansas and Missouri.
Evergy…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly joined Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz on Wednesday to announce the addition of 25 highway modernization and expansion projects totaling $750 million to the development pipeline as part of the administration’s bipartisan, 10-year Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE).
The pipeline announcement clears the way for preliminary engineering work to begin on these projects, which are in every region of the state.
Kelly’s release of the list of projects advancing…
Another burger chain is continuing to expand in the Kansas City area.
On Monday, Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHAK) will open its third Kansas City-area location at 12051 NW Lowenstein Drive in Lee's Summit. It will be the company's second drive-thru experience in the nation.
"We are going to learn a great deal about our drive-thru business and how best to reach our guests as we move ahead with this exciting new experience for Shake Shack," Chief Development Officer Andrew McCaughan said. "We look forward…