Warby Parker made its first foray into the Kansas City market in 2015, and now it’s launching a second area location and its first in Kansas. The eyeglasses/sunglasses designer and retailer will open a store at Leawood’s Town Center Crossing on Saturday at 4565 W. 119th St. "We’ve seen such a great response from the Kansas City community since we opened our first location at Country Club Plaza in 2015," Sandy Gilsenan, Warby Parker's senior vice president of retail, said in an email. "Our…

Velocity Lee’s Summit has rebranded and is bringing its entrepreneurial resources and network of experts to the entire Kansas City metro. The nonprofit previously focused on supporting entrepreneurship in Lee’s Summit and was funded by the city of Lee’s Summit. However, budget cuts prevented the city from providing funding. “The board really looked at this as an opportunity to expand the program and reinvigorate it and make it bigger,” Chairwoman and entrepreneur Keri Lauderdale Olson…

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