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Last week, the Kansas City Area Development Council officially welcomed Lisa Ginter, chief executive officer of CommunityAmerica Credit Union, as senior co-chair of the KCADC Board of Directors. Ginter is joined by incoming co-chair Brett Gordon, chairman of the board at McCownGordon Construction, and by treasurer Brian Roberts, chief diversity officer and director of operations at Lockton Companies.
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Recently, members of the KCADC team and volunteer leadership joined Jason Grill on the Grill Nation Show to share a year-in-review for the region.
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Dec 22, 2020 |
by
Lexi Ryan
| Category:
KCnext,
Marketing KC,
Economic Development,
KC,
KCADC,
KC Animal Health Corridor,
KC SmartPort,
TeamKC
| Tags:
Grill Nation Show,
Jason Grill,
Jill McCarthy,
David Hall,
Tim Cowden,
Jennifer Lyon,
TeamKC,
Animal Health Corridor,
KC SmartPort,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Kansas City,
KC
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Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Missouri on the announcement that Melaleuca, Inc., the largest online wellness shopping club in North America will open a 508,000-sq.-ft. distribution center at 11401 N. Congress Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Dec 17, 2020 |
by
Lexi Ryan
| Category:
KC,
KC SmartPort,
Economic Development,
KCADC,
KCnext
| Tags:
Melaleuca,
KC SmartPort,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Kansas City,
KC
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Pretzels, Inc. recently announced it would open a 150,000-sq.-ft. state-of-the-art production facility inside of VenturePark in Lawrence, Kansas. Take a look at the media coverage.
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Dec 15, 2020 |
by
Lexi Ryan
| Category:
KCADC,
KC SmartPort,
KC,
Economic Development,
KCnext
| Tags:
Pretzels,
KC SmartPort,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Kansas City,
KC
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On November 18, KCADC hosted its first all-digital Annual Meeting. The highly-interactive, 60-minute broadcast celebrated our KC region and the choices that positively impact and shape our community.
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Dec 07, 2020 |
by
Lexi Ryan
| Category:
Marketing KC,
Economic Development,
Investor Benefits,
KC,
KCADC,
KC Animal Health Corridor,
KC SmartPort,
KC Workforce,
TeamKC
| Tags:
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Kansas City,
KC
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KCADC held its 2019 Annual Meeting, AMPLIFY, hosting more than 1,700 of KC's top corporate and civic influencers.
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Dec 05, 2019 |
by
Lexi Ryan
| Category:
America's Creative Crossroads,
CreativeKC,
Economic Development,
Entrepeneurs,
Investor Benefits,
KC,
KC Animal Health Corridor,
KC Arts and Culture,
KC Creatives,
KC Lifestyle,
KC SmartPort,
KC Workforce,
KCADC,
KCnext,
Marketing KC,
Talent Recruitment,
TeamKC,
Technology
| Tags:
KCADC Annual Meeting,
Annual Meeting,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
KC Heartland,
Kansas City,
KC
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Hundreds of KC-based DST Systems employees were let go after being acquired by SS&C Technologies Holding, Inc. Within 24 hours of the news, TeamKC: Life+Talent, the KC Area Development Council’s (KCADC) talent attraction and retention initiative, sprang into action opening its KC Career Network (KCCN) to newly displaced talent.
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Aug 09, 2018 |
by
Jessica Palm
| Category:
KCnext,
TeamKC,
Talent Recruitment,
KC Workforce
| Tags:
KCnext,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Bulk Layoffs,
Displaced Talent,
94.1 KFKF,
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Business Journal,
The Wall Street Journal,
SS&C,
DST Systems,
KC Career Network,
talent recruitment,
Talent Retention,
KC workforce,
TeamKC
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TeamKC, the Kansas City Area Development Council’s talent attraction and retention initiative, is partnering with the Platte County Economic Development Council and KC SmartPort to connect recently displaced talent with area employers in response to Harley-Davidson’s announcement of layoffs at its Kansas City plant.
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Aug 09, 2018 |
by
Jessica Palm
| Category:
KC SmartPort,
KC Workforce,
KCnext,
TeamKC
| Tags:
KCnext,
TeamKC,
Pure Fishing,
Platte County Economic Development Council,
Multivac,
KCADC,
KC workforce,
KC Talent,
KC SmartPort,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
Harley-Davidson,
CVS Health,
Challenge Manufacturing,
Blount International,
Aviation Technical Services,
Adient
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“Facebook and us, we grew up together.” Millennials are engaged in social media more than 21 hours per month, and these platforms determine their perceptions of brands.
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Jun 27, 2014 |
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User Not Found
| Category:
Talent Recruitment,
Marketing KC,
Investor Benefits,
Economic Development
| Tags:
TRAC,
talent recruitment,
Millenials,
KCADC,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
FutureCast,
Barkley
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For many companies, the right talent is young talent. In a recent blog post, we highlighted how KCADC’s Talent Recruitment Initiative is leading the attraction of the best and brightest young professionals to companies across Kansas City, sustaining our region’s economic growth and quality of life.
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Jun 27, 2014 |
by
Michael Small
| Category:
Talent Recruitment,
Marketing KC,
KC Lifestyle,
America's Creative Crossroads
| Tags:
Talent Recruitment Initiative,
talent recruitment,
Millenials,
KC Options,
Kansas City Area Development Council,
KCADC,
Kansas City,
ExploreKC,
America's Creative Crossroads