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Diane Seif Honored with LS Cares Lifetime Achievement Award At the seventh annual Mayor's Character Breakfast held on January 21, LSEDC investor and owner of DVA Enterprises, Diane Seif, was honored with the lifetime achievement award. "Diane Seif represents the character traits of responsibility, cooperation and citizenship," read David Carlson, from the no... Read more>   Truman Medical Center Charitable Foundation Kicks Off Capital Campaign; Names Honorary Chairs During the December meeting of the Lakewood Philanthropy Board of Directors, the Truman Medical Center (TMC) Charitable Foundation launched Hello Baby!: the final phase of an $8.6 million capital camp... Read more>   candid marketing & communications Adds Clients to Roster candid, a marketing and communications firm, rings in the new year by adding three clients to its roster. New clients include Metcalf Bank, W.C. Tingle and Adams Dairy Landing. Metcalf Bank, recently ... Read more>   Ultrax Aerospace Exapnds in Lee's Summit Located in Northeast Lee's Summit, Ultrax Aerospace is an engineering, design and manufacturing company that specializes in mission critical diagnostic and testing support equipment for military aircraft. In the 4th Quarter of 2009, Ultrax restructured and expanded its R&D and new product creati... Read more>   Dow Kokam Acquires a French Company Dow Kokam announced it has acquired Societe de Vehicles Electriques (SVE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the France-based Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (Dassault) that develops high-performance battery and energy management systems. In this transaction, SVE becomes a French subsidiary of Dow Koka... Read more>   RED Development Announces More Tenants at Summit Fair McAlister's Deli, Coldwater Creek, DSW, Jos. A. Bank and EyeMasters are among the new tenants announced by RED Development to join Summit Fair, an outdoor lifestyle shopping center located at I-470 an... Read more>   IRS will Relocate Service Center to Lee's Summit CEAH Realtors, a full-service commercial real estate company specializing in sales, leasing, consulting, development and management of properties, announces the relocation of an IRS Service Center to ... Read more>   Downtown Lee's Summit Selected as Semi-Finalist for Great American Main Street Award Downtown Lee's Summit has been selected as a semi-finalist for a Great American Main Street Award! Downtown Lee's Summit is one of ten communities selected to complete a rigorous semi-finalist applica... Read more>

Lee's Summit Recognized as Wealth Center and One of Fastest Growing Communities
The Lee's Summit community continues to mount up recognitions in 2010 including making the list of U... Read more >

LSEDC and DLSMS Kick Off Downtown District Study
The Lee's Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC) has partnered with Downtown Lee's Summit Main ... Read more >

This Old House Magazine Recognizes Lee's Summit
Old Lee's Summit has been recognized by This Old House Magazine as one of the Best Old House Neighbo... Read more >

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