The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC), along with the R-7 School District and Chamber...read more >

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (March 25, 2008) — On April 1, 2008, the Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Grandview, Independence and Lee’s Summit Economic Development Councils will join forces to sponsor an informative seminar on state and local incentives to help bolster business in Eastern Jackson County (EJC). T...read more >

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (March 20, 2008) — On March 14, the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC) — in conjunction with Townsend Capital, Carrow Real Estate Services and the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce — invited all members of the Jefferson City delegation to tour the Summit Tec...read more >

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (March 5, 2008) — The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC) Board of Directors announces its support for the April 8, 2008 R-7 School District No-Tax Increase $54 Million Bond Issue and the Proposition C Waiver Ballot Issue.

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Lee’s Summit North High School was among just 29 high schools in Missouri to be included in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best High Schools” ranking.  Lee’s Summit North is also among just four Kansas City metropolitan-area high schools recognized through the national magazine.

Kokam America has made the final decision to make its permanent world headquarters in read more >

Almost 700 men and women leave their Lee's Summit beds every morning to commute to industrial job...read more >

Lee’s Summit, MO – Three Lee’s Summit businesses received Top 10 Small Business of the Year honors from the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce recently.  And, the Founder of another Lee’s Summit firm has been named chairman of his industry’s nationa...read more >

U. S. News and World Report today announced its list of "America's Best Hospitals", in which Saint Luke's Hospital ranks among the best in the nation in three separate specialties - Heart and Heart Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Gynec...read more >

Renowned for its state and national award winning schools and community college, comprehensive parks, lakes and recreation amenities, diverse housing choices, attention to and preservation of its history and pedestrian friendly downtown, Lee's Summit was...read more >

Technology outsourcer and consulting firm Capgemini LLC will move 275 employees in January from subleased space at a Cerner Corp. building to the Summit Technology Campus in Lee’s Summit.

The five-year leas...read more >

The record-breaking early December snowstorm did nothing to cool the enthusiasm of HCA Inc. executives for their newest project.  Indeed, more than 100 people huddled in a tent on Dec. 8 for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Lee’s Summit Hospital.&...read more >

Cerner Corp. will build a data center on its Northland campus and double the size of its existing data center in read more >

State education leaders have once again recognized two area school districts for continuing efforts in increasing student achievement. 

The Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit school d...read more >

HCA Midwest can now move ahead with an $88.4 million replacement hospital in Lee’s Summit.

At a hearing Thursday night, the Lee’s Summit City Council unanimously approved a s...read more >

Lee’s Summit’s plan to add an interchange on Interstate 470 at Strother Road includes new lanes to make merging easier for motorists at Woods Chapel and Colbern roads.
 
A proposed design for the corridor also would extend Tod...read more >

State Street Bank & Trust leased 25,000 square feet of Class B office space at 777 NW Blue Parkway in Lee's Summit, MO. State Street Bank & Trust will occupy the space during the fourth quarter of this year. The Summit Tech Center, lo...read more >

The shift toward a paperless health care industry has prompted PPO USA Inc. to pull the plug on its pharmacy claims processing center -- a decision that will mean the loss of 88 jobs.
 
 The claims center, 777 N.W. Blue...read more >

Townsend Capital, owners of the Summit Technology Campus in Lee’s Summit, recently announced it signed a lease with American Century Investments for 30, 000 square feet of space inside the campus.  The lease agreement includes an op...read more >

HCA Midwest wants to build a new hospital at Todd George Road and U. S. Highway 50, five miles southeast of its current Lee’s Summit site.

Spokesman Rob Dyer said HCA hopes to acquire an option to buy the 39-acre tract at the northeast...read more >

That plastic cup holding this morning's yogurt or that tub of margarine for toast could easily be from a Lee's Summit plant.

If not, maybe it soon will be.

Polytainers Inc., based in Toronto, on Wednesday announced a $10 million...read more >

Caremark Rx Inc., a pharmaceutical services company, plans to add about 200 employees at its Lee’s Summit call center over the next six months.
 
The additional hires will boost Caremark’s employment at the center to about 400...read more >

LabOne, Inc. announced on December 22 that it would establish a call center in the high-tech campus.

In early January 2002, the Lenexa-based laboratory-testing and inf...read more >

It is my distinct honor and pleasure to inform you that Jim Devine, President of the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council, has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Edward deLuca L...read more >

Longview Community College has been recognized as a world leader in its innovative approaches to the use of technology by the New Media Consortium (NMC).  In early 2003, in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the organization, t...read more >

Jennifer Yazell isn't looking for a government handout to give job seekers a hand up with the new Eastern Jackson County Workforce Training Consortium.

"Everyone is in...read more >

The Economic Development Marketer of the Year Award recognizes the community with the most successful economic development-marketing program.

The Lee’s Summit Economic...read more >

Training for both management and quality control is important to any business.

With help from the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce Manufacturer's Council and the Lee's...read more >

The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is among just 10 school districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area to receive Missouri's new "Distinction In Performance" Award. The awards are being given for the first time this year and will be presented annually...read more >

Saint L...read more >

The Immigration and Naturalization Service likes Lee's Summit.

So much that it recently announced its second location in the city, inside the Summit Technology Campus ...read more >

A tax break is helping lure Sprint to Lee's Summit.

The company plans to put a billing support system and archives in the 142,000-square-foot Colt Technology building at Interstate 470 and Blue Parkway. Th...read more >

TIME Magazine/The Princeton Review announced today that Longview Community College is one of four institutions named as "College of the Year" in The Best College for You Guide, a co-publicat...read more >