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Location: TMC-Lakewood
Event Date: 1/7/2009
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LSEDC is pleased to have Jeff Pinkerton, senior researcher with the Mid-America Regional Council, at...
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Location: MCC-Longview Education Center
Event Date: 1/13/2009
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Topic: Power of Culture to Shape Community ChangeUMB Bank has undergone a significant cultural chang...
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LSEDC News Releases
Click on the link of the LSEDC News Release you wish to view. News Releases are archived by date of entry with the two most recent listed as Current LSEDC News Releases.
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| Downtown Lee's Summit Featured in National Trust Article |
| Downtown Lee's Summit is featured in a National Trust for Historic Preservation article on www.preservationnation.org, as a result of DLSMS staff responding to a national survey conducted by the Natio...read more > |
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| Lee's Summit R-7 School District Earns Missouri Distinction in Performance Award; Scores Perfect 100 |
| The Lee's Summit R-7 School District was one of just 13 metropolitan-area school districts to earn Missouri's coveted Distinction in Performance Award this year, according to a Dec. 12 announcement fr...read more > |
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| City of Lee's Summit Receives 2008 Digital Cities Survey Award |
| The City of Lee's Summit is a recipient of the 2008 Digital Cities award according to the results of the eighth annual Digital Cities Survey, which examines how cities use technology to create a seaml...read more > |
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| BusinessWeek Names Lee's Summit Best Place in Missouri to Raise Kids |
| Lee's Summit was recently featured in BusinessWeek magazine as Missouri's best affordable town for raising children. Most important factors in this analysis were school performance, affordability and ...read more > |
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| Free Wi-Fi Now Available in Downtown Lee's Summit |
| On November 1, the City of Lee's Summit - partnered with the Lee's Summit Economic Development Council, the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street - launched the first phase of Wi-F...read more > |
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| KC Star Features Show Me Angels |
| Thanks to media relations outreach by LSEDC, the November 4 issue of the Kansas City Star featured an article about Show Me Angels, a new angel investor network in Eastern Jackson County. Show Me Ange...read more > |
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| Downtown Lee’s Summit Named Best Streetscape by The Pitch |
| The Pitch magazine does an annual "Best of Kansas City" edition, which rates everything from TV celebrities to public restrooms. This year, Downtown Lee's Summit was named "Best Streetscape"! ...read more > |
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| Lee’s Summit Mayor Karen Messerli Receives Distinguished Service Award |
| LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (October 2, 2008) — Mayor Karen Messerli was recently honored by her peers in civic government when the Missouri Municipal League (MML) presented her with its Distinguishe...read more > |
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| AEA Members Land at Lee’s Summit Airport |
| The Lee's Summit Municipal Airport recently saw some action as members of the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) landed there to attend the international association's board of director's annual f...read more > |
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| LSEDC Co-Sponsors Speakers Series With Regional Perspective, Local Impact |
| To complement the Lees Summit 360 Charting Tomorrow Strategic Planning Process, LSEDC, in conjunction with the City and the Chamber of Commerce, has developed a Speakers Series to bring thought leader...read more > |
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| Auction Company Chooses Lee’s Summit for Kansas City Office |
| Purple Wave to Hold First Live Auction at New Lee's Summit Facility on August 26 at 2 p.m.
LEE'S SUMMIT, MO (August 20, 2008) - Purple Wave, an online and live auction firm specializing in real estat...read more > |
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| National Avionics Association Relocates to Lee's Summit |
| The Aircraft Electronics Association invests nearly $3 million moving its headquarters from Independence to the Chapel Ridge development in northern Lee's Summit. Read news article>...read more > |
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| Money Magazine Recognizes Lee’s Summit as Best Place to Live |
| Lee’s Summit Ranks 79 of 100 Small Cities in America
LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (July 14, 2008) — Today, Money Magazine announced its 2008 Best Places to Live, and Lee’s Summit ma...read more > |
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| LSEDC Kicks Off Valued Industry Program |
| A team of volunteers from Lee's Summit businesses has been assembled to conduct the Valued Industry Program (VIP) interviews and surveys. They are: First Row - Jacques Smith, Bank Midwest; Ron Cox, Ci...read more > |
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| Teresa Evans, LSEDC Vice President Obtains Certification |
| Teresa Evans, Vice President of the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC), recently received a certification in the development and use of effective business retention and expansion ...read more > |
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| ViraCor Receives More Praise |
| On May 13, LSEDC Angel Investor ViraCor Laboratories was honored as one of 16 companies to receive the Business Journal’s “Champions of Business” Award. ViraCor was also named as a f...read more > |
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| LSEDC Honors Excellence in Teaching with Bud Hertzog Leadership Awards |
| The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC), along with the R-7 School District and Chamber of Commerce hosted the Excellence in Teaching Awards on April 30 at the Stansberry Leadershi...read more > |
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| Lee’s Summit Economic Development in Action |
| LSEDC Instrumental to Acceleration’s Selection to Missouri Quality Jobs Program
LEE’S SUMMIT, MO (April 2, 2008) — Acceleration, a leading pharmaceutical research and drug testing l...read more > |
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| Local EDCs Partner to Arm EJC Businesses with Incentive Information |
| 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 spons...read more > |
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| LSEDC Sponsors Legislative Tour of Summit Technology Campus |
| 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 t...read more > |
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| Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council Backs R-7 School District Bond Issue - Encourages Citizens to Vote April 8 |
| 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 Inc...read more > |
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| R-7 High School earns National Ranking: LSN receives 'America's Best High Schools' recognition through 'U.S. News and World Report' |
| 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&...read more > |
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| Company brings world headquarters to LS |
| Kokam America has made the final decision to make its permanent world headquarters in Lee’s Summit. The company has had its share of setbacks, but thanks to negotiations with the city of Lee&rsq...read more > |
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| Lee's Summit manufactures more industrial development |
| Almost 700 men and women leave their Lee's Summit beds every morning to commute to industrial jobs elsewhere in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
That's about to change, said Jim Devine, CEO of the ...read more > |
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| LSEDC Investors Receive Top Local and National Honors |
| 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 f...read more > |
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| Saint Luke's named one of "America's Best Hospitals" |
| 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 Su...read more > |
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| Money Magazine's Best Places to Live - Lee's Summit moves up to number 44 from 76 in one year! |
| 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 hist...read more > |
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| Capgemini will move from near KCI to Lee’s Summit |
| 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-ye...read more > |
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| New Lee's Summit Hospital scheduled for 2006 opening |
| 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 ground...read more > |
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| Cerner plans big build out for storage |
| Cerner Corp. will build a data center on its Northland campus and double the size of its existing data center in Lee's Summit.
The projects continue an expansion kick that has made the health care in...read more > |
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| Two school districts earn distinction |
| 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 districts are among 178...read more > |
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| Council approves HCA plan: Construction to start as soon as permits go through |
| 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 site plan and a special-us...read more > |
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| New planned interchange would open land |
| 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 corrido...read more > |
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| State Street Banks at Summit - Firm Signs 25,000-SF Lease at Tech Center |
| 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 quarte...read more > |
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| Lee's Summit claims processing center will close |
| 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 cente...read more > |
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| Summit Tech adds American Century as a tenant |
| 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...read more > |
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| HCA Selects Lee’s Summit Hospital Site |
| 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 bu...read more > |
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| Toronto-based company to expand Lee's Summit plant |
| 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 Wed...read more > |
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| Caremark to Add Workers at Call Center |
| 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 ...read more > |
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| City Council Approves Second Hospital |
| Saint Luke's Hospital moved one step closer to building a hospital in Lee's Summit when the Lee's Summit City Council unanimously approved the project Thursday night. Following the public hearing on t...read more > |
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| LabOne Brings 100 Jobs to Tech Campus |
| 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 information services firm will move...read more > |
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| Jim Devine 2004 recipient of the International Economic Development Council's (IEDC) Edward deLuca Lifetime Acheivement Award for Professional Excellence |
| 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 De...read more > |
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| NMC Recognizes Longview Community College in Worldwide Search for Excellence |
| 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 ann...read more > |
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| Strength in Numbers - Work force consortium brings companies together to pool training resources |
| 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 for their own success," Yazell ...read more > |
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| Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council received 2002 Marketer of the Year Award at the 44th Annual Governor’s Economic Development Conference |
| The Economic Development Marketer of the Year Award recognizes the community with the most successful economic development-marketing program.
The Lee's Summit Economic Development Council has impleme...read more > |
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| EDC's Guest Panelists Discuss Local Assets |
| The Lee's Summit Economic Development Council's quarterly meeting on Wednesday featured four keynote speakers discussing the industrial, commercial and retail assets of Lee's Summit in context with th...read more > |
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| Sharing The Cost For Training - LSEDC Helps form New Workforce Consortium |
| 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 Summit Economic Development Cou...read more > |
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| R-7 District Wins State's New Distinction in Performance |
| 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...read more > |
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| Saint Luke’s Brings High-Tech Jobs to LS |
| Things are moving along quickly at the Summit Technology Campus with Wednesday's announcement of Saint Luke's-Shawnee Mission Health System's consolidation at the campus. Saint Luke's announced it wil...read more > |
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| Summit Tech to House New INS Office - Office To Employ Nearly 500 in LS |
| 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 at Chipman and Blue Parkway.
Th...read more > |
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| Local School Receives Gold Star Award |
| Lee's Summit North High School is one of only nine schools in Missouri to be named a "God Star School" by the State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It was one of only four high schoo...read more > |
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| INS To Open Service Center in Lee's Summit |
| The U. S. General Services Administration announced Friday that a new Immigration and Naturalization Service center will locate at Summit Technology Campus in Lee's Summit.
About 550 people will work...read more > |
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| Web Watch/Rating Cities |
| Is There Such a thing as the perfect town? Maybe not, but if you narrow your definition, there's an easy way on the Web to compare cities' vital statistics. On HomeAdvisor.com, hit the "compare cities...read more > |
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| City Puts Out Development Guide - Officials Hope Book Will Make Expectations Clear |
| Property development in Lee's Summit involves several city departments and numerous fees and requirements. Now the city has a guide that can be of use to developers and residents alike.Builders can co...read more > |
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| Sprint Plans Lee's Summit Site |
| 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 Parkw...read more > |
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| Longview Community College Named "College of the Year" |
| 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-publication of TIM...read more > |
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City of Lee's Summit Receives 2008 Digital Cities Survey Award
