GOING NORTH NEWSLETTER MAR-APR 2012 ISSUE 121 406 ARMOUR RD, SUITE 240, NKC, MO 64116 816-472-7700 WWW.NKCBUSINESSCOUNCIL.COM

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The ballroom full of 240 people cel-ebrated the

kickoff event of North Kansas City’s Centennial year at the Business Council’s January 26 Monthly Membership Luncheon at Finnigan’s Banquet Venue. The program included the premiere of the centennial video “Bridging 100 Years of Progress” created by North Kansas City-based Times Two Creative and spon-

sored by two busi-nesses with long-time North Kansas City connections, National Starch/Corn Products and CCP Composites. In addition, 30 long-time North Kansas City businesses and organizations had

history and what they are currently doing. Members of the Centennial Planning Committee outlined other Centennial events for the remainder of the year. These events include:

Saturday, March 10 - Theme: “NKC: A Century of Home Town Pride”

Sun, July 1 – featuring a carnival,

choirs, color guard, family fun,

Centennial Celebration in connection with home-coming

Time Capsule Reception, Sunday, No-vember 4 at City Hall – of-

-nial date

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of the video as a preview at the Screenland Armour Theatre.

The Centennial video can be viewed from a link at the bottom of the home page of www.nkcbusinesscouncil.com or can be obtained on DVD for uses where internet access is not practical.

240 ATTEND CENTENNIAL KICKOFF

Effective in March, member businesses will have the opportunity for a higher level of attention and reward in the

Membership Luncheons. Here are the

recognized:

the Business Spotlight for that lun-cheon.

program to explain your business, its products and services and any current promotions

e-Newsletters

Facebook page

luncheon-

cheon area to display products and brochures

prize for a drawing to enhance in-terest and to reinforce your message

-als on every table at the luncheon

the program to visit with interested individuals

The cost to promote your business

investment you will reach 50-100 individuals (and sometimes more) at the luncheon as well as all those who view the Facebook page or read the e-Newsletters plus the indirect effect of anyone else these people tell about what you have presented.

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

2012 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY &

BUYER’S GUIDE DEADLINE

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March 30 is also the deadline for

commitments to include ads in the

publication. Contact Chris Teague

at CT Communications (cteague@

kc.rr.com or 436-8622) if you wish

to have an ad in the directory.

The annual meeting of the North Kansas City Business Council, as required by its bylaws, will be conducted during the March 22, 2012 Monthly Membership Luncheon at Finnigan’s Banquet Venue for the purpose of electing/re-electing members of the Board of Directors. The terms of six Board members will expire. Five of those have indicated an interest in continuing. They are: Tom

(NT Realty), Tim Dolan (Edward Jones) and Doug Coleman (Hunt Midwest). The Nominating Committee, chaired by Mike Hayes (ProPrint Digital), has recommended and the Board of Directors has endorsed the re-nomination of

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

North Kansas City registered residen-tial voters will have the opportunity to approve a 5% “transient guest” (ho-tel/motel) tax in the April election. It is very likely to pass because it poses

could generate as much as $500,000 a

year to be used by North Kansas City to promote tourism, economic devel-opment and to help fund infrastruc-ture projects. Hotels in incorporated Kansas City in Jackson, Platte and

hotel/motel taxes.

NORTH KANSAS CITY HOTEL/MOTEL TAX

Progress in the demolition of the for-mer ADM mill has been steady since beginning in January. It is expected

The City has had to re-submit a re-quest for proposals for a pre-develop-ment consultant following the with-drawal by LADCO Development LLC

Although LADCO offered several visions of what types of businesses

might be included in this re-develop-ment project, the slate is still blank on how this mixed-used project will be utilized. Various alternatives are being considered spanning the spectrum of “big box store” retail, mid-size box store retail, smaller independent

hotel, restaurants, entertainment and residential.

I-35/ARMOUR PROJECT

Thanks to the following for their hospitality at recent Business Coun-cil events:

– Business Focus Forums in June, August, October and February

– recent First Friday Coffee hosts

– recent Business After Hours hosts

MoDOT has advised travelers that the portion of US 169 known as the “Broadway extension” from the Downtown Airport north to MO Hwy 9 will be closed in both directions from late July until the end of the year

to the levee. This will likely cause many more cars and trucks to pass through North Kansas City on Burl-ington as well as I-29/I-35 across the Bond Bridge.

It is necessary to repair and replace portions of the “bin wall” which is 12 feet high in some places to keep the underlying base near the Mis-

souri River levee in place and support the road. The bin wall is made up of corrugated steel panels. In the last decade, steel panels have rusted out enough that replacement with con-crete walls is now necessary. There

-sion (Route 169 in this area) carries 35,000 vehicles per day between the Northland and Downtown Kansas City. A long-term solution requires extensive construction. Since an active railroad yard is only a few feet away, there is no room off MoDOT’s right of way to stage construction equipment. Highway closure is the only feasible method of making repairs.

CLOSURE OF BROADWAY EXTENSION

Cates Auction1440 Iron St

CityView Urban Lofts,Flats and City Suites2600 CityView Drive

1100 Atlantic St

Davis Paint Company1311 Iron St

Economic Development in North Kansas City

and Clay County

Richard Mendenhall“Leadership in a Fierce Market”

Bridge View Hall“Technology Uses and Opportunities

in North Kansas City”

North Kansas City Hospital“Heart Attacks, Symptoms and

Rapid Response Treatment”

Calendar of Events

Plans are underway for another Farmer’s Market season in North

for good vendors. If you are aware of other vendors we should in-clude in the North Kansas City Farmer’s Market, please ask them

know who to contact. A vendors’ pre-season meeting is scheduled for

through October season of vendor participation is $150.00, which equates to $6.25 a week.

As in years past, the North Kansas City Farmer’s Market will be in Caboose Park on the southeast corner of Armour and Howell. There is plenty of nearby parking.

GET READY FOR FARMER’S MARKET 2012

The Executive Committee and Business Council staff was pleased to host a recent gathering of Past Presidents of the North Kansas City Business Council. These veteran leaders provided helpful input about current man-agement of the Business Council and ideas to make it even more valuable to its members. They committed to be supportive in re-cruiting new members and offer-ing suggestions. Past Presidents who attended this meeting were: Doug Coleman, Jim Chappell, Kevin Ostby, Marilyn Coughlin, David Carpenter, Tim Dolan,

Since my name will soon be in-cluded on this list I would like to thank all of you for your support the past two years. It has been a privilege to serve as President of the Business Council and I appreciate all of you that have donated your time and expertise to our committees, events and continued support of the orga-nization. Your new board and executive committee will provide the leadership needed to expand and grow in the future.

Thanks again, Carolyn Henry

by Carolyn Henry

-, 1910 Erie, Ste 200

, 901 E 14th Ave – Adlai Kunst

, 2100 Howell

– Stephanie Moore, Pastor

, 1995 Macon – Nicole McMillian

, 1825 Buchanan

, 2103 Swift, Ste 200

– Rob Humble

Robert Austin, 1321 Burlington

– Rich Pusateri

NKC Business Council406 Armour Road, Suite 240North Kansas City, MO 64116

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in the blanks)” which will share with you in-teresting – often exciting – news that Jennifer, Lindsay and I discover about businesses in

-tion in our e-Newsletters as well as the printed newsletter. Your suggestions for news to share

about member business will be appreciated.

This month, the focus is on - one of the best kept se-crets in North Kansas City – until a recent article in the Kansas City Business Journal brought attention to them. Their website is www.holland1916.com. This company is one of the oldest businesses currently in North Kansas City, founded by Lou Holland in 1916 as Holland Engraving Company in Kansas City. In addition to found-ing and operating this business, Lou Holland was very involved in Kansas City civic activities and eventually was recognized as the “Father of Kansas City Aviation”.

Holland 1916 was relocated to North Kansas City ten years ago by the current owners because of various qualities we frequently hear about North Kansas City – great location for receipt of raw

requirements, lower operating costs than some other locations in the metro area and excellent access to the specialized employees they require.

As the Business Journal article stated, Holland 1916 is a combina-tion of a print shop and a machine shop. It has evolved from pro-ducing simple metal name plates you see on lawn mower engines, tool boxes or machines, to high tech, rugged, radio frequency

the tags identify. Holland 1916 is owned and operated by CEO Mike Stradinger and his brother Jim, Executive Vice-President. One of Holland 1916’s great contributions to North Kansas City is a rapidly growing number of employees. They added 40 new em-ployees in 2011 and now have more than 100 employees. Their staff includes CAD designers and engineers as well as skilled welders

production space at 1340 Burlington. They have averaged over 130 new customers a year the past few years.

Two characteristics distinguish Holland 1916: their commitment to taking on challenges that others will not attempt and an aggressive approach to continuous improvement. They actively measure and report to employees progress towards a goal to have at least 5,000 employee suggestions this year to improve processes and then to implement at least 1,500 of those suggestions. Holland 1916 has plans to convince the market place of the many potential uses of RFID technology to encourage even more growth. You can read more about Holland 1916 in the February 3-9 Kansas City Business

by Rich Groves