$12 Million The Rochester on Blue Parkway to Feature High-End Finishes and Amenities KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 30, 2020) – Community Builders of Kansas City, the area’s largest urban core developer, announced today The Rochester on Blue Parkway, the first market-rate, multi-family [...]
When Emmet Pierson Jr. hears the calls from Kansas Citians on the East Side for better housing, a closer grocery store and more economic opportunity east of Prospect Avenue, he understands in a way most developers can’t. That’s because the man at the helm of the largest development organization working on [...]
On a stiflingly hot day in July Elizabeth Schultz, Community Builders of Kansas City director of strategic initiatives and community outreach, was at the monthly Town Fork Creek neighborhood meeting at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Legal Aid of Western Missouri was speaking to the group about how to deal with [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City strives to empower and engage with the community, which includes spurring entrepreneurial advancement. Opportunity Hub of Kansas City (OHUB.KC)’s mission is to drive shared prosperity and new multi-generational wealth creation by building authentic inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship & investment ecosystems in communities of color. This [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) is pleased to announce its new development, The Rochester on Blue Parkway, a $12.6 million active living, intergenerational multi-family development with 64 units. Beginning construction on CBKC’s Blue Parkway campus in the fourth quarter of this year, The Rochester will be the first [...]
At The Guardian Summit in March in New Orleans, Community Builders of Kansas City’s Emmet Pierson, Jr., was on hand to explore investment opportunities in entrepreneurship, economic mobility and policy in order to close the racial wealth gap and design more inclusive economies for communities of color. Along with [...]
While attending the JPMorgan Chase & Co. PRO Neighborhood $100,000 grant award ceremony that Community Builders of Kansas City was awarded last year, CBKC participated in the October PRO Neighborhood Peer Learning Session in Washington D.C. CBKC’s Emmet Pierson, Jr., president and CEO and Shannon Hesterberg, director of real [...]
You’ve heard the saying “it takes money to make money.” It’s true. For all the good that Community Builders of Kansas City is doing and wants to continue doing into the future, it needs resources, and funding for projects on Kansas City’s East Side can be challenging. “We have [...]
March 29, – April 4, 2020, marks the 23rd annual HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Tour for qualifying 10th – 12th grade Missouri and Kansas students. In 2018, the tour resulted in more than $300,000 in combined scholarships offered to seniors participating in the tour. CBKC is proud to be among [...]
This fall brought a flurry of engagements where CBKC had the opportunity to represent East Side interests including a meeting with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, to CBKC President and CEO Emmet Pierson, Jr., and Pedro Zamora, executive director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation [...]