When LaTasha McCall, president and founder of LM2 Construction & Consulting, LLC, says helping others is ingrained in her company, it is more than lip service. For the Kansas City native, everything her general contracting company does has a purpose.
McCall, who is a Kansas City Business Journal 2022 Women Who Mean Business honoree, says she makes it a priority for the company to look for business projects that give back to the community. As such, the 100 percent black women-owned firm pursues a lot of affordable housing projects, completed the interior of The Rochester and is working on Swope Health’s radiology unit and the new Pace KC Program and Adult Wellness Center.
As for community service, she is not shy about fostering a giving culture within her company.
“Every one of my 38 employees participates in our philanthropic projects,” she said. “When I hire someone, that person agrees to do four to six hours of community service per quarter. If you don’t want to or can’t, you don’t work with us. It’s in our employee handbook.”
LM2 strives to do a community service project eight to 10 times per year which provides ample opportunity for employees to get in their hours. One of its biggest projects is partnering with iCare Village and World Harvest Ministry to renovate houses for disadvantaged families.
“We had a mom of nine kids who was living in an apartment and was going to lose all nine children if she could not find better accommodations,” she said. “We found a church-owned home and renovated it so she would have a proper place to call home.”
McCall and her team also provide needed repairs for residents who cannot get their landlord to respond.
“We get anywhere from three to seven calls per week from single moms who need something at their house fixed and the landlord isn’t responding,” she said. “We will go in and, for example, fix a leaky roof, free of charge.”
The need for this service is so great that McCall plans to grow the program.
“By 2024 I hope to be able to buy one home each year to fix up and donate to a single mom,” she said.
LM2 supports Ruskin High School by providing groceries and household items for the Caring for Kids “store” that serves the school’s homeless children and their families. The company also donates treats and prizes to the school on testing days, teacher appreciation days and more.
McCall said her employees participate in numerous other charitable events such as back-to-school drives and turkey drops like those hosted by Community Builders of Kansas City.
“Everything we do has a purpose,” she said. “We give back to society; that’s why we do what we do and why we work with organizations like Community Builders of Kansas City.”
To learn more about LM2 visit https://lm2cc.com/.