The chill and light rain did not dampen the spirits of the dozens of volunteers and the hundreds of community members served during the drive through event distributing free diapers and food as well as the administration of free flu shots and COVID-19 tests hosted by Community Builders of [...]
The legacy of Leon’s Thriftway lives on in Blue Parkway Sun Fresh. Michelle Mitchell is a granddaughter of Leon Stapleton, the owner of what was one of the oldest Black-owned grocery stores in the country and where she worked until it closed in 2019. She now serves as the [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City’s outreach into its community is growing, even during the pandemic, with the more visible aspect of this work being a series of events begun this summer and continuing into the fall. On a surprisingly chilly Friday night September 11, the organization hosted Movie Night [...]
Sacking groceries at Milgrim’s on 24 Highway & Noland Road in Independence launched what has now been a more than 30-year career in the grocery business for John King, the new store director for Sun Fresh on Blue Parkway. In May, Community Builders of Kansas City announced that it [...]
We Code KC was founded in 2019 by Tammy Buckner and Dr. Philip Hickman to help ensure kids in the urban core have equal access to technology. Its free classes expose kids ages 7-17 to computer programming, technology and cyber security in hopes of igniting interest and expanding racial [...]
MO Hives KC broke ground on the area’s first urban bee farm April 25, 2020, on vacant property owned by Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC), at 5030 Wabash. Across the street from the thriving Blue Hills Community Garden, the bee farm is the first of many the organization [...]
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 [...]
While our heart is in the urban core, CBKC goes where its story takes it, even into the minds of young adults who we want to come to or stay in the KC area and design solutions that will resonate in our community. Elizabeth Schultz, director of strategic initiatives [...]
More and more, CBKC is called upon by individuals or organizations in the community to speak to emerging issues or in other ways support advancing knowledge or engagement on a wide variety of issues. In September, CBKC President & CEO Emmet Pierson, Jr., was, as Cheryl Barnes, president of [...]