CBKC Goes Deep into The Community

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 [...]

2020-09-30T18:49:39+00:00September 30th, 2020|Tags: |

Customer is King for New Sun Fresh on Blue Parkway Store Director

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:02:54+00:00June 23rd, 2020|Tags: |

We Code KC – Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Tech Jobs

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:03:25+00:00May 30th, 2020|Tags: |

MO Hives KC Swarms to Fruition with First Urban Bee Farm

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:04:23+00:00April 25th, 2020|Tags: |

Fueling a Minority Accelerator

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:05:37+00:00February 10th, 2020|Tags: |

CBKC in Community – Designing Intentions

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:07:16+00:00November 15th, 2019|Tags: |

CBKC in Community – Major League

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 [...]

2020-09-30T19:07:26+00:00November 4th, 2019|Tags: |
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