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President’s Message | Fall means thinking about the future

President’s Message October 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter We will prosper again October means early sunsets, crisp fall nights, turning leaves, sweatshirts and football. It seems we’ve waited a long time for fall this year through an especially hot, dry summer. Fall turns our collective eye to the coming year as companies and governments…

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President’s Message | Who?

President’s Message September 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Who? Last week I attended the college graduation of one of my nieces as she received her nursing degree. This has been a celebratory summer for our family, with this event occurring just a few months after her sister’s graduation with an elementary education degree. I’m…

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News Release | HCA Midwest Health announces groundbreaking for Medical Plaza in Corbin Park

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stan Lawson, slawson@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7601 HCA Midwest Health announces groundbreaking for Medical Plaza in Corbin Park The HCA Midwest team, Chamber Staff, and City of Overland Park officials breakground on the $30 million project. (Overland Park, Kan.) August 24, 2022 – Menorah Medical Center – part of HCA…

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President’s Message | APEX transforms and protects

President’s Message August 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter APEX transforms and protects Four billion dollars. Four thousand jobs. 300 acres. 2.5 million square feet. A behemoth project, Kansas ultimately competed toe to toe with Oklahoma to win the heart of Panasonic to bring production of its electric-vehicle batteries to the former Sunflower Army Ammunition…

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President’s Message | Thankful for giants

President’s Message July 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Thankful for giants On June 18 we said good-bye to a cherished leader, Kirby Deeter. Kirby passed away December 5, and the June memorial brought together Kirby’s family with friends from the Chamber, real estate, Rotary, and his vast faith and community networks to celebrate a…

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News Release | CityPlace Breaks Ground on new Office Building to Support Continued Expansion of Health Technology Firm WellSky

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stan Lawson, slawson@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7601 CityPlace breaks ground for office building to support expansion of WellSky CityPlace in Overland Park secures a tenant for its coming third office building in the almost $1 billion development. In the background is CityPlace Corporate Centre I. (Overland Park, Kan.) June 28,…

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News Release | 2022 Leadership Overland Park class graduates

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stan Lawson, slawson@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7601 2022 Leadership Overland Park class graduates Overland Park, Kan., June 16, 2022 – The 2022 Leadership Overland Park (LOP) class completed its six-month program and celebrated with a graduation ceremony luncheon at the DoubleTree by Hilton Kansas City-Overland Park on June 16, 2022.…

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News Release | Leadership Overland Park Class Presents Event on Mental Health & Teen Suicide Prevention

News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leadership Overland Park class presents program on mental health and teen suicide prevention Overland Park, Kan., May 31, 2022 – The Leadership Overland Park Class of 2022 hosted an evening focused on teen mental health and suicide prevention for their class service project. The Leadership class designed the event to…

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President’s Message | The top priority for business

President’s Message June 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter The top priority for business For the past year one topic has dominated our conversations with businesses: the challenge of attracting, retaining and aligning talent. If there’s a day we’re not talking about the workforce shortage with a business leader, then it’s because it’s a rare…

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News Release | Overland Park Announces Three Grant Programs for Small Business Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News Release | Overland Park, Kansas Announces Three Grant Programs for Small Businesses Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act     Community Capital Fund to administer grant for City May 26, 2022, Overland Park, Kan. – The City of Overland Park announces today three grant programs for the Overland Park small…

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