Three Trails Cottages of Independence has launched an Indiegogo campaign to help restore the Independence home where Hollywood legend Ginger Rogers was born. The company, owned by Marge and Gene Padgitt of Independence, will take ownership of the old house located at 100 W. Moore St. on Feb. 29. Three Trails Cottages plans to improve the site and turn it into a museum. The home was designated as a Historic…

Meet the owners of one of Kansas City’s most trusted printing, design and marketing companies. It’s been six years since Haley and Matt Haar became owners of AlphaGraphics Kansas City. Sales have doubled and the awards and accolades have been piling up. Find out why Alphagraphics Kansas City is an honoree for the class of 2016’s 25 Under 25 ®. Discover the secret to their success, on this episode of Smart Companies-KC….

They’ve run and won CBS Television’s “The Amazing Race” and dazzled you with farm to shelf ingredients on The Cooking Channel.  On this episode of Smart Companies Radio, meet Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, also known as “The Fabulous Beekman Boys. They’re joining host Kelly Scanlon to talk about their entrepreneurial success in upstate New York and how their philosophy of community with neighbor helping neighbor plays into it.  They…

New data finds freelancers are optimistic as their work style becomes more common. SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer business mentors, gathered statistics on the growing freelance economy. What the group found is promising for both freelancers looking to continue in their fields, and for businesses looking to hire more freelancers! There’s both a growing supply and demand, it seems. Based on SCORE’s research, 34 percent of the U.S….

It’s time to get back to business. QTI hosts Jason Lofton and Steve Kucharski discuss potential changes in 2016 and the process moving forward at QTI. Learn how sometimes being the boss means just that…BEING the BOSS.  Plus big sports news worth bragging about in Kansas City and historical insights ala Jason. It’s your official Friday morning kick off to the weekend….