The U.S. Small Business Administration has designated Wayne Bell as acting regional administrator of SBA Region 7, a four-state area that includes Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. Bell, a St. Louis native, has served as the SBA’s Wichita, Kan., district SBA director since 2008. He will continue with that role in addition to his regional administrator duties. Bell has more than 22 years of management experience in both the public…

Mid-Continent Public Library’s Square One Small Business Services is inviting the business community to a panel on Feb. 24 exploring the business side of theater. The panel of actors, directors and production company executives will include Chip Miller, assistant artistic director, Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Heidi Van, founder, Fishtank Performance Studio; Andy Parkhurst, managing director, Spinning Tree Theatre; Jason Kralicek, managing director, Unicorn Theatre; and Damron Russel Armstrong, executive artistic…

The Clay County Economic Development Council and Mid-Continent Public Library will host a Small Business Bootcamp on March 10 at 8:30 a.m. at the Woodneath Library Center, 8900 Flintlock Road,  in Kansas City. The bootcamp is designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs start and grow their own business. Experts will lead breakout sessions on social media for sales, the legal aspects of business ownership, doing business in the cloud and insuring…