Chefs Colby and Megan Garrelts are expanding their popular Rye restaurant concept to a second location this fall. The new 7,000-square-foot restaurant will be at 4646 J.C. Nichols Parkway on the Country Club Plaza, in the space previously occupied by Morton’s Grille. The couple also owns Rye in Leawood at Mission Farms and the Bluestem in Westport. Bluestem was a 2015, 2016 and 2017 James Beard Semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant….

America’s SBDC, the national association of Small Business Development Centers, has named Rebecca Gubbels the 2017 Missouri State Star. Gubbels, a business specialist at UMKC’s Small Business & Technology Development Center, was honored for her contribution to local business growth. “Rebecca is a true ambassador for the SBTDC,” said Carmen DeHart, regional director of the SBTDC at UMKC. “She is an unparalleled advocate for small business in the Kansas City…