High Prairie Landscape Group founder Robyn Schmitz joins Smart Companies Thinking Bigger host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her passion for educating consumers and landscaping professionals and how she’s grown her own landscaping company. As a green industry educator and landscape consultant, Robyn has written a book called “Outdoor Living: A Guide to Design, Construction and Budgeting.” The book’s purpose is to educate consumers and landscaping professionals as a way to…

James “Doc” McEntire is known in automotive racing circles for his focus on winning. Dr. McEntire, a Lee’s Summit, Mo.,pediatrician who’s been racking up racing accolades since the early ‘80s, holds international world records for drag racing performance on street legal cars. He and his red 1968 Camaro—the same one he used to take his driver’s license test—have been featured in Hot Rod, RPM and many other industry magazines. He…

The Culinary Center of Kansas City has new cooks in the kitchen. Molly Flynn has taken over as lead chef. She began teaching classes at CCKC in 2017. Flynn attended Seattle Central Culinary Academy. She will manage kitchen operations, teach cooking classes, and design new teambuilding and cooking party concepts. She also will design the center’s Dinners on Demand frozen chef-prepared meals. “I am excited to be part of the…