SBA loan
The U.S. Small Business Association announced a 504 loan with a 25-year debenture. This is in addition to the existing 504 loans with 10- and 20-year debentures. Available to all 504 projects approved after April 4, 2018, the new loan maturity date is extended by 60 months, allowing eligible small businesses greater management of operating costs due to lower monthly loan payments. The 25-year debenture for a 504 loan comes…
KC Chamber 2018 Top 10 Small Businesses
Ten area small businesses have been selected from a pool of 75 applicants as the cream of the crop in Kansas City. The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced its 2018 Top 10 Small Businesses on April 11. The 10 finalists will participate in a panel discussion and are in the running for some of the chamber’s top awards: Small Business of the Year, known as the Mr. K…
Jaime Parks, American Hearing & Audiology
As of April 1, American Hearing & Audiology officially has taken over operation of five Connect Hearing locations across Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The acquisition positions American Hearing & Audiology as the largest provider of hearing aid and hearing care services in the Kansas City metro area. A total of 24 locations, with 35 employees, are now fully operational under American Hearing & Audiology within the Midwest markets. “We had…
Members of the public sector and private industry are invited to attend the Kansas State University 2018 Research Showcase at K-State’s Olathe campus in May. The Research Showcase brings together K-State researchers to exhibit their broad experience and findings, technologies and facilities, emphasizing the availability of their work to potential industry partners in the metro area. Among the 19 research topics showcased, some areas featured include bio 3-D printing, environmental…
We Create KC Year 5 KCSourceLink
KCSourceLink’s fifth annual state of entrepreneurship report, called We Create KC, was released April 5. “We believe that what gets measured gets prioritized,” said Maria Meyers, founder of KCSourceLink and executive director of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Innovation Center. “Our entrepreneurs solve problems, disrupt industries, and create jobs. To help them do that and to access the resources they need, we continue to measure the vitality and sustainability of…