Sixteen local businesses have been accepted into ScaleUP! Kansas City, a free program that helps small businesses increase their annual revenue.

ScaleUP! Kansas City is offered through the University of Missouri-Kansas City Innovation Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Over the course of four months, business owners receive specialized training and mentoring.

The new cohort is ScaleUP! Kansas City’s third. Participating entrepreneurs include:

Scott Carlos, A Cleaner Image Window Cleaning & Tinting

Thalia Cherry, Cherry

Dustan Fankhauser, Excel Lighting & Sign

Owen Faulkner, Town & Country Heating and Cooling Co.

Elaine Hamilton-Bruner, VISION5

Shauna Huntington, Fortiviti, LLC

Brad McCleary, Bodies Health & Fitness

Jill McEnroe, Frannie Franks Coffee Cakes

Ron Michka, The Creative Department, Inc.

Alex Nuñez, Nuñez Marble & Tile

Douglas Obershaw, SkuTouch Solutions

Bonita D. Powell, The Brass Pinnacle Group

Earstin Sanders, E-Sand Lawn Service and Property Preservation

Nicholas Segura, Somos Agency

Theresa M. Van Ackeren, Family Bicycles

Ryan Wing, The Sundry

“We continue to be impressed by the diverse companies that apply to ScaleUP! KC,” said Jill Meyer, program director of ScaleUP! KC. “We know it fills an important need by providing these already successful business owners with the time, tools, coaching and peer mentors to really focus on effective strategies that will help them scale their businesses and create new jobs.”