Small Businesses

SHABBY HATTIE’S TEA ROOM & BOUTIQUE
NOW SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH & TEA
IN PARKVILLE

Shabby Hattie’s Tea Room & Boutique, located at 113 Main Street, in Parkville, Missouri, is now open and serving Breakfast, Lunch, and Private Parties.

Osage Prairie YMCA Pool Addition photo by: aaron dougherty
Kansas City, MO (November 13, 2009) — At Friday evening’s ceremony for Kansas City AIA’s Design Excellence Awards, SFS Architecture was awarded the top honor, the Honor Award, for the Osage Prairie YMCA Pool Addition in Nevada, Missouri.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (November 17, 2009) –In time for the holiday season, massage therapist Raymond W Smith has developed a unique way to help Hope House shelters. Smith is accepting gift certificates from other therapists or salons and donating them to women at local domestic violence centers. In return, donors receive from him a free session of their own.

OVERLAND PARK, KS (November 18, 2009) — CarterEnergy has moved its Transportation Team from Riverside, Missouri—home of the Product Distribution Center (PDC) for 20 years—to a new location. The new PDC is located at 1415 North Corrington in Kansas City, Missouri. CarterEnergy’s Dispatch team was centralized to the company’s headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, this past October.

Evans Media GroupOverland Park, KS (EMG) – November 17, 2009. When a series of events brought about the opportunity for Paul Evans to relocate Evans Media Group, a boutique advertising and social media agency to the Midwest from its original location just outside New York City, Evans and his partner wasted no time. “Over the years, business had brought me to Kansas City many times and I had always been intrigued by this center of culture and diversity in the heartland” said Evans from his Overland Park, KS office.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (November 17, 2009) –In time for the holiday season, massage therapist Raymond W Smith has developed a unique way to help Hope House shelters. Smith is accepting gift certificates from other therapists or salons and donating them to women at local domestic violence centers. In return, donors receive from him a free session of their own.

Contact: Lisa Schuster
Tel: (913)-244-1105
Email: lisa@smsmobilesolutions.com

No more letters from the North Pole, Santatextme.com lets parents sign up for personalized text messages from Santa.

Overland Park, KS, Nov. 12th 2009 - Tekniq Data Corporation, a local I.T. Services company, is working with the Arbor Day Foundation to have over 1,000 trees planted in our national forests as a thank you to their customers. This is all part of Tekniq's green initiative to promote green technology in the workplace.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Media Contact:
Jennifer Corwin
Dimensional Innovations
(913) 744-2126 office
(913) 548-7018 cell
jcorwin@dimin.com

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TubaChristmas 2009 will be hosted by The Kansas City Symphony on Friday, December 4. This event will be one of 240 TubaChristmas concerts presented around the United States in tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day 1902. The TubaChristmas ensemble performs traditional Christmas carols and songs, many of which were arranged by noted American composer Alec Wilder, who ironically died on Christmas Eve, 1980. The memories of Bell and Wilder are celebrated in the annual performances of TubaChristmas groups around the nation.

Date: Friday, November 06, 2009

Contact: Pam Whiting
(816) 374-5481 PamW@kcchamber.com

Kendra Kemp
(816) 374-5465 Kemp@kcchamber.com

Calendar of Events
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

KS soda fountains win Custom contest

Marci Penner, 620-585-2374, marci@kansassampler.org

Cathy Holthaus, 785-334-4287, coffeehaus@rainbowtel.net

October 22, 2009
Seneca, KS

The Kansas Sampler Foundation recently announced that soda fountains, as a group entry, were selected as one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs!

In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week (November 16 -22) the Johnson County Library will host the third Annual GovFest on Thursday, November 19, from 11 to 6 p.m. at the Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS.

How to Prepare an NIH SBIR Grant Proposal Workshop - Did you know NIH awarded $650 million in grants last year to nearly 1500 small firms for the development of new products in the area of health sciences? The SBIR track can be enormously helpful in entrepreneurial startup.

(KANSAS CITY) – The Kansas City Symphony marks the beginning of the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah on Thanksgiving weekend. The Kansas City Symphony and Chorus join with the Independence Messiah Choir for this mosaic of the scriptures, which remains Handel’s most famous work. With over 400 musicians on stage, it is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written. Messiah is best known for its familiar “Hallelujah” chorus.

Shatto Milk Company is introducing a new product straight from their local family dairy farm, Shatto Cheese Curds. Shatto Cheese Curds are the only fresh Cheese Curds offered in the Kansas City area. Cheese curds are one of the greatest and healthiest foods of all time! Lots of protein and calcium but 0% carbs, 0% sugar and 0% trans fats. If you've had them before, you probably want some right now! If you've never had them, you're in for a treat!

For more information contact:
Adam MacDonald
(913) 371-3674
amacdonald@unitedway-wyco.org

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Have you been looking for affordable, one-of-a-kind art for those special people on your holiday gift list? Look no further! Visit the upcoming free art showcase, Art and Soul of the Community, to do your shopping for gifts from local artists while supporting a vital piece of our community’s soul, United Way of Wyandotte County.

Overland Park, KS - Jerry Cook, president of the Overland Park Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), was honored during the 2009 Kansas Tourism Conference for achieving his Kansas Destination Specialist (KDS) certification.

PCA 20th Anniversary The PCA Group (www.thepcagroup.com), a leading information technology consulting firm serving businesses and organizations for over 20 years, has successfully installed the Vertical Communications Wave IP 2500 communications platform to increase capacity and customer service in the Indoor Air Professionals Commercial, Residential, and Naval/Yacht divisions call centers.

For Immediate Release

November 4th, 2009 (Lenexa, KS) For the third year in a row Integrity Chiropractic and Wellness is hosting a food drive, donating patient services in exchange for donations of non-perishable food items. Last year's drive was a great success as they were able to donate a truckload of food for those in need. Dr. Frank Jimenez is hoping to build on the success of last year. "It felt great to be able to donate all that food last year. Our goal is to double the amount we give this year."

“A séance for piano and orchestra" -- ghosts of music's past weave through the three movement concerto

(Kansas City) - The Kansas City Symphony will present the world premiere of Lost Souls - A Piano Concerto by Israeli composer Avner Dorman on November 20-22. Lost Souls tell the haunting story of a séance summoning ghosts of concertos past, ending in an exorcism. Praised by Gramophone Magazine as “a fresh, young voice, worth following,” Avner Dorman is a rising star composer whose orchestral works were recently performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Using the Internet to Grow Your Business - Don't spend a penny on hiring another sales rep, opening a new location or adding a product line without first considering how to use the Internet to grow sales first.

Sole Patch Barbershop: Sole Patch Barnershop Owner Ron Mayer chose exposed brick, mahogany wood finishes and open lighting to highlight artisanship and craftwork, the cornerstones of style. While relaxing in one of the six rich leather reclining barber chairs, guests can watch a sports game or the news on the flat panel television mounted on the wall in the center of the shop.Business Improves Nearly Every Month Since Opening in November 2007:

KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY HOSTS
KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT MICHAEL KAISER FOR FREE COMMUNITY ARTS CONVERSATION ON NOVEMBER 18

Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser to Travel to all 50 States, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., to address the challenges facing non-profit performing arts organizations today

Dobies Healthcare Group, a marketing and advertising agency specializing in the health care industry, was recently named agency of record for MidCon Distribution, Inc. (MidCon), a U.S. healthcare technology distributor.

Dobies Healthcare Group, a marketing and communications agency serving the health care industry, announces the promotion of Kelly Hemmingsen to account coordinator.

Hemmingsen will help manage the execution of branding, public relations and advertising efforts for Dobies clients including MidCon Distribution, a U.S. healthcare technology distributor, and LifeWise Renovations, a leader in aging in place initiatives.

Contact:Kip Ludwigs
Phone: 816.868.1684
e-mail: solarismassage@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SOLARIS MASSAGE FIRST TO OFFER ASHIATSU IN KANSAS CITY

It All Starts Here... Downtown Lee's SummitPRESS RELEASE: October 28, 2009

Contact: Stacy Brandt, Events & Marketing Coordinator

Ryan Gardner has joined The Energy Savings Store, a Lenexa, KS, based solar energy and wind power design, installation, distribution and consulting firm, as Director of Sales.

Kri Chay, a Kansas City personal trainer and owner of Sexy Back Boot Camps has teamed up with Belton Lubas of Seattle, WA with Strong and Sexy Boot Camps, Sophin Sarin of Des Moines, IA with Twork It Out Fitness Boot Camps and Val Fujii of Folsom, CA with Superwomen Boot Camp to form a nationwide charity boot camp to raise funds to assist the thousands of victims of the recent Philippines and American Samoa disasters.