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Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction

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The housing market may be headed straight for a post-pandemic downturn, but according to Jordan Rappaport, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, an uptick in single-family home building could soon follow. million, but a number of challenges remain for regional builders across the U.S., NAHB reports.

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Real Estate Pros Give Back to Their Communities During Realtor Volunteer Days

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Associations and members gave back to their communities by volunteering at their local food banks and pet shelters, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, and taking on other projects to support their neighbors.

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4 Ways Materials Financing Can Help You Recession-Proof Your Business

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Influent Energy, a Kansas City-based solar company, saw an increase in its working capital with Materials Financing. Influent Energy started jobs faster using Materials Financing than when they relied on cash sources like bank loans and has financed materials on nine projects with Levelset since June 2022.

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A Texas Empty Nester Home and Studio With Room for Family, Too

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Constructed with massive stones individually selected by a personal friend from the banks of the Paluxy River and intricately set by a local stonemason, many of the larger boulders required heavy equipment for their placement. Bricks salvaged from old buildings in Kansas City, Kan.,

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July/August 2014 Issue (Volume 47, Number 4)

Business Facilities

BUSINESS REPORT: Four Cities To Pilot Kansas Statewide Broadband Initiative | Four Kansas cities will participate in a pilot program that will help the state develop strategic plans to meet broadband needs and priorities.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. We’ve found this in Kansas City. Rick Perry in a statement.

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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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In order to support the continued expansion of the renewable energy industry, Kansas has a goal of generating 15 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2016, and the state’s utilities are on track to meet this target. THE KANSAS CITY ANIMAL HEALTH CORRIDOR KEEPS EXPANDING.

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