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Airports: Kansas City, O'Hare Redevelopments Show How Not to Deal With Transparency

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The cost of the design for a new Kansas City International Airport has nearly doubled since a developer was picked in September 2017 in a very open, if chaotic, process. Now, Chicago is going with a completely closed process to pick the designer of a new terminal at O'Hare International in a process that's just as bad.

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Carpenters Union Dissolves St. Louis-Kansas City Council, Merges Locals with Chicago

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The merger follows a trend of reorganizing smaller districts into larger regional councils.

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1,500th Envision Sustainability Professional Credentialed

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jurisdictions from New York City to Chicago, from Dallas to Los Angeles, and from Kansas City to San Diego. Envision is a voluntary third party sustainable development rating system for all types and sizes of infrastructure projects, as opposed to buildings (. yes, something like LEED for roads and bridges).

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Intouch Solutions Announces Expansion In Kansas

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is a privately held marketing agency headquartered in the Kansas City area with offices in Chicago and New York. The post Intouch Solutions Announces Expansion In Kansas appeared first on Business Facilities. We are so pleased that they will continue to grow their business here for years to come.”. Intouch Solutions Inc.

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FEATURE STORY: The Cultural Roots Of High-Tech Growth

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A white paper recently released by the Kauffman Foundation finds that Kansas City and other areas viewed as “new” startup high-tech hubs actually are benefitting from many years of nurturing a local culture of entrepreneurship. The top 10 cities in 2010 also ranked among the top 20 cities two decades earlier.

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Rising Export Volumes Spur Inland Port Development Across the U.S.

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Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis and Kansas City. Critical to their success is their connectivity to rail and seaports and being able to provide manufacturers with smooth and quick intermodal trans-loading. Their location is vital.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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You know if the white shirt should go to Kansas and the blue shirt should go to Chicago or the other way around.”. Memphis, Panama, Chicago—are so efficient that they make globalization and trade easier virtually everywhere around the world. Louis and Kansas City. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St.

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