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Home Improvement Has Surged, Here's Why and Its Effects

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Astoria Camille, for instance, is working on a scrappy project behind her mother's home in Kansas City's Troostwood neighborhood. Home improvement projects are at an all-time high, according to NPR. The demand mainly comes from necessity. Homeowners now need areas to work, teach, and for children to play. Remodelers. Construction.

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Workers Are Moving to These Smaller Metros

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One of the main reasons people move tends to be because of a new job, so where are people moving if commute times no longer matter? In the meantime, among all metro areas, Salt Lake City ranked as the 15th metro area with the lowest unemployment rate (5.3%). Workers Are Moving to These Smaller Metros. cbroderick.

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

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The tapered base of the Studio and the main house are a nod to Charles and Henry Greene, preeminent Arts and Crafts architects known for their carefully proportioned and tapered stone façades in the early 1900s. Bricks salvaged from old buildings in Kansas City, Kan.,

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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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Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Announces Grant Recipients

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“By working together, numerous organizations across Kansas are supporting the arts, generating strong economic activity in the state and contributing to a better quality of life for Kansans.”. The grant recipients are: InterUrban ArtHouse, Kansas City, $50,000. Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence, $50,000. John Topeka Waterville'

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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business logistics costs include three main categories: Inventory Carrying, Transportation and Administration. Major metros such as Dallas, Kansas City, St. The Joplin Metro area’s position for serving national markets is nearly as advantageous as Chicago or Kansas City. trillion in 2011, a 6.6

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How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market

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Main Image. Founded in 1887 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Cobbs Allen has offices in Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Kansas City, Missouri; Mobile, Alabama; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fill out the form on this page to read the rest of this article. . Author Richard Kohn & William Lathem.

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