News Links

Kansas City News Links

www.kcstar.com - Kansas City Star

www.bizjournals.com/kansascity - Kansas City Business Journal

www.ingramsonline.com - Kansas City Business Magazine

www.kcsmallbiz.com -Kansas City Small Business Monthly

www.sunpublications.com - Johnson County Sun and Sun-News of the Northland

www.thepitch.com - The Pitch - local entertainment news and alternative commentary

 

United States and World News

www.ft.com  - The Financial Times

www.wsj.com - The Wall Street Journal

www.nytimes.com - The New York Times

www.washingtonpost.com - The Washington Post

www.latimes.com - The Los Angeles Times

www.economist.com- The Economist

www.tnr.com - The New Republic

www.theweeklystandard.com - The Weekly Standard

 

Kansas City Attractions

www.kansascity.com - The Kansas City Star provides online entertainment news

www.experiencekc.com - A great site on how to spend a day in Kansas City

www.gointokansascity.com - Another great site on Kansas City entertainment and eating

www.countryclubplaza.com - Thomas F. Shelton P.C. and some of Kansas City’s best shops and restaurants are located on the Country Club Plaza

www.kcchiefs.com - Kansas City Chiefs homepage

www.kcroyals.com - Kansas City Royals homepage

www.hallmarkvisitorscenter.com - Hallmark Cards Visitor Center

www.kansascityzoo.org - Kansas City Zoo

www.kansasspeedway.com - Kansas Speedway

www.unionstation.org - Kansas City’s Historic Union Station

www.sciencecity.com - Science City at Union Station

www.artslinks.org - The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City

www.nelson-atkins.org - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

www.kcmuseum.com - Kansas City Museum

www.nlbm.com - Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

www.americanjazzmuseum.com - American Jazz Museum

 

Kansas City, Missouri Business & Government Resources

www.kcchamber.com- the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

www.kcconvention.com - Kansas City Convention News

www.visitkc.com- The Official Travel & Tourism Site for Kansas City

www.northlandchamber.com - KCI and Northland Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

www.southkcchamber.com - South Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

www.kcmo.org - City of Kansas City, Missouri

www.co.jackson.mo.us - Jackson County, Missouri

www.claycogov.com - Clay County, Missouri

www.co.platte.mo.us - Platte County, Missouri  

www.ci.independence.mo.us - City of Independence, Missouri

www.edckc.com - The Economic Development Center of Kansas City

www.kcskyscrapers.com - Kansas City area real estate development

www.smartkc.com - The Kansas City Area Development Council

http://www.sba.gov/mo/kansas - Kansas City Small Business Administration office

www.marc.org - Mid-America Regional Council

 

Overland Park and Kansas City, Kansas Business & Government Resources

www.opks.org - Overland Park, Kansas Chamber of Commerce

www.opconventioncenter.com- Overland Park Convention News

www.opcvb.org - Overland Park Convention and Visitors Bureau

www.opedc.org - Overland Park, Kansas Economic Development Council

www.jocogov.org - Johnson County, Kansas

www.opkansas.org - City of Overland Park, Kansas

www.olatheks.org - City of Olathe, Kansas

www.wycokck.org - Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas

www.kckchamber.com - Kansas City, Kansas Chamber of Commerce

www.kckcvb.org- Kansas City, Kansas Convention and Visitors Bureau

www.visitlawrence.com - Lawrence, Kansas Convention and Visitors Bureau

 

Kansas City International Business Resources

 

http://www.itckc.org/club_info.shtml - The International Trade Club of Greater Kansas City

www.kctrade.com - Kansas City’s Virtual International Trade Center.

www.kansaswtc.org - The Kansas World Trade Center

www.kcsmartport.com - Assisting Kansas City exporters and importers

www.worldtradecenter-stl.com - World Trade Center Saint Louis

www.export.gov - The U.S. Government Export Portal

 

State of Missouri Resources

www.state.mo.us - State of Missouri homepage

www.dolir.missouri.gov - Missouri Department of Labor

www.dor.mo.gov - Missouri Department of Revenue

www.ded.mo.gov - Missouri Department of Economic Development

www.insurance.mo.gov - Missouri Department of Insurance

www.visitmo.com - The official tourism site of the state of Missouri

www.missouritravel.com - Missouri Travel information

 

State of Kansas Resources

www.accesskansas.org - The official website of the state of Kansas

www.travelks.com - Kansas Department of Travel & Tourism

www.kssos.org - Kansas Secretary of State

www.kansascommerce.com – Kansas Department of Commerce

www.hr.state.ks.us - Kansas Department of Human Resources

www.jocogov.org - Kansas Department of Insurance

www.khrc.net - Kansas Human Rights Commission

 

Federal Government Resources

www.irs.gov - Internal Revenue Service

www.dol.gov - Department of Labor

www.commerce.gov - Department of Commerce

www.uspto.gov - United States Patent and Trademark office

www.ustreas.gov - Department of Treasury

www.federalreserve.gov - Federal Reserve

www.fedstats.gov - The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies

http://www.fedstats.gov/qf/ - Federal government “Mapstats” site containing information down to the county level across the United States 

 

Kansas City Entrepreneur Assistance

www.emkf.org - The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth

www.entreworld.org - A Kaufman Foundation site dedicated to assisting entrepreneurs

www.kccatalyst.com - KCCatalyst acts as a bridge to connect new ideas with the resources to turn those ideas into new products and services, new companies, and new jobs in greater Kansas City's bi-state region

www.fastrac.org - A Kaufman Foundation site dedicated to building entrepreneurial skills

www.firststepfund.org - A nonprofit agency providing business training and support to low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs in the metro Kansas City area

www.centerforbusiness.org - Johnson County Community College Center for Business and Technology

www.ktec.com - Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation provides research, business and investment assistance to Kansas companies

 

Missouri and Kansas Business Funding Sources

Business Loan Opportunities

www.sba.org - Small Business Administration

www.goconnection.org - Growth Opportunity (GO) Connection

www.rmiinc.org - Rural Missouri Inc.

www.firststepfund.org - First Step Fund

www.clayedc.com - Clay/Platte Development Corporation

www.citywidekcks.com - Citywide Development Corporation

www.cdcofkc.org - Community Development Corporation of Kansas City

www.edckc.com - EDC Loan Corporation

www.kchedc.org - Hispanic Economic Development Corporatio

www.jccdcloans.com - Johnson County Certified Development Corporation

www.mo-kan.org - Mo-Kan Development, Inc.

 

Equity Investment Opportunities

www.ktec.com - Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation

www.irtc.com - Lawrence Regional Technology Center

www.ecjc.com Enterprise Center of Johnson County

www.kcep.com - Kansas City Equity Partners

www.capitalforbusiness.com - Capital for Business Inc.

www.c3cap.com - C3 Capital Partners LP

www.gkbaum.com - George K. Baum Capital partners LP

www.kvci.com - Kansas Venture Capital Inc.

www.kcbig.com - Bi-State Investment Group LLC

www.ecjc.com - Prairie Investments for Technology Advancement LLC