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KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?Cafe C脿 Ph锚 hopes to bring more visibility to Asian Americans in Kansas City. After two years of operating the coffee shop on wheels, Jackie Nguyen opened a brick-and-mortar store in Columbus Park. Weve worked on this for two whole years, weve been building this brick and mortar for one year.
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stanley cup first moved to the region during the pandemic. I felt like there wasnt really anyone speaking up for us, and so I kind of just did it because no one else was, Nguyen said. It felt like we were kind o
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?Justin Postlewait says his company furloughed him because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a seasonal downturn. Its been that way for a few months now and so were just looking for wha
stanley france ts next, he said.Postlewaits search pointed him toward the Full Employment Council in Kansas City, Missouri. Thursday the agency hosted its first ever One Drive to Success event. Were trying to rapidly connect [people] to either training or jobs, said Shelley Penn, the organizations senior vice president.To pull off t
stanley website he event, the FEC set up tents in its parking lot near East 18th Street and The Paseo. It handed out flyers, shared information and answered questions as people drove through the lot, never having to leave their cars. We dont want people to give u
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