President’s Message
President’s Message | When you want to clone yourself . . .
President’s Message April 2024 From the Business Perspective Newsletter When you want to clone yourself . . . We all have days – too many of them – when we need to be two people – one at a meeting and the other at our desk plowing through work. Or, we need four hands to…
Read MorePresident’s Message | Vision Metcalf becomes a reality
President’s Message March 2024 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Vision Metcalf becomes a reality It’s hard to believe it’s been 16 years since our community imagined and created a new strategy for our original commercial corridor. When the Overland Park City Council adopted the Vision Metcalf Plan in 2008, its goal was to address the…
Read MorePresident’s Message | The true art of winning
President’s Message February 2024 From the Business Perspective Newsletter The true art of winning It’s a great time to be in Kansas City. We’re going to the Super Bowl! Again! Preparations are underway for the World Cup. The Current’s new home on the riverfront is gorgeous. The state of business is strong. In our recent…
Read MoreChairman’s Message | Looking to the year ahead
Chairman’s Message January 2024 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Looking to the year ahead I am honored to serve as Chairman of the Chamber Board in 2024. I have lived and worked in Overland Park for decades. I raised my family here and have spent most of my professional career in Overland Park – currently…
Read MoreChairman’s Message | The Year in Review
Chairman’s Message December 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter The Year in Review As I reflect on the Overland Park Chamber in 2023 it is summed up in one word – momentum. It was a year of starts and firsts and launches. We kicked off the first year of implementation of Opportunity NOW, our 5-year…
Read MorePresident’s Message | Each one counts
President’s Message November 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Each one counts Twenty-five percent. Seventeen percent. Seventeen percent. These percentages aren’t some fun sale to get you in the door. They’re the percentages for voter turnout in the most recent three local elections: November of 2021, 2019 and 2017. The “big” bump was for mayoral…
Read MorePresident’s Message | Playing the long game
President’s Message October 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Playing the long game We celebrated the long-awaited expansion of Overland Park’s Arboretum and Botanical Garden and its gorgeous LongHouse Visitor Center a few weeks ago. The Arboretum is one of my favorite places – both as a space to refresh and relax and to show…
Read MorePresident’s Column | Our #1 asset
President’s Message September 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Our #1 asset Classrooms across the region are abuzz again. Little ones are bright-eyed with wonder as the mysteries of reading and math unfold for them. Many make friends they’ll keep for a lifetime. Teens – and adults, too – chart paths that will shape their…
Read MorePresident’s Message | And just like that . . .
President’s Message August 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter And just like that . . . Our workforce department is fully staffed! At our Annual Meeting in December, we announced that our economic and community development initiative, Opportunity NOW’s successful fundraising campaign would kick into high gear in 2023 with the implementation of its goals.…
Read MorePresident’s Message | Fired up for OP’s future
President’s Message July 2023 From the Business Perspective Newsletter Fired up for OP’s future 40 years. 40 classes. Hundreds of speakers. More than 1,000 graduates. That’s how long Leadership Overland Park (LOP) has been committed to developing passionate and informed leaders about the future of our city and region. At the end of a whirlwind…
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