Ingram’s January 2023

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Perspectives Editor’s Note Deeper in the C-Suite	4
Talk of the Town In the News/Correspondent Business News and Legislative Updates	7
Chief Concerns Stacey Graves, Kansas City’s new chief of police, pays Ingram’s and crime prevention friends a visit to talk about collaborations that can help reduce crime.	8
Perspectives Between the Lines Class Warfare on Truman Road	9
Perspectives Reflections And now, gas stoves? It’s past time for the regulated to start making some noise.	11
Perspectives In a Nutshell The Fed has a thorny issue confronting it in efforts to stem inflation without imposing further damage on the economy.	12
Executive of the Year Ray Kowalik’s tenure at Burns & McDonnell has been a study in growth.	14
C-Suite Awards Meet six stars of the C-suite, extraordinary executives who have helped take their organizations to the next level.	18
Biggest Business Deals of 2022 Transformative developments across the region weren’t at all uncommon.	31
Economic Forecast Recession? Stagflation? Read what leading economists and wealth managers expect for 2023.	34
Business & Commerce Wealth Management Looking for ways to avoid taxes on retirement and Social Security income? Here are some strategies you might want to consider.	37
Milestones Our annual toast to companies celebrating major milestones in the new year.	39
Construction Trends A new KCI is just the first step in a burst of construction activity for the region, contractors say.	49
Construction and Engineering Industry Outlook Report From labor and supply-chain issues to workplace rules in the post-COVID era, construction executives have a lot on their plates.	53
Leads & Lists Top Area Architectural Firms	58
Q&A With ... Bill Johnson of the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities sounds off on energy trends and policies affecting customers.	60
2023 Media Kit	67

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