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Claridge Court has been providing senior liv- ing excellence for more than 30 years. MEAD- OWBROOK SENIOR LIVING earns Sil- ver ; TALLGRASS CREEK takes Bronze . SMALL BUSINESS LENDER A tie atop the small business lending category puts two of Kansas City’s most established financial institutions in Gold together: UMB , the 1913-founded, Kansas City-headquartered bank with a long history of serving the region’s commercial and agricultural lending needs, and COMMERCE BANK , the regional insti tution tracing its roots to 1865. Both bring the kind of relationship-banking depth that small business owners cite when seeking a lender who understands the local market. ENTERPRISE BANK earns Silver as a com munity bank with a strong record of relation ship-based small business lending. CENTRAL BANK OF THE MIDWEST —part of the Central Bancompany family, with a longstand ing regional branch presence including North Kansas City and Lee’s Summit—takes Bronze . BEST SPA BIJIN SALON & SPA earns Gold with a commanding margin—the Kansas City-area salon and spa brand known for combin

ing full-service hair, skin, and nail services within a high-design environment across multiple metro locations. HAND AND STONE earns Silver as the nationally fran chised massage and facial concept that has built a reliable following with its member ship model. PHOENIX HEALTH OASIS takes Bronze as a local destination with strong word-of-mouth in the urban core. WEALTH MANAGEMENT Headquartered in Overland Park and founded by Peter Mallouk, CREATIVE PLANNING takes Gold as one of the country’s largest independent registered investment advisors, with a fee-only, comprehensive planning model that has been a consistent point of differentiation. MARINER earns Silver —the Overland Park-headquartered wealth advisory firm founded in 2008 that has grown through a steady string of acquisitions into a nation al platform with more than 60 locations, while keeping its largest concentration of advisors close to home in the Kansas City metro. COMMERCE TRUST takes Bronze , bringing deep Kansas City insti tutional roots and a history of stewarding multigenerational wealth.

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REECENICHOLS nabs Gold as the met ro’s most recognizable residential real estate brand, with decades of market presence and an agent network span ning every Kansas City neighborhood. RE/MAX earns Silver through the strength of its national brand recognition paired with deep local agent rosters across the metro. CHARTWELL REALTY takes Bronze — the locally owned, independently operated brokerage, designed by agents for agents, per its own description, that continues to earn loyal reader support even while ced ing ground at the top of this ballot. RETIREMENT COMMUNITY CLARIDGE COURT —a Lifespace Com munity located at 8101 Mission Road in Prairie Village—earns Gold as the metro’s leading Life Care retirement community. Offering independent living, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation within a gated campus,

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