Ingram's May 2023

MAY 2023 • VOLUME 49, NO. 5

Talk of the Town 7 In the News/Correspondent Business News and Legislative Updates Perspectives 4 Editor’s Note The Racialists Divide by Joe Sweeney 9 Between the Lines

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The crowd in favor of bringing new green space to Downtown would do well to consider nearby park usage. by Jack Cashill

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11 Reflections

As inflation rocks consumers, local and state taxing entities are getting a boost. by Dennis Boone

Features

12 In a Nutshell

13 Feeling a Draft

Special Reports 17 Best Companies to Work For Innovative approaches to compen

Here We Go Again? by Ken Herman

The NFL draft in late April thrust Kansas City—again—into the national conversation. 14 40 Under Forty Awards Back under a roof for the first time

Business & Commerce 56 Wealth Management

sation, benefits programs and workspace design make these 18 companies stand out among regional employers.

since 2019, the 40 Under Forty awards celebration was an overdue success.

New Market Tax Credits aren’t just good opportunities for investors; they benefit underserved communities, as well. by Bill Dana

17 Best Companies to Work For

35 The Ingram’s 100

The labor shortage? Not for these compa nies: Large, small and in between, these 18 organizations have workplace design that attracts the best and brightest. Once again, the importance of health care and agribusiness shows up among the biggest organizations operating in the Kansas City region. By Dennis Boone

For a 13th year, we bring you the big gest organizations—non-profit and for-profit—in the Kansas City region, measured by their top-line revenues.

Leads & Lists

35 The Ingram’s 100

53 Top Area

48 Construction Report

Commercial Realtors

From supply chain issues and their effect on industrial real estate to trends in commercial and retail brokerage, there is much that broker executives in this area see as overall positives.

58 Top Area General Contractors 60 Top Engineering Firms

48 Forging New Links

Ranked by the number of licensed engineers

Slowly but surely, the nation’s supply chain is being rebuilt. But it still has a long way to go. 51 Weathering the Storm Commercial real estate’s office and retail silos have been roundly battered in recent years, but the scene in Kansas City has some positives. By Dennis Boone 54 Q&A with … Aaron Mesmer Block Real Estate’s senior vice president

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assesses trends in commercial real estate across the Kansas City market.

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