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health-care providers, and many oth er sectors. Across almost all sectors, the big got bigger. The region has bolstered its position as a center for agribusiness, vehicle manufacturing, logistics and distribution, health care delivery, and research—even technology, boasting the title of Sil icon Prairie. All of those factors have enhanced this region’s reputation for being less likely to fall into national reces sionary patterns and more likely to emerge first from downturns, thanks to an economy that does not rely on one or two major employers in given sectors. Having been right there, stride for stride, with the business com munity through so much of this shared journey, we pause here with this special edition to commemorate a milestone year in Ingram’s history. We’re turning 50. We hope this ret rospective view of a city’s business history will be as informative and entertaining for you as it has been for us.

We strive to connect our readers with the most sig nificant trends in regional business—primarily bank ing and financial services, health-care and insurance, construction and development, and higher educa tion and work-force training.

streaming services, did you ever hear anyone longing for the good old days when they had to be reminded to re wind video-store tapes before return ing them? Publication of this magazine’s first issue coincided with the bottoming- out of a Wall Street bear market in 1974 when the Dow Jones Industri al Average closed at just under 578 points—a day’s worth of volatility in modern market movements. Closer to home, the regional pop ulation has increased by more than 800,000 souls to 2.2 million. The shifting tides of commerce saw Kan

sas City become home to a health care IT startup that grew into the region’s largest private-sector em ployer—Cerner Corp.—before home town honors escaped us with a mon ster acquisition. A similar fate was in store for Unit ed Telecommunications Co., which had grown from a rural phone com pany into one serving 15 states, then into a national telecom powerhouse called Sprint before it met the same M&A ending. Consolidations have swept through banking and financial services, con struction and development firms,

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Historic Series and Sponsorship Opportunities Ingram’s journalists have spent decades building editorial and assembly series, competitions and recognition programs and we’re proud of this portfolio and of serving as the steward of business news in the greater Kansas City region and throughout Missouri and Kansas. It is our privilege and honor to serve the business community and our readers. We welcome your organization to align with Ingram’s as a project partner or sponsor with one or several of these unique programs. The Historic Series is one of many opportunities for you to promote your brand and bring exceptional content and value to our readers. A D E –

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