Kansas City Mayor Sylvester “Sly” James, attorney at Kenner Schmitt Nygaard, LLC, announced today the new leader of the Kansas City Economic Development Corporation.

Replacing outgoing EDC president Jeff Kaczmarek, Pete Fullerton of Platte County has been lauded as a perfect fit for the position.  He will begin on April 23rd, 2012.

Fullerton is a long time business leader from Platte County and currently serves as Executive Director of the Platte County Economic Development Corporation.

Fullerton also served as Senior Project Manager for the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

According to Mayor James, Fullerton was selected from a list of [...]

Kansas City Mayor Sylvester “Sly” James, Jr., a local attorney at Kenner Schmitt Nygaard, LLC, recently announced Kansas City’s Greatest Mission: to get all Kansas City children reading at their grade level by the third grade.

Citing humanitarian and economic concerns, James relies on years of longitudinal studies that reveal the importance that early childhood development plays in improving a city’s economic development and decreasing a city’s crime.

James calls Kansas City’s Greatest Mission his biggest economic priority, bigger even than Google Fiber.

Kansas City attorney Judy Heeter is coordinating the campaign.

According to the Kansas City Star: The plan [...]