Calendar Listings

MAY

May 17th,  Monday 4 pm. Graffiti meeting hosted by KCPD and Physical Barriers committee of the Chamber.  NE Public Library 6000 Wilson Rd at 4 -5 pm room B. Indian Mound Neighborhood meeting to follow at 6:30 pm same location.

May 20th, Thursday 5 - 7 PM. Northeast Chamber After Hours hosted by Central Bank of KC.
This will be a special wine & cheese, Cultures Without Borders Art closing. Central Bank is the third and last stop for this traveling Juried Central Bank is located at 2301 Independence Blvd. Please RSVP, there is no fee for this After Hours Event.
nekcchamber@aol.com or 816-231-3312. Art show. Artists will be present. You can view the work at www.northeastartskc.org .May 22nd, Saturday Indep Ave & Benton Blvd Awareness Walk on the SW corner of intersection from 9-10 am, RSVP to Meghan 816-241-0283, mjansen@consultkc.com.

May 25th Tuesday luncheon will be Noon - 1:00 pm at Charrito's Mexican Restaurant
3831 Independence Ave. 64124.
We will be honoring a number of our Hispanic member business. Lunch and program are $15. Some guests will be from the Hispanic EDC and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

This is also the month for members to elect the board of directors to serve from May 2010 to May 2011.  Please RSVP to nekcchamber@aol.com or 816-231-3312.

JUNE

June 3rd  Thursday, 5 pm., Tentative meeting date for Independence and  Benton Blvd intersection design process. Second in a series of meetings with the steering committee.

Northeast KC Public Library, 6000 Wilson Rd. KC MO .

For information contact Meghan Jansen at 816-214-0283 or mjansen@consultkc.com.

June 22nd Tuesday Luncheon will be held at the

Kansas City Museum  3218 Gladstone Blvd. Entry is at the back gate of the Museum. If the weather cooperates we will have a picnic lunch from Noon to 1:30 out of doors under the wisteria arbor followed with a hard-hat tour of the restoration of this 100 year old mansion and history museum. If we have rain we will meet in the Visitors Center. The museum has been closed to the public while it is being completely re-habed for future exhibits of Kansas City history and R. A. Long & Loula Long Combs artifacts. Please RSVP for an accurate catered lunch. nekcchamber@aol.com or 816-231-3312.

JULY

July 10 & 11, Sat. & Sun.  Water Garden Tour of St John Gardens.  This tour site is hosted by Chamber members Back Door Pottery and Northeast Arts KC.  3922 St John Ave. KC MO 64123. For tickets to city wide tour go to www.kcwatergardens.com . Esther Ryan is the 2010 Water Garden Public Tour Chairperson  816-353-3905 or Ted at 816-861-3449 for information.

St  John Gardens and it’s natural clay water feature is in it’s 4 year with 6 community gardeners and Mattie Rhodes Explorers group participating.  Garden plots are always available to new gardeners.  Rebecca Koop 816-483-6964.

Come visit us and the many other water gardens on the city tour.  www.northeastartskc.org

July 13, Tuesday 4:00 to 5:30 pm, CSL Plasma is hosting a special open house & grand opening.  6000 Independence Ave.  KC MO. 

The Mayor has RSVP’d , City and County officials are invited to view their new facility too. CSL’s has made a significant investment in the East side of Independence converting the old “Millennium Club” to a state of-the-art Plasma & Medical lab.

We want to welcome this Chamber Member to it’s new location.    Please put this on your calendar.

July 20, Tuesday 6;30 pm, Candidate Forum for the 40th District candidates.  This forum will be conducted by the League of Women voters, the NE Chamber and hosted by KC’s Grace Church of the Nazarene, 4300 Independence Ave. KCMO 64124. Church # 816-231-5138.  This is open to the public.

July 28, Wednesday, Second Annual International Business Crawl.  Lunch at Noon-1 pm.   Sabor Centro Americano restaurant @ 2661 Independence Ave. KC MO & Chestnut Tfwy.  Crawl will start at 2:30 to 5:00 by visiting the businesses between Prospect to Chestnut.  Some new businesses will be added West from Prospect and East to Gladstone Blvd.  We are looking for 25 businesses participating this year.

Stamped passports from participants will be tallied and prizes given to the most completed passports.  We had close to 100 people participate by shopping at stores they did not know were on the avenue, eating at restaurants and getting to know their business neighbors. 

AUGUST

August 18, Wednesday 6:30 Town Hall Meeting with Mayor Mark Funkhouser. This meeting is hosted by KC’s Grace Church of the Nazarene, 4300 Independence Ave. KCMO 64124. Church # 816-231-5138.  This is open to the public.

August 24, Tuesday Noon.  Monthly  Chamber Lunch. 

Place and speaker to be announced.

If you have dates of interest to the membership please forward them on to the Chamber.

nekcchamber@aol.com or 816-231-3312.

Web sites of interest:
www.kcmo.org, www.Visitkc.com, www.KCSourceLink.org
www.asianchamberkc.com, (Asian Chamber)
www.hccgkc.com(HispanicChamber)

Independence Market Study link,
http://www.lisc.org/kansascity/documents/FinalIndependenceMarketStudy.pdf