Archive for March, 2009

ONLINE MEDIA AND BLOGGERS HAVE JUST ABOUT DESTROYED PRINT MEDIA
By Stephanie Chen (CNN) — The Rocky Mountain News, gone. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, gone.  The chain that owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune is in bankruptcy. Other papers, large and small, are teetering on the brink. On Monday, the Ann Arbor [...]

Cindy Cash, KCK Chamber of Commerce
SPECIAL TO KC STAR: “VILLAGE WEST IS SUCCESSFUL” by Cindy Cash

KANSAS CITY, KS – “Show me the money” is the last line in Wayne Hodges’ guest commentary on March 4. I’d like to start there in responding to some of his observations about business closings in Village West. Village [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
DESPITE RASH OF NEW BUSINESS, RECESSION DOMINATES WYCO ECONOMY By Wayne Hodges

KANSAS CITY, KS – Do the names McBride’s Irish Pub, Linens & Things and Margarita Mama’s ring a bell? They should because the list represents a disturbing trend of business closings at The Legends at Village West. Now, let’s add Saddle Ranch Chop [...]

Stacey Mebane, Fashion Editor
MUST HAVE ‘MACHO MAN’ LOOKS FOR ‘09, by Stacey Mebane
KANSAS CITY, MO – Well, macho man. Let’s see what is new and hip for the man that has only two shopping styles, which is: You either love to shop, or you hate to shop! Most guys that have a true [...]

EDITOR’S COMMENTARY
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT NICE, BUT INCOME LAGS FAR BEHIND! by Wayne Hodges
Gentrification – The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of lower-income people.
KANSAS CITY, KS – On Wednesday (March 13, 2009), Cindy Cash, president of the Kansas City Kansas Chamber of Commerce released a [...]

Stacey Mebane, Fashion Editor
THE TOP 5 CHIC LOOKS FOR ‘09, by Stacey Mebane
KANSAS CITY, MO – ‘ChicSpring’ is just around the corner and the first thing I do when I clear out the itchy wool sweaters is look for something cool and chic for spring! The economy is tight, but ladies we have to [...]