Community Builders of Kansas City is in its final phase of development to install public access 1-2 gig Wi-Fi on its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard headquarters campus. The $125,000 project is an advocacy investment by the minority-led nonprofit organization to help address the urban core’s digital divide. It [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City led the pursuit which has secured funding for the feasibility study required by the city on the installation of pedestrian crossings along the newly renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard “Out of a 2017 Swope Parkway/Blue Parkway Feasibility Study, residents identified safe pedestrian crossings [...]
Imagine if you could do one small thing that would help life get back to pre-pandemic normal, or even some semblance of normal. Well, you can. By getting vaccinated, you are doing your part to help your family, friends and work life return to how we used to live. [...]
In keeping with its goal of empowering families and communities through effective organizing, advocacy, resources, development, programs and services, Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) implemented a number of measures in the third and fourth quarter to facilitate the voting process for its community. “I cannot stress how important [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City’s 2020-2023 strategic plan lays out five goals – 1. Increase organizational capacity, 2. Develop an integrated entrepreneurial model, 3. Build and maintain financial stability, 4. Empower families and communities and 4. Implement a comprehensive communications strategy. Each details the evidence required to prove progress [...]
At The Guardian Summit in March in New Orleans, Community Builders of Kansas City’s Emmet Pierson, Jr., was on hand to explore investment opportunities in entrepreneurship, economic mobility and policy in order to close the racial wealth gap and design more inclusive economies for communities of color. Along with [...]
This fall brought a flurry of engagements where CBKC had the opportunity to represent East Side interests including a meeting with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, to CBKC President and CEO Emmet Pierson, Jr., and Pedro Zamora, executive director of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation [...]