In September, Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) leadership convened to develop a framework that will shape the future of the organization. In a workshop led by prominent Washington, D.C., urban development consultant Steve Glaude, the framework examined the organization’s core values and established the priorities that will carry them [...]
Gerald Smith has been promoted to store director of Community Builders of Kansas City-owned KC Sun Fresh on Linwood, located at 3110 Wabash Ave. Smith has been with the store since it opened in 2018 as part of the Linwood Shopping Center redevelopment funded by The City of Kansas City, [...]
Robert Allen, longtime property management authority, joined Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) subsidiary EastPointe Realty (EPR). While he is new to EPR, he previously managed properties for the organization. Allen joined the team in March to lead asset management services for the organization’s growing portfolio of residential properties. “CBKC [...]
To say the Community Builders of Kansas City team was busy last year would be a vast understatement. In 2022, the organization increased its staff by seven, grew its subsidiary property management company EastPointe Realty LLC, purchased a second grocery store on the East Side and celebrated significant milestones for [...]
Anita Krasniqi, Community Builders of Kansas City’s new comptroller, grew up in Pristina, Kosovo – the country’s capital. With a population of just under 400,000, Pristina is Kosovo’s largest city by area and population. Due to its location in the center of the country, it is the economic, financial, political [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City has added four new staff members to help keep up with its recent growth. Please join us in welcoming Michael Dayton, senior advisor; Jon Hartner, development specialist; Elexa Pierson, real estate and project analyst; and JoEllen Richardson, comptroller for CBKC subsidiary EastPointe Realty. Michael Dayton [...]
EastPointe Realty, the full-service real estate brokerage firm specializing in property management and wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Builders of Kansas City, has experienced growth and expansion in the 18 months since its founding. The firm, which serves both the commercial and multi-family markets, has added St. Louis to its geographic [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City staff stayed busy in 2021 impacting underserved neighborhoods through community health and culture events as well as development projects that are transforming the landscape of the urban core. Through CBKC-hosted programs, more than 17,000 people were vaccinated; over 2,000 adults and children received free groceries, [...]
Part of the CBKC mission is to grow our organizational capacity so that we might carry out our other strategic goals – develop an entrepreneurial business model, continue to grow our financial strength, empower our community and share what we learn with others. In October, we had the opportunity to [...]
In 2019, Community Builders of Kansas City retained Steve Glaude, president of strategies based in Washington, D.C., to facilitate development of a three-year strategic plan for the organization. Its goals had measurable outcomes and timelines and addressed capacity, its business model, financial stability, empowering families and communities and communications. In [...]