DelReese Mays is passionate about building a fun, inclusive and collaborative workplace culture, so it comes as no surprise that she is Community Builders of Kansas City’s new human resources specialist. Patty Kurth was looking for a purpose-driven organization where she could make a difference. She brings more than [...]
EastPointe Realty, established in November 2020 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC), will double the number of multi-family properties under its management in its first full year of operation. As a full-service real estate brokerage firm specializing in property management, EastPointe serves the [...]
Irving Blue, Community Builders of Kansas City’s (CBKC) new senior real estate analyst, has history with the organization, its mission and with Emmet Pierson, Jr., its CEO. While he joins CBKC to provide asset management services to the organization’s growing portfolio of residential and commercial properties, 20 some years [...]
On June 30, 2020, Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) will become the owner/operator of Sun Fresh on Blue Parkway following the retirement of the current operator. While the COVID-19 pandemic will dictate aspects of the transition process, CBKC’s commitment is to develop over time a best-in-class grocery store [...]
You’ve heard the saying “it takes money to make money.” It’s true. For all the good that Community Builders of Kansas City is doing and wants to continue doing into the future, it needs resources, and funding for projects on Kansas City’s East Side can be challenging. “We have [...]
Organizational capacity is the foundation of CBKC’s strategy, requiring a strong, committed and experienced team to deliver on its ambitious plan outcomes. While Weatherford’s CFO role is not new, Schultz adds capacity in CBKC’s urban planning, public policy and stakeholder engagement initiatives and Langenkamp fills a new role in [...]
Two of the nation’s largest foundations, J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, joined Kansas City’s LISC (Local Initiative Support Corporation) in providing $400,000 to seed CBKC’s organizational capacity and other goals. CBKC is the first Kansas City-area recipient of Chase’s PRO (Partnerships for Raising Opportunity) in [...]