Please take a minute to look over the list below see the diversity of organizations that make up our community. The following have joined or renewed their membership for 2014 during the month of April. Thank you for your support and investment into your community.

Investors ($1,000+)
AT&T- 31 yrs
Bank Midwest, 14 yrs
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of KC- 21 yrs
Commerce Bank- 32 yrs
Muehlebach Funeral Home- 32 yrs
Research Medical Center- 32 yrs
US Bank, 32 yrs

Make room in your plans for the Upper Room this summer! The Swope Corridor Renaissance/Upper Room Inc. is a neighborhood-based non-for-profit organization providing high-quality out-of-school education programs to low-income families in the urban area of Kansas City, MO. Their mission is “Education for Life.”

Purge your home of antifreeze, batteries, oil, paint, tires (ABOPT) and brush, leaves, and electronics (ABLE) on Saturday, June 7th from 8a-noon at the Robert Mohart Center, 3200 Wayne (just east of Paseo). Household waste only, no businesses. Proof of residency is required for tires, leaves and brush. Space is limited. First come, first served.

Monthly Luncheon

Wednesday, May 21, 11:45am
Guest Speaker: Dr, Hamila Farah, Global Health Chiropracic
Location: Wornall Rd. Baptist Church, 400 W. Meyer Blvd.

The 18th annual Southtown Business Exchange provided another great opportunity for people throughout the metropolitan area to meet and network. The first “Springboard to Success” event (as it was originally called) was held at the Landing Mall. Over time, the event moved to St. John’s Center, then to Cleveland Chiropractic College and now was held at Alphapointe at 75th and Prospect.

The Mary L. Kelly Community Center opened three months ago in the once vacant Graceland Elementary School at 2803 E. 51st St. The center was made possible by a donation from Joe and Jeanne Brandmeyer. They named the facility after Mary L. Kelly, a long-time resident and former president of Town Fork Creek Neighborhood (TFC).