Lee's Summit Town Hall

This is Dr. Blake Fry

Before moving to the world of Chambers of Commerce, he spent 20 years in higher education. The marketing and economic development work on behalf of a university helped prepare him for his second career as an advocate and resource-builder for the business community. And as of August of this year, he is the new President of the Lee’s Summit Chamber. This is Dr. Blake Fry.

Eating wings for the greater good

You read that right. This week is your opportunity to eat some wings and do some good. Lee’s Summit attorney Chris Turney joins the show to talk about his Wings 4 Water charity event taking place Thursday night in the parking lot at Bridge Space in downtown Lee’s Summit. Before Jason and Nick get to the wings, though, they talk a little about a proposed office development in downtown Lee’s Summit and how the developer has made changes to the plan based on feedback from area residents, property owners and other stakeholders.

Looking forward and celebrating arts in our schools

It’s Arts in Education week. Nick and Jason sit down with Jeannine Akins and Aimee Fresia, of the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, to talk about the role the arts play in our schools, as well as some of the programming going on in the district. But before they get there, the guys point out some upcoming opportunities for residents to make their voices heard on the future of our City.

An entrepreneurial dream takes flight

We're a day late with this week's episode. But we have a good reason. We wanted to record live from a cool new development in town. Wednesday night, Jason and Nick attended the launch party for the new Bridge Space Lee's Summit. The downtown-based entrepreneurial hub and coworking space has been the dream of local business owner Ben Rao for several years. This week, the dream became reality. During the party, the duo grabbed Ben, and some of the guests (including Mayor Bill Baird), to talk about the space and what it could mean for the continued growth of the city.

This is Ric Gordon

He's a painter, singer, producer and songwriter. He's president of a Kansas City-based indie record label — Russian Winter Records. And he's probably a familiar face for those frequenting downtown Lee's Summit's Farmers Market and Fourth Friday Art Walk events. This is Ric Gordon.

A light week

This is a light week as we head into the Labor Day weekend. But before we all take advantage of the extra day off, Jason and Nick take a look at one of the discussions from last week's City Council meeting before filling you in on some upcoming local events.

Knock-knock... Housekeeping

Jason and Nick take a look at some of the agenda items from Thursday's City Council meeting, including a proposed ordinance enforcing a sign-in procedure for residents wishing to address the Council and limiting those public comments to three minutes. Also, they consumed more tacos — this time from Sabor Latino Restaurant on Woods Chapel Road.

This is Chris Cook

He's been a self-proclaimed audio/video nerd since his teenage years. He's a local videographer, filmmaker and documentarian. Whether working working for a client or chasing down a pet project of his own, its a passion for storytelling that drives him toward success. He is the owner of BrainRoot Light & Sound. This is Chris Cook.

Information is always good

Jason and Nick congratulate the City on its newest effort to pass information from the City Council on to residents and take a look at Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation's newest piece of real estate. Oh, and in a surprising turn of events, the guys ate tacos again.

The results are in

Jason and Nick stayed up last night to bring you the results from Tuesday's primary and state-wide elections. And the Taco Review Board is back. This week, a trio of tacos from La Fuente on Douglas Street. Are you the proprietor of a local restaurant? Does your business make tacos? Let us know, we want eat them and tell the world all about them.