Celebrate 'Most Pro-Small Biz Council' Kansas City Has Ever Witnessed?!?

Here's another important promise to track at the outset of many new politicos taking hold of power . . .

And so we ask . . .

WILL KANSAS CITY'S REPUTATION FOR SMALL BIZ HOSTILITY ENJOY TURNAROUND?!?

So far we notice good intentions that might or might not match up with a litany of restrictions, taxes and construction nightmares confronting local merchants and small time biz people.

Here's the bright side of the story . . .

(Mayor) Lucas also has a goal of filing 7,500 new business permits each year by 2027. In 2022, there were 5,149 new business permits filed. In 2018, the city filed 4,814 new business permits.

“I think this will probably be the most pro-business council that we’ve ever had, and by pro-business, I mean pro-small business,” Lucas said. “… We realize that there are thousands of jobs in Kansas City, thousands of new jobs, that will grow and build a future for this city; and they’re not in gigantic buildings or ones that would splash on the cover of the newspaper.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

In second term, Mayor Q says he'll help get City Hall out of entrepreneurs' way

Days after his inauguration, Mayor Quinton Lucas predicted KCMO would see it's most pro-small business council ever. "We realize that there are thousands of jobs in Kansas City, thousands of new jobs, that will grow and build a future for this city; and they're not in gigantic buildings or ones that would splash on the cover of the newspaper."