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Title: Picture Perfect: ETC Institute
Description: Photo (of owner Elaine Ttham) and article about the ETC Institute, established in 1982 as a market research firm in Olathe, Kansas.
Date: 2001-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Business of Politics: Consultants Play an Important Role in the Process
Description: Article about the important role of political consultants in Kansas City businesses, etc.
Date: 2000-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Going Global: Unlocking the Mysteries and Getting the Riches of the International Marketplace
Description: Article about the global operations of Kansas City area businesses via the Internet, etc.
Date: 2000-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Picture Perfect: TradeNet Publishing
Description: Photo (of co-owner Thomas Mertz) and article about TradeNet Publishing Incorporated, founded in 1986 as a manufacturer of advertising specialties such as refrigerator magnets, etc. in Gardner, Kansas.
Date: 2001-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A New Frontier
Description: Photos, map, and article about the continuing and managed growth of urbanization in Johnson County, Kansas suburbs, especially along 119th Street, with shopping centers, residences, and coordinated automobile traffic along I-435, I-35, and Highway 69, etc.
Date: 2001-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Rollin' on the River: Greater Kansas City and Its Neighbors along the Missouri River Grapple with How to Best Use and Preserve both the River and Its Inhabitants
Description: Second of a two-part series of articles with photo (of a barge in the river) and description of matters relating to the Missouri River including transportation (navigation), flood prevention, pollution, and irrigation. Discussion on proposed changes in the river's channel flow by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and its positive effects on wildlife but negative effects on industries and farmers, etc., and brief history of the river channel modification including the Army Corps of Engineers and the "Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944," etc.
Date: 2001-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Picture Perfect: Schroer Manufacturing Co.
Description: Photo (of the Donohue family co-owners) and article about the Schroer Manufacturing Company, established by Karl Schroer and Gary Schroer in 1927 as a metal manufacturing shop (making metal veterinary supplies, etc.) in the Armourdale industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 2001-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Publishing: More than Black & White
Description: Photos (of prominent Kansas City publishers Art Brisbane, Joyce Hayhow, and Guy Townsend) and article about the publishing industry in Kansas City. Discussion on the industry's changing business climate with consolidation of different types of media and peristence of the printed word in cooperation with use of the Internet, etc.
Date: 2000-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bringing Science to Life
Description: Photos and article about the life sciences complex planned in the Greater Kansas City area, directed at biotechnology research and medical education, etc., and to be composed of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the Midwest Research Institute, and various local hospitals, businesses, scientists, and universities.
Date: 2001-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Geographic Spotlight: Where the Springs Are Blue
Description: Photos and article about the steady growth of the Jackson County town of Blue Springs, Missouri west of Kansas City (and Independence) on I-70. Description of the town's 30-year growth spurt and continuing struggle to attract businesses without damaging the aesthetics and health of its traditional neighborhoods, etc.
Date: 2001-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Crossing the Mighty Mo: Gridlock, Not Bridges, Connects the Northland to the Rest of Kansas City
Description: Photos and article about the problems in traffic congestion across the Missouri River bridges (Broadway Bridge, Paseo Bridge, Chouteau Bridge, and Heart of America Bridge) connecting the Northland and the rest of Greater Kansas City. Description of needs for additional and improved bridges, better urban planning, and better access via arterial streets and highways, etc.
Date: 2001-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Down by the River
Description: Photos, map, and article about the resurgence (especially since urban renewal in the 1990s centering around the City Market and Delaware Street) of the River Market, the site of the original Town of Kansas (early Kansas City also called Westport Landing or the Levee) in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri north of Independence Avenue and between Highway 9 and Highway 169. Photos or descriptions of several businesses taking part in the renaissance including the River Market Brewing Company and Planters Seed Company, etc."Far from the homogeny and calculated cul-de-sacs of the suburbs, the River Market serves up a daily medley of urban delights seasoned with the disparate cultures of Amish farmers, Somali immigrants, tech-savvy young entrepreneurs and rugged city sages such as Joe" (p. 39). "The River Market's rapid growth during the last six years turned an area once infamous as a nest of unlawful enterprise and adult entertainment into a bedroom community and social hub for progressive urbanites" (p. 41).
Date: 2001-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

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