As a Kansas City native I could talk all day about this great town! It is a little bit of everything, so make sure you are ready for change!   

The biggest change and most exciting thing happening right now is the new Kansas City Power and Light district.  

Kansas City is home to the Kansas City Chiefs & Kansas City Royals.

The region is broken up into several different areas, including north of the river (North Kansas City, Kansas City, Gladstone, Liberty, Smithville, and Parkville), River Market, Downtown, and Crown Center, Country Club Plaza and Westport, east metro area (Independence, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, Odessa), and the growing Kansas side of the state line (Kansas City, Overland Park, Lenexa, Leawood, Roeland Park, Mission, Shawnee Mission, DeSoto, Spring Hill, Louisburg.) 

Employers of the area include Sprint Nextel Corporation, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Applebee’s International Inc., AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., H&R Block, Inc., Garmin Ltd., Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., YRC Worldwide, Inc., DST Systems, Inc., Interstate Bakeries Corporation, Black & Veatch Holding Company, Embarq Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Cerner Corporation, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., KCP&L, Russell Stover Candies Inc., American Century Companies, Inc., Seaboard Corporation, Yellow Transportation, Inc., Waddell and Reed Financial, Inc., Ply Gem Industries, Inc., Butler Manufacturing Company, NovaStar Financial, Inc., HNTB Companies, Commerce Bancshares, Inc., American Italian Pasta Company, Bank Midwest, Americo Life, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Helzberg Diamonds, Burns & McDonnell, Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Government Employees Health Association, Inc., and so many others!  

Hospitals around the area include Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Saint Luke’s Health System, Hospital Corporation of America, Inc. (HCA), Carondelet Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, North Kansas City Hospital, Liberty Hospital, and many other clinics and outpatient facilities.  

Major colleges and universities around the area include: Avila University, Baker University, Friends University, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, Metropolitan Community College, MidAmerica Nazarene University, Park University, Rockhurst University, University of Kansas – Edwards Campus, University of Missouri – Kansas City, and William Jewell College. 

It's a great place to call home!