Lee's Summit Economic Development Council
Lee's Summit Economic Development Council
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MissOuri ChaMBEr Of COMMErCE fast traCk awarD<br />
Kids aren’t the only ones playing on a fast track at Paradise Park. Congratulations go to Jon Ellis,<br />
President & CEO of Paradise Park and Vice Chairman of LSEDC for receiving the 2006 Fast Track Award<br />
from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce at its November 16 meeting in St. Louis. The award is given to<br />
some of the state’s fastest growing companies.<br />
KC Business Journal awarDs<br />
Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> Businesses were well represented in three 2006 Award categories from the Kansas City<br />
Business Journal.<br />
The Capstone Award for architectural and design excellence honored Longview Elementary School,<br />
designed by the Hollis and Miller Group; New Longview developed by Gale Communities, Inc.; and the<br />
new McCown Gordon company headquarters<br />
Patti Aspenleiter, former Vice President of ViraCor Laboratories and Vicki Henderson, Senior Vice<br />
President of <strong>Summit</strong> Bank of Kansas City were among the Business Journal’s 2006 Twenty-Five Women<br />
Who Mean Business. Previous Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> recipients of the award are Kathy Bennett, CEO of Bennett<br />
Packaging; Diane Seif, President of DVA Enterprises, Inc.; and Jo Anne Gabbert of Adams-Gabbert &<br />
Associates.<br />
R&D Tool and Engineering, Inc., has broken into the Business Journal’s Top 25 Area Manufacturers. The<br />
ranking is based on number of employees, of which R&D has 225 locally and 300 worldwide. CEO Rex<br />
Luchtel’s firm manufactures tools and blow molds for the plastics-packaging industry.<br />
Associated General Contractors honored several projects managed by LSEDC investors Turner<br />
Construction, Co.; JE Dunn Construction; Walton Construction; A.L. Huber General Contractors, Fogel<br />
Anderson Construction Co. and Haren Laughlin Construction.<br />
Locally, The Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award went to LSEDC’s Vice<br />
Chair Jon Ellis’ company Paradise Park. LSEDC investor Bank of Lee’s <strong>Summit</strong> was one of the five finalists.<br />
Over 100 regional developers, brokers,<br />
community leaders and economic development<br />
allies teed off at Adams Dairy Farm Golf Club in<br />
September for another successful golf outing.<br />
Participants enjoyed the opportunity for relaxed,<br />
one-on-one time to enjoy the outdoors and<br />
discuss the emergence of Eastern Jackson<br />
County as a prime economic development<br />
region. LSEDC’s Jim Devine serves as chairman<br />
of the Eastern Jackson County Marketing<br />
Alliance which sponsors the annual golf<br />
invitational.
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