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With 2,545 jobs added, and more than $260 million in new investment, 2018’s project announcements reflect the nation’s growth in eCommerce, and the desire to move shared services to more affordable markets.

Overstock.com’s selection of KC for expansion and a recent Forbes’ story on KC led national headlines for the KC region.

KCADC held its 42nd Annual Meeting, Leading For All, with more than 1,700 of KC's top corporate and civic influencers in attendance. More than 410 individuals used #KCLeads in approximately 891 posts, resulting in 2.3 million impressions.

KCADC is committing $1 Million already invested in the organization to research, build and launch a new global identity for KC. Read more on the Why, How and What.

Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Kansas on the announcement that Overstock.com, one of the world’s largest online home goods and furniture retailers, will open a new distribution center.

Congratulations to our partners in Lenexa on the announcement that Turn5, a leading eCommerce retailer, will open a new distribution center, creating 100 jobs in a 365,000-sq.-ft. facility at 17700-17790 College Boulevard.

Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Missouri, on the announcement that Glass, Lewis & Co., a San Francisco-based leading independent provider of global governance services, will open a new worldwide corporate research solutions center.

Congratulations to our partners in Lenexa on the announcement that Convey Health Solutions, a leading provider of specialized healthcare technology and services for the government-sponsored markets, will open a new distribution facility.

KCADC traveled to The Big Apple with Visit KC to co-host NYC business, lifestyle and travel journalists, and give them a taste of Kansas City’s food, cocktail, coffee, maker and music scenes.

There are just three months left to book your flight on Icelandair and enjoy the KC region’s first ever non-stop transatlantic air service.