To help facilitate a more profitable and secure year, here are some tasks for you to consider.

State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has awarded Liquid Soap Products of Lee’s Summit a $428,000 low-interest loan through the Missouri Linked Deposit Program.

Developing good people skills isn’t rocket science, said Kay Saunders, CEO of Bellewether, a Lee’s Summit-based management consulting firm.

The Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce conducted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Dec. 14 at the new Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill.

Candid, a full-service marketing and communications firm in Lee’s Summit, has been inducted into the 25 Under 25 Program Class of 2012.

For the past 19 years, I’ve been helping professionals and business people sound like they know what they’re saying so associates, clients and other stakeholders will take them seriously and take appropriate action more readily. Four months ago, I moved my office from downtown Kansas City to Lee’s Summit to get closer to my home, in Greenwood, and my grandchildren.

The AARP Tax-Aide program, a free tax preparation service for taxpayers with middle and low incomes, particularly those 60 and older, is seeking volunteers.

I have said in this space before, and it has been said many times elsewhere, that someone getting a judgment against you is a bad thing.

The following is a listing of all business updates reported by Lee’s Summit City Hall for the month of November.

The Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce conducted two recent ribbon cuttings for member businesses.

Red-light cameras have become an increasingly popular public safety tool in cities across the country. They raise revenue by giving people what amounts to a parking ticket for their car being in an intersection while the light is red. The cameras are operated by private companies that split revenues with the cities that hire them.

The Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce highlighted the spirit of entrepreneurship by hosting the Fifth Annual Entrepreneurs in Motion Breakfast Nov. 15 at the University of Central Missouri’s Lee’s Summit campus.

The following is a complete listing of all business updates reported by Lee’s Summit City Hall for the month of October.

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