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Assistant Chief Engineer & Facilities Operations Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs | Commander 1st of the 161st Field Artillery Battalion | Kansas Army National Guard | Age: 39
Marketing Relationship Manager | Advisors Excel | Age: 33
Administrative Director of Performance Improvement and Quality | Stormont Vail Health | Age: 37
General Counsel | League of Kansas Municipalities | Age: 34
Director of Risk Management & Support Services | Family Service & Guidance Center of Topeka, Inc. | Age: 35
Manager | The Brownstone | Owner and Managing Director | The Milestone Market | Age: 30
“For us, the important thing was to have the yard space, but also have space to grow,” Brent Boles continued. “We doubled our total acreage and we doubled our total office space.”
Enough was enough. Despite the sentimentality of a first office, and irrespective of all the manual upkeep labor poured into the space over the years, Dr. Ben Rutherford knew it was time for a change.
The leadership at Jeremiah Bullfrogs knew the move was a long time coming.
If asked to describe in one word the past year that Dr. Ekwensi Griffith and his medical practice, NewHealth Kansas, have experienced, one might land on ‘serendipitous.’
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Productivity hasn’t been an issue for Cunningham. In fact, she says it is more productive working from home because she no longer has all of the daily interruptions.
In light of our current economic situation, many companies have been flexible allowing employees to work from home which has helped them avoid loss of business and continue to provide a high level of customer service.
On April Fool’s Day, Scott Hunsicker, owner and president of Kansas Financial Resources, called several local businesses offering to buy $3,000 to $5,000 in $50 gift cards. Fortunately for incredulous business owners, the magnanimous gesture was no joke.
“Without a strong foundation of small businesses, a community could just crumble,” said Washington. “Our business owners have been so grateful for the lifeline these grants have provided to help them pay their rent and other bills and save their employees’ jobs.”
Since reopening May 4, Chuckburger, a 65-year-old drive- thru, walk-up restaurant in East Topeka, has seen “lots of new faces and experienced the best five days of sales” in the 20 years that John Benedict has owned the establishment.
“It’s always satisfying to help someone else out, and you never know when you’re going to be the next one who needs assistance,” he said. “We never imagined this pandemic would happen and we really appreciate the efforts of people in the community willing to help us out.”
With taxes due and “an avalanche of things to juggle,” Albrecht said the funds from the HOST program and other sources “arrived just in time to let us see a little light at the end of the tunnel.”
