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John Deere to build in Corporate Ridge in Olatheposted 9/5/2008
John Deere will build a 120,150-sq.-ft., state-of-the-art marketing and sales ce...[READ MORE]

City to have hearing on annexing small pockets of unincorporated land posted 9/2/2008
At its Sept. 16 meeting, the Olathe City Council will hold an official public he...[READ MORE]

Olathe Ford Chamber After Hours Sept. 18posted 9/1/2008
Olathe Ford Lincoln Mercury will host an Olathe Chamber After Hours and VIP Nigh...[READ MORE]

Heart to Heart seeking funds to provide backpacks to childrenposted 8/31/2008
Heart to Heart International is seeking funds to purchase 1,500 additional backp...[READ MORE]

El Centro opens in downtown Olathe with mission to help Latino residentsposted 8/30/2008
El Centro, an organization based in Wyandotte County that’s dedicated to helping...[READ MORE]

Patriot's Run to be held in Olathe Sept. 11 to commemorate 9/11posted 8/29/2008
The Patriot's Run, an event that commemorates the tragic events of Sept. 11, 200...[READ MORE]

METI-Man human simulator to help with training at OMCposted 8/28/2008
Olathe Medical Center (OMC) admitted a new patient yesterday (Aug. 27), and unli...[READ MORE]

Winners of Chamber gold tourney announcedposted 8/27/2008
Winners of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic held Friday were as follo...[READ MORE]

Cedar Lake, Hoeger House start $17.5 million expansion posted 8/26/2008
In addition to the $20.85 million construction project announced last month for ...[READ MORE]

JCCC to host Current U.S. Issues series posted 8/25/2008
Johnson County Community College will host Current U.S. Issues from 1:30-3 p.m. ...[READ MORE]

Johnson County Bureau of KC Star moves to Olatheposted 8/24/2008
The Johnson County Bureau of the Kansas City Star has moved its office from Over...[READ MORE]

LifePointe Church to open at 151st and Mur-Lenposted 8/23/2008
LifePointe Church will open its doors in Olathe with a grand opening celebration...[READ MORE]

Hidden Glen Arts Festival to celebrate 20th year Sept. 13 & 14posted 8/19/2008
The 20th Anniversary Hidden Glen Arts Festival will be held at Cedar Creek (K-10...[READ MORE]

CNBC ranks Kansas as 11th for being business friendlyposted 8/18/2008
CNBC has ranked Kansas the eleventh most business-friendly state in the country—...[READ MORE]

City’s Aquafest offers family fun todayposted 8/16/2008
Hundreds of people are expected today (Aug. 16) at Cedar Lake Park, 15500 S. Lon...[READ MORE]

City to honor Opus Northwest tonightposted 8/15/2008
Opus Northwest will be presented with a Community Pride Award at the City Counci...[READ MORE]

Smoothie Factory opening soon in Olatheposted 8/14/2008
Smoothie Factory, a health and wellness café, will be opening around the first o...[READ MORE]

New stagecoach sculpture to be dedicated at Mahaffie Thursdayposted 8/12/2008
On Thursday, Aug. 14, at 5:30 p.m., the Olathe’s Sesquicentennial Committee will...[READ MORE]

Construction on After School Judo Academy to begin soonposted 8/11/2008
Construction on the After School Judo Academy will begin soon at 15320 S. Cornic...[READ MORE]

JCCC implements diversity initiativeposted 8/10/2008
Johnson County Community College has implemented the division of Diversity, Equi...[READ MORE]

Fifteen Chamber members among top100 fastest growing companiesposted 8/9/2008
As yet another reflection of Olathe’s thriving economy and business-friendly cli...[READ MORE]

Convergys honored for hiring practicesposted 8/8/2008
Convergys Corp. has been recognized as a leader in the hiring of people with phy...[READ MORE]

Garmin expansion underwayposted 8/7/2008
Garmin's most recent expansion of its Ridgeview campus revolves around manufactu...[READ MORE]

New Ridgeview Corporate Center earns final plat approvalposted 8/6/2008
The Block Company received final plat approval yesterday from the Olathe City Co...[READ MORE]

Kessinger-Hunter second 600,000 sq.ft. warehouse before City Councilposted 8/5/2008
Kessinger-Hunter will go before the City Council this evening for approval of ap...[READ MORE]

Houlihan's opens in Olathe todayposted 8/4/2008
Houlihan’s opens its Olathe restaurant today at 16411 W. 119th St., north of Bas...[READ MORE]

Smoothie Factory store to open in Olathe Pointeposted 7/30/2008
Smoothie Factory, a franchise of smoothie restaurants headquartered in Richardso...[READ MORE]

Chamber joins push for transportation programsposted 7/30/2008
To accommodate the growth that makes Olathe the 24th fastest-growing city in th...[READ MORE]

Business Lunch to focus on votingposted 7/29/2008
The third in the Chamber’s quarterly Business Lunch Series will address the imp...[READ MORE]

Grundfos at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijingposted 7/27/2008
Grundfos is a major supplier to the architects, consulting engineers, contractor...[READ MORE]

Gardens at Creekside opens for residents 55 year plusposted 7/26/2008
To celebrate completion of the Gardens of Creekside, Overland Property Group is ...[READ MORE]

Heritage Lab expands in Olatheposted 7/25/2008
Heritage Lab, an insurance industry testing laboratory and service facility curr...[READ MORE]

ProCare Chiropractic, Acupunture, & Rehabilitation opening Aug. 13posted 7/24/2008
ProCARE Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Rehabilitation will open in three weeks a...[READ MORE]

Muscle Max Sports Nutrition Store to open July 24posted 7/23/2008
Kansas’ first Max Muscle Sports Nutrition store will open at 14967 W 119th St. i...[READ MORE]

City to host July 30 Development Forumposted 7/22/2008
The City of Olathe will host its sixth Development Forum on Wednesday, July 30, ...[READ MORE]

Six Olathe Starbucks sites survive corporate cutsposted 7/21/2008
After announcing that it would close 600 underperforming stores across the count...[READ MORE]

Cyclists in Olathe today to shine light on disabilitiesposted 7/20/2008
A team of 28 members from Push America will pedal into Olathe along K-7 Highway ...[READ MORE]

New optometry practice opens in Ridgeview Fallsposted 7/19/2008
Ridgeview Eye Care, a full-scope optometry practice with optical dispensary, has...[READ MORE]

National Track & Field tournament brings hundreds to Olathe today and tomorrowposted 7/18/2008
Olathe will benefit from increased traffic in Olathe hotels, restaurants, and bu...[READ MORE]

Pier 17 restaurant opens in Olatheposted 7/17/2008
A new family-owned and operated restaurant, Pier 17, has opened at 13415 S. Blac...[READ MORE]

Five Star After Hours at Cedar Creek tonightposted 7/16/2008
Join the Olathe Chamber at a "Five Star After Hours" at Cedar Creek Swim and Rac...[READ MORE]

Olathe on America's "Best Places to Live" listposted 7/15/2008
Not only is Olathe the 24th fastest growing city in the United State, according ...[READ MORE]

Olathe 24th fastest growing city in the nationposted 7/14/2008
In new population estimates released late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau list...[READ MORE]

Jersey Mike's to open July 16 in Prairie Trails Westposted 7/13/2008
Jersey Mike's Subs is opening July 16 at Black Bob and 151st Street in Prairie T...[READ MORE]

Four new Olathe trails in different stages of developmentposted 7/12/2008
The City is in the process of adding four new 10-foot wide, asphalt bicycle/pede...[READ MORE]

Aug. 5 Primary worthy of your attentionposted 7/11/2008
In addition to voting for Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the A...[READ MORE]

OHS to open Gardner Occupational Medicine Clinicposted 7/10/2008
Olathe Health System, Inc. (OHSI) has announced the opening of its newest clinic...[READ MORE]

Garmin sponsors elite Tour de France teamposted 7/9/2008
With the Tour de France underway, Olathe GPS giant Garmin is receiving great int...[READ MORE]

Hy-Vee okayed for 151st and Black Bobposted 7/8/2008
Hy-Vee earned the Olathe City Council's approval recently to construct a store o...[READ MORE]

First Watch to open in Olathe Station Shopping Centerposted 7/7/2008
First Watch will be opening a restaurant in Olathe Station Shopping Center, 1528...[READ MORE]

Elecsys named among fastest growing small businessesposted 7/6/2008
Fortune Small Business magazine has listed Elecsys 84th among the 100 fastest gr...[READ MORE]

City to offer community shredding opportunityposted 7/5/2008
The City of Olathe and Cintas will offer Olathe residents another opportunity to...[READ MORE]

Personal use of fireworks prohibited in Olatheposted 7/4/2008
The City of Olathe urges you to celebrate your patriotism safely with Olathe's f...[READ MORE]

Forbes ranks Johnson County, among Best Places to Raise a Familyposted 7/3/2008
In its list of “America’s Best Places to Raise a Family,” Forbes has listed John...[READ MORE]

Olathe Chamber second largest in metro areaposted 7/2/2008
The Kansas City Business Journal again this year ranks the Olathe Chamber of Com...[READ MORE]

Continued growth prompts Garmin to add 80,000 square feet posted 7/1/2008
Olathe's giant in the GPS industry, Garmin International is growing so rapidly t...[READ MORE]

Chamber supports County sales tax, opposes change in judicial selectionposted 6/30/2008
The Board of Directors of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce has adopted positions o...[READ MORE]

City provides direct phones for light, sign concernsposted 6/29/2008
To help make services more accessible to citizens, the City of Olathe has put in...[READ MORE]

Personal fireworks prohibited in Olathe; public display July 4posted 6/28/2008
The City of Olathe urges you to celebrate your patriotism safely with Olathe's f...[READ MORE]

Concert in the Park cancelled tonight; two others left in seriesposted 6/27/2008
Based on the high probability of rain or thunderstorms, tonight's Summer Concert...[READ MORE]

Mahaffie Event to celebrate Fourth of July Holiday posted 6/26/2008
Bring a picnic lunch and celebrate Independence Day at the Mahaffie Stagecoach S...[READ MORE]

Chamber Golf Classic set for Aug. 22. Register now.posted 6/25/2008
Mark your calendar for the Chamber’s Aug. 22 Golf Classic at 8 a.m. at Prairie H...[READ MORE]

Kevin Rauckman, Garmin, CFO of the Year for public companiesposted 6/24/2008
Kevin Rauckman, Garmin International, was selected yesterday by the Kansas City ...[READ MORE]

VoteOlathe seeks employer help to encourage votingposted 6/22/2008
To increase voting in Olathe, which historically generates one of the lowest vot...[READ MORE]

National Track & Field tourney to attract hundreds July 18, 19posted 6/19/2008
The USATF National Club Track and Field Champions will be held in Olathe July 18...[READ MORE]

City Council Approves Hotel / Conference Center Agreementposted 6/18/2008
The Olathe City Council approved the development agreement on Tuesday night that...[READ MORE]

VoteOlathe efforts gearing up for November electionposted 6/18/2008
To increase voting in Olathe, which historically generates one of the lowest vo...[READ MORE]

2008 Downtown Sculpture Exhibit and receptionposted 6/17/2008
A reception to kick off the City of Olathe’s 2008 Downtown Sculpture Exhibit wil...[READ MORE]

New pizzeria in Neapolitan tradition opens todayposted 6/16/2008
Spin Neapolitan Pizza opens today at 14230 W. 119th St. in the Shops of Avignon....[READ MORE]

Advanced Chiropractic and Rehab opens in Olatheposted 6/14/2008
Advanced Chiropractic & Rehab, LLC, a chiropractic and manual therapy clinic, ha...[READ MORE]

Heartland Community Church buys Rhodes Furniture buildingposted 6/13/2008
An Overland Park Church, Heartland Community Church, has purchased the former Rh...[READ MORE]

Olathe encourages revitalization of downtown with new programposted 6/12/2008
The City of Olathe is implementing a creative new program, the Neighborhood Revi...[READ MORE]

Four Chamber members honored as “Women Who Mean Business”posted 6/11/2008
Four Chamber members--two of them Executive Committee members--are among 25 wome...[READ MORE]

Shopping Center, retail convention will yield Olathe projectsposted 6/10/2008
Two members of the Chamber’s EDC staff—Executive Vice President Tim McKee and Di...[READ MORE]

Relocate America lists Olathe among top 100 citiesposted 6/9/2008
Relocate America has listed Olathe as among the 100 Top Places to Live in the Un...[READ MORE]

Leadership Olathe Alumni Association formingposted 6/8/2008
Over the past 27 years, the Olathe Chamber of Commerce has prepared hundreds of ...[READ MORE]

Cottage Rose Tea and Treasures opens in Olatheposted 6/7/2008
Cottage Rose Tea and Treasures has opened in Olathe behind City Hall. Located a...[READ MORE]

Olathe Medical Center Kicks Off Expansion Projectposted 6/4/2008
Olathe Medical Center (OMC) has kicked off a $20.85 million construction project...[READ MORE]

Free Concerts in the Park start May 30 posted 5/30/2008
The City of Olathe annual concerts in the park series will kick off May 30 and f...[READ MORE]

Farmers' Market to open on Wednesdays and Saturdaysposted 5/28/2008
Soon residents will be able to purchase fresh produce, flowers, herbs and baked...[READ MORE]

Kansas Rush Soccer/Chamber bring national championship to Olathe posted 5/27/2008
More than 1,600 soccer players from 110 teams from across the country will visit...[READ MORE]

Banks set to open new locations in Olathe posted 5/26/2008
Four banks have recently opened offices in Olathe or are on the verge of doing s...[READ MORE]

Chamber member contractors earn AGC awards posted 5/25/2008
A number of Olathe Chamber member companies were among the contractors honored M...[READ MORE]

OMS’s Miami County Med Center awardedposted 5/24/2008
Miami County Medical Center — a part of the Olathe Medical Systems — recently wo...[READ MORE]

Kansas receives Silver Shovel Award posted 5/24/2008
For the third straight year, Area Development magazine has named Kansas the winn...[READ MORE]

Americana Jubilee to celebrate Olathe's diversity June 7posted 5/23/2008
Americana Jubilee, designed as a celebration of Olathe’s multicultural heritage,...[READ MORE]

Brownback to visit Olathe with town hall meeting May 27posted 5/22/2008
The economy, energy, and the environment will be among the topics covered at a t...[READ MORE]

I-35 near Lone Elm to close for bridge demolitionposted 5/21/2008
I-35 will be closed to traffic from 175th St. to 169 Highway beginning at 10 p.m...[READ MORE]

Wal-Mart grand opening events this weekposted 5/19/2008
To celebrate its grand opening, Olathe’s new 204,000-sq.-ft. Wal-Mart Super Cent...[READ MORE]

Bank of the Prairie opens in Olatheposted 5/17/2008
Bank of the Prairie has opened at 23600 College Boulevard in Olathe (Hwy. 7 and ...[READ MORE]

Garmin tops list of top performing companies in regionposted 5/16/2008
Garmin International has earned the top spot in the the Kansas City Star’s <...[READ MORE]

Chamber qualifies to compete for ACCE “Chamber of the Year” Awardposted 5/15/2008
The Olathe Chamber was one of 40 chambers in its size category nationwide to qua...[READ MORE]

Olathe attractions offer special for Olathe Tourism Day May 17posted 5/14/2008
Be a visitor in your own home town! To illustrate the importance of tourism and ...[READ MORE]

Kansas named one of nation's 10 most competitive states in developmentposted 5/13/2008
Site Selection magazine has named Kansas one of the nation’s 10 most competitive...[READ MORE]

CVB plans activities to tout tourism this weekposted 5/12/2008
The Olathe Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is upping the ...[READ MORE]

Chamber supports South Metro Parkwayposted 5/11/2008
Recognizing the need for a better transportation infrastructure in rapidly growi...[READ MORE]

Leadership Olathe grad dinner May 15; Lt. Gov. to speakposted 5/10/2008
Lt. Governor Mark Parkinson will speak at the Olathe Chamber of Commerce 2008 Le...[READ MORE]

Olathe earns AA+ bond rating from Standard and Poor posted 5/9/2008
Citing Olathe’s strong financial management, continued economic diversification ...[READ MORE]

Experience “visual living” at new exhibit at the Deaf Cultural Center posted 5/8/2008
A new deaf environment exhibit at the Deaf Cultural Center’s Museum of Deaf Hist...[READ MORE]

Chamber qualifies to compete for ACCE 'Best Chamber' awardposted 5/7/2008
The Olathe Chamber of Commerce has qualified to enter the 2008 Chamber of the Ye...[READ MORE]

Kansas among nation’s “Top 10 Pro-Business States”posted 5/1/2008
Kansas is business-friendly, according to a new study released earlier this mont...[READ MORE]

Olathe Chamber first Kansas chamber to earn Five-Star Accreditationposted 3/5/2008
Top designation places Olathe Chamber in top 1 percent in nation
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Pandemic Flu Planning, provided for businesses and individualsposted 5/30/2006
In efforts to bolster its preparedness for public health (in particular, pandemi...[READ MORE]