Caffeine and Chlorophyll

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Opening

Café Equinox is Coming Soon to Family Tree Nursery in Liberty

One of Kansas City’s greenest coffee shops is coming to the Northland! Café Equinox will open its third metro location inside of Family Tree Nursery in Liberty.

• Caffeine & Chlorophyll: Café Equinox operates from within the greenhouses, providing a lush, green environment for chatting, studying, or sipping on a Peppermint Mocha. The shop serves coffee from local roaster Thou Mayest, baked goods from Heirloom Bakery & Hearth and Mud Pie Vegan Bakery, as well as a variety of other non-coffee drink options.

• Planting Roots: This new location will complete the trifecta for Family Tree Nursery, which will now operate Café Equinox shops out of all three greenhouses in the metro. The others can be found in Shawnee (7036 Nieman Road) and Overland Park (8424 Farley Street).

Café Equinox Liberty is expected to open in early 2025.

Sports

Kansas Athletics Strikes NIL Partnership With Local Ad Agency

The University of Kansas Athletics program has partnered with Walz Tetrick Advertising, a Kansas City-based advertising agency, to launch a new NIL program.

• Taking Flight: The partnership, called Flight, is an innovative new program that will provide opportunities for Kansas athletes to enhance their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). It will help connect Jayhawks with commercial endorsement opportunities and work with Kansas' current multimedia rights partner, Learfield.

• Rock Chalk: Walz Tetrick is a full-service advertising and marketing agency based in Mission and is one of the largest media buyers in the midwest. They were named the 2024 Small Business of the Year by the KC Chamber, and will work alongside the KU Athletic Department to connect athletes to powerful brand partners.

Learn more about Flight and how you can support the Jayhawks HERE. 

Food and Drink

Gaia Masala & Burger Coming Soon to Westport

A Colorado-based restaurant will open its first out-of-state location in Kansas City.

• KC or Bust: Gaia Masala & Burger was founded in Boulder, CO in 2019, serving a fusion of American, Indian, and Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant currently has four locations across Colorado, with another in the works in Fort Collins. The location in Westport will be its first location outside of Colorado.

• Flavor Blast: Call it what it is: the menu at Gaia Masala & Burger is huge. The restaurant offers appetizers, burgers, pizza & calzones, cheesesteaks, masala, Mediterranean, naan, and more. But with an average Google rating of 4.8/5 across all four locations, they must be doing all of it well.

Gaia Masala & Burger will be located at 425 Westport Road in the former Kobi-Q location.

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In Other News…

• 🦫 Becoming Buc-ee’s: Wyandotte County commissioners recently approved the bill of sale for the first Buc-ee’s location in the Kansas City area. Construction is expected to start in May and take two years to complete.

• ⚽️ Soccer, Soon: The Kansas City Parks and Recreation shared an update on the construction of the 9th and Van Brunt soccer fields, which are expected to be open in the spring.

• 🚘 Traffic Relief: The eastbound lanes of I-70 at the Kansas River are back open earlier than expected, bringing some much-needed relief to drivers and making commutes in the Kansas City area a little smoother.

• 🧂 Shake It Like a Salt Shaker: Morton Salt has leased 19,000+ square feet of Building 40 at Corporate Woods in Overland Park, investing about $3.6 million in office remodels. Their iconic "Salt Girl" now adorns a 20-foot sign on the building.

• 👏 Taylor’s Gift: Taylor Swift has generously donated $250,000 to Operation Breakthrough, a Kansas City nonprofit dedicated to supporting children and families in need.

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