APRIL 22-28, 2024 6 · SBJ.NET NEWS May 2, 2024 6:30 AM - Breakfast Opens 7 AM - Prayer Breakfast Begins Oasis Convention Center 2550 N Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65803 Beth Moore Author, Speaker, and President of Living Proof Ministries 417-862-3586 CCOzarks@CCOzarks.org Scan QR Code or contact via Email or Phone Join us for our yearly gathering, where our local community gathers for a morning of prayer, guided by clergy and community representatives. Facebook.com/SGFPrayerBreakfast Kingdom Coffee adding shop at former Boyd Elementary building by Geoff Pickle · gpickle@sbj.net A third Kingdom Coffee shop is in the works. Co-owner Chris McGuire said a fall or early winter opening is targeted for the store at the former Boyd Elementary School. The 1409 N. Washington Ave. building is being redeveloped into a commercial project with apartments by Boyd School Redevelopment Corp., according to past reporting. “Something that we have always tried to do is create spaces that are conducive for community, places for people to gather,” McGuire said. “We think that growing our business into this new space will allow us to do this over in the Midtown neighborhood.” McGuire said the Kingdom Coffee shop would be located in the former library of the Boyd building. Declining to disclose costs, he said the owners of the coffee company recently signed a lease for over 2,000 square feet. The building is owned by Boyd Lofts LLC, which is registered by developer Matt Blevins, according to records with the Greene County assessor and Missouri secretary of state offices. A larger kitchen at the new location would allow for expanded food options, said McGuire, who owns Kingdom Coffee with Isaac Neale, Jason Strother and Nathan Boaldin. Breakfast/brunch, lunch and dinner options are planned, McGuire said, as well as more dessert items. The company’s best-selling items currently include lattes, iced lattes and breakfast burritos, he said. Kingdom Coffee also operates at 211 S. Market Ave. in the Union Biscuit lofts building downtown, as well as at 2896 S. Lone Pine Ave. near Lone Pine and Battlefield Road. The company started in 2009 as The Hub Bikes & Beans before its 2014 name change to Kingdom Coffee, according to past reporting. • Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays, for children ages 6-17. Call 417.799.7474 for your FREE assessment today. perimeterspringfield.com PROVIDING HOPE. TRANSFORMING LIVES. Find a guiding star on your child’s behavioral health journey. Former CoxHealth colleagues starting communications firm by SBJ Staff · sbj@sbj.net Two former CoxHealth colleagues are teaming up again, this time on a crisis communications consultancy firm. Kaitlyn McConnell, who exited CoxHealth in 2021 as its system director of public relations, announced in a public Facebook post this morning that she’s partnering with former CoxHealth President and CEO Steve Edwards on McConnell Edwards LLC. Edwards retired from CoxHealth in 2022 after 30 years with the health system. “Through our work together, we are convinced of the need for responsive communication that focuses on transparency,” McConnell said in the post. “It’s our hope to help companies, people and organizations evaluate their crisis communications plans and protocols – through conversations, drills and curated scenarios – long before a crisis ever arrives.” McConnell Edwards provides proactive mentoring, crisis training and in-the-moment support services, according to its website. McConnell said in the Facebook post that her new venture with Edwards would not interfere with her work on her Ozarks Alive publication that covers the people and history of the area. Edwards said in a public Facebook post on April 18 that he’s honored to work alongside “the best public relations professional in my 35-year career.” “We can help your team create a crisis communication plan, we can train your team in crisis communication strategies, and we can even step in to help defend your organization during a media crisis,” he said in the post. “Our approach is straightforward – reveal the truth, defend against misinformation and be accountable to your community.” Edwards said in the post he would continue doing health care consulting work through ImagineHealth. • provided by MCCONNELL EDWARDS LLC Kaitlyn McConnell and Steve Edwards are teaming up on McConnell Edwards.
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