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MakerSpace Odyssey
This week on Did you hear, our hosts Melissa and Dave chat with Nick Ward-Bopp, one of our MakerSpace Facilitators, about the great resources we have in the Black and Veatch MakerSpace at Central Resource Library. But the MakerSpace isn’t just at Central - we host Maker programming at various other locations, too!
Want to know about your house?
What's your house history? Realtor/Librarian/Kansas City Historian Meredith Roberson, Local History Librarian Amanda Wahlmeier, and Curator of Interpretation at the Johnson County Museum, Andrew Gustafson, join Dave Carson to discuss how you can learn the history of the home you live in or the house you're thinking about buying. Spoiler alert! The Johnson County Library can help!
Sky Smeed
Lawrence singer-songwriter Sky Smeed has been honing his craft long enough to know how to make it feel effortless. A gifted storyteller in the folk tradition, Smeed’s blend of soulful Americana can swing from melancholy to comic to rollicking all with in the span of a handful of songs which leaves the impression that he could be the second coming of John Prine. Smeed’s excellent new full-length, Leaving Again, came out earlier this year, and we spoke to him about the album's recording, his songwriting process, and more. Enjoy!
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Spring Hill Library's READ Poster Winner
Each of our locations draws a name from the pool of kids who participated in Summer Reading to win a READ poster photoshoot. Here is Spring Hill Library's winners from 2018! You can enjoy the adorable-ness of current and past READ poster winners at each of our Libraries.
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Empowering Entrepreneurs
You did it! You made the leap. Now you are an enterprising entrepreneur. Whether you’ve launched a startup to build a better bagel, or move freight faster, or design cutting-edge computer systems in some revolutionary new way, the important thing is, now you are your own boss! But where do you turn when little problems threaten to deflate your big dream?
Don’t worry. Your Library Card connects you to ReferenceUSA where you can:
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see sales and expenditures of nearby competitors (just by drawing on a map)
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generate a mailing list of potential customers (based on their consumer snapshot)
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welcome residents who just moved into town with a coupon (from the database of new movers)
Want more? You can’t beat The Kansas City Business Journal online. From there you can access the coveted Book of Lists!
Still want more? That’s why you’re going to beat the odds and make it. How about access to over 20 business databases and resources?
Master your bookkeeping and accounting with Universal Class. Learn about forecasting profits and losses with the Small Business Reference Center. We can even help you cut costs with printable and customizable legal forms for Kansas and Missouri.
You know what? Consider us your “silent” partner. We’ll help you find it here!
Your House History
What's your house history? Realtor/Librarian/Kansas City Historian Meredith Roberson, Local History Librarian Amanda Wahlmeier, and Curator of Interpretation at the Johnson County Museum, Andrew Gustafson, join Dave Carson to discuss how you can learn the history of the home you live in or the house you're thinking about buying. Spoiler alert! The Johnson County Library can help!
Images from the Your House History Did you hear? Podcast Episode
In the latest Did you hear? podcast episode, Your House History, Meredith Roberson mentions treasures she discovered in the walls during renovation of the house she purchased in the Columbus Park neighborhood of Kansas City!