Category: Business

Rally House to open a location at Legends Outlets in July

Rally House, a sports apparel shop, will open a new location in July at the Legends Outlets in Kansas City, Kansas.

The store will be on the west side of the shopping center, near The Lawn in Suite D-103, according to a spokesman. It will occupy one of the larger shops at the Legends Outlets, a 13,625-square-foot building.

Rally House provides one of the largest selections of officially licensed college, NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, and MLS apparel, as well as merchandise, accessories, gifts, drinkware, local novelties and Kansas souvenirs, according to the spokesman.

Apparel and merchandise features local professional teams, such as the Kansas City Chiefs and the Kansas City Royals, as well as regional college teams.

Rally House started as a small business in Lenexa, Kansas. It became Kansas Sampler, featuring gifts and apparel about Kansas and local Kansas teams. Now the business has grown to more than 50 locations in nine states.

NFM to have hiring event May 11

Nebraska Furniture Mart will hold an in-person hiring event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, at 1601 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.

The store is seeking seasonal staff at the hiring event.

According to an NFM spokesman there are 30 seasonal openings and an additional 70 openings across multiple departments in the Kansas City, Kansas, store.

The starting pay for the seasonal positions is above $15 an hour, and there is also a $500 retention bonus.

Job seekers do not need to call in advance to schedule an appointment. They may submit their applications in advance to https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/NEB1000NEBFM/JobBoard/f608eff9-49b8-42c2-8d55-4dedfaf04e74/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=4c78e610-7b41-488c-8ec4-8c98a2bd0093.

Seasonal positions open include loading and unloading product; machine and forklift operations; and preparing customer orders.

Federal funds available to help restaurants recover from pandemic losses

Federal funds are available to help restaurants rebuild and recover from losses experienced in the pandemic.

The funds are through the U.S. Small Business Administration. They are part of the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress.

About $28.6 billion has been appropriated nationally for restaurants that qualify to receive the SBA award funds, according to Michael Barrera, SBA district director for the Kansas City area. He discussed the program during a Facebook video presentation with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist.

Restaurants are all competing against one another throughout the country for the funds, and millions of businesses serve food, Barrera said.

It’s important for restaurants to apply as early as possible, because of the competition for funding, and to follow the directions as closely as possible, he said. Several documents are required, and it is necessary to include them.

Among those businesses eligible for the funds will be restaurants, food trucks, bakers, caterers, snack shops, coffee shops, bars, brew pubs, tasting rooms, breweries, wineries and others, he said.

Those businesses that are permanently closed are not eligible, although those temporarily closed may be eligible, he said.

Applications are made directly to the SBA, a federal agency.

To apply for the restaurant revitalization funds, visit the Small Business Administration website at restaurants.sba.gov or https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/restaurant-revitalization-fund.

A video with tips on how to file the application is online at https://www.facebook.com/RepDavids/videos/1574984196023089.