Jason Klumb, a Regional Administrator with GSA, speaks to Steve Rinne, of EDCKC, at the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon held in the Grand Ballroom of the KC Convention Center.
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Crowds gather in the exhibition area before the 2012 Downtown Council Annual Luncheon.
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Peter Witte, Dean, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance speaks to Jon Copaken, of Copaken Brooks.
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Barbara Lutman, Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations at UMKC, speaks to Linda Kuang with Shen Yun, a Chinese dance and music troupe.
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Denise Rendina, of the National World War I Museum speaks to Kerrie Tyndall, of the City Manager's office.
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Through the windshield of the Kansas City Crossroads Arts District information bus, Jeff Owens, creative entrepreneur and winner of a 2012 Urban Heroes Award, speaks to Emily Lodigensky, a local photographer.
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Lindsay Borum, of the Farm to Market Bread Company, hands out samples and business cards.
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John Martellaro, Director of Media Relations at UMKC, speaks to Sara Vogt, Marketing and Communications Manager, of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.
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Jennifer Wampler, Director of Major & Leadership Gifts at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, speaks to Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.
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Mannequins decorate the ArtsKC booth to promote the organization's "Now Showing" program that helps artists display their work in area businesses.
The headline of a recent editorial in The Kansas City Star about downtown Kansas City, Missouri declared: "A decade later, downtown has stronger heartbeat."
