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."
In September 2011, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce announced "the Big 5," ideas the city would champion, ranging from revitalizing the urban core to boosting medical research.
