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Third Street Social has been looking for the right opportunity to make the move over to the Kansas side of the state line. Enter downtown Olathe. The local restaurant with the big city feel has found a home in downtown Olathe at 135 S. Kansas Ave. “Downtown Olathe offers the

Jason Pryor and Kevin Timmons are self-proclaimed history geeks. They’re also two of the preeminent restaurateurs in Kansas City. The combination of their personal and professional passions has them renovating an old service station in downtown Olathe to help breathe new life into Olathe’s central core. Pryor, the owner of

It’s time for Char Bar to make its mark in downtown Olathe. After taking Westport by storm a decade ago and opening in Parkville, Mo. last year to rave reviews, downtown Olathe is the next, and it will be their biggest and best. Culinary Virtue Restaurant Collective is launching their

More than 50 years ago, Lamar Hunt brought Worlds of Fun to Kansas City. The one-of-a-kind (for its time) amusement park was transformative for so many Kansas Citians, young and old. Now, a generation later, James Arkell and Loretto Properties, LLC (which was founded by Lamar Hunt, Jr.), is bringing

Michael’s Wonder World is the centerpiece of the $388 million mixed-use district at 119th and Renner, but directly to the east of the all-abilities theme park is an impressive and equally accessible 5,000-seat arena. What sets this arena apart is that it’s not necessarily designed for basketball or volleyball, but

Over the past decade, James Arkell and his wife have been exposed to some pretty amazing environments along with their special-needs son, Michael. More importantly, they’ve seen what was missing. And after a visit to Morgan’s Wonderland in San Antonio several years ago, something clicked for James Arkell. They made

What started as a fleeting thought has turned into something special. Really special. About a decade ago, a couple of members of the then Downtown Olathe Business Association started a small get together in the heart of our city. They decided to bring a food truck into downtown Olathe on

The Johnson County Executive Airport is about to get another upgrade. A little more than a year after the county cut the ribbon on their new and improved Taxiway Bravo, expansion continues at the airport in south Olathe. KCAC Aviation kicked off of the construction on its new aircraft maintenance

Chick-fil-A donates $25,000 to Harvesters At Chick-fil-A, there’s no cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach to their distribution services. It’s not as simple checking a box and your delivery is set. That’s what makes Chick-fil-A unique. That’s what makes the new Chick-fil-A Supply in Olathe unique and imperative to the success of the

Tucked away along Old 56 Highway near Harrison Street sits an unassuming, somewhat large building that’s supplying the world with something many of us don’t think about much, if ever, really. The appropriately named, Global Ground Support, has been headquartered in Olathe for the past 25 years and has become