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This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by Christina Leakey who serves as the Executive Director of the Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity. Christina will talk about the challenges and efforts to reduce housing insecurity and share information about the Faith & Blue event on October 10th.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined again by Independence Assistant City Manager Lisa Reynolds with a continued discussion plan for a potential general obligation bond and the projects it could potentially fund.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by Danielle DuPree Crawford who is the Director of the Ennovation Center Small Business Incubator. Danielle will share all the services available to startup businesses and an upcoming event "Taste of Ennovation" which will be held in September.

Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by long time city staffer and newly appointed Assistant City Manager Lisa Reynolds. Among the topics will be the use of GO bond funds for public works projects such as streets and bridges.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by Amy Knipp who is the coordinator of the SantaCaliGon Festival which is coming up over the Labor Day weekend.

This week, Dan and Laurie Dean are joined by Christina Heinen who is the Health Department Director with the City of Independence. She talks about her roles and responsiblities within her department and how the GO bond will be used to help support the Independence Animal Shelter.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by Gerry Winship, the Executive Director of the Noland Road Community Improvement District. Gerry will talk about the purpose of their organization and the plans for Wally's Travel Center at the Noland Road and I-70 intersection.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan discuss the state of affairs in the country and how division is changing how we deal with conflict and differences of opinions.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are talking about the City Charter amendments which will be on the August ballot and are joined by Mark McDonald who served on the Charter Commission.

This week, Laurie Dean and Dan are joined by Independence Chamber President Tom Lesnak who discusses the Economic Development Partnership and a recent update given to the Independence City Council.