BUSINESS AFFILIATES

Leavenworth Main Street Program

The Kansas Main Street Program was started in 1982 for the purpose of assisting communities with their efforts to save historical buildings, revive their commercial core, strengthen business, control community-eroding sprawl, and to keep a sense of place and community life. Leavenworth Main Street Program is one of several communities receiving assistance from the Kansas Department of Commerce.

The program is based on a strategy developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation tailored to meet local needs and opportunities. The strategy contains four primary areas for action:

Design: enhancing the physical appearance of the commercial district by rehabilitating historic buildings and long-term planning.
Organization: building consensus and cooperation among the many groups and individuals who have a role in the revitalization process.
Promotion: marketing the traditional commercial district’s assets to customers, potential investor, new business, local citizens and visitors.
Economic Restructuring: Strengthening the district’s existing economic base, while finding ways to expand it to meet new opportunities.

View Website: Leavenworth Main Street Program

Leavenworth Area Development

Established in 1981, Leavenworth Area Development Corporation (LAD) is a private non-profit corporation with a full-time professional staff, with the purpose of promoting and assisting the location of new and expanding business in Leavenworth County. LAD is governed by a board of directors from the public and private sectors. Funding for operations comes primarily through financial support from the Leavenworth County Commission, the cities of Leavenworth, Lansing, Tonganoxie, Basehor, other private organizations and a number of businesses throughout the county.

There are many roles and aspects to economic development. LAD is just one of many groups engaged in economic development activities. Like private business, each group has its own “specialty” or role in economic development. Some of these organizations besides LAD include: 1) the Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau; 2) the Main Street Program; 3) the Leavenworth County Port Authority; 4) the Kansas Department of Commerce; 5) the U.S. Small Business Administration; and 6) the Kansas City Area Development Council to name just a few.

Leavenworth Area Development provides the necessary “link” between the federal, state and local assistance and business desiring to locate or expand in Leavenworth County. LAD also serves as the facilitator, coordinator and many times partner in many development projects. In Leavenworth County, LAD is the only group that provides the traditional economic development activities that include the gathering, maintaining, packaging and distribution (marketing) of a wide range of current information, as well as, providing confidential and highly technical professional assistance needed by business and industry desiring to locate or expand a business in Leavenworth County. Without an organization such as LAD, businesses would not be aware and thus would be unlikely to take advantage of the federal, state or local programs.

View Website: Leavenworth Area Development

Atchison Chamber of Commerce

Since 1919, the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce has been responsible for making Atchison one of the nation’s best cities in which to live, work and visit. The Atchison Chamber of Commerce is located in the restored Santa Fe Depot, an Atchison landmark since 1880. The Chamber is involved multiple areas of interest to include business development and retention, strategic planning for the community, retail promotions, government and legislative issues, leadership development, tourism promotions, and the Chamber consistently works to achieve a state plan of action .

The Structure of the Chamber consists of the executive, Chamber staff, several councils, committees and task forces, a board of directors and its members. The Chamber serves as a link between political leaders and residents of Atchison by keeping abreast of legislative issues that are of concern to the community.

View Website: Atchison Chamber of Commerce

Leavenworth/Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce is committed to creating and preserving the best possible environment in the Leavenworth-Lansing Community and other such area of Leavenworth County, Kansas, as may desire to be included in the service area of this corporation.

They are dedicated to economic growth, job creation and retention, and to the development and improvement of a superior quality of life in an area in which health business competition, fair regulation, just taxation and responsible stewardship of public and private resources are paramount.

The Chamber of Commerce accomplishes these goals by aggressively advocating the interests of business before influential policy makers, especially those in local, state and federal government, and by focusing on core issues identified by their members.

View Website: Leavenworth/Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce

Women’s Council of Realtors

Purpose

THE WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS® is a community of real estate professionals creating business opportunities, developing skills for the future and achieving individual potential for success.

Vision: To be the premier organization for individual achievement.

Long-Term Goals

To be a catalyst for individual growth and development.
To be the source for information, education and professional contacts members need to gain a competitive edge in a changing business environment.
To be a network of strong, active chapters that deliver quality services and a high return for the time and talent members contribute.
To be representative of a diverse membership in varying stages of their careers.
To be recognized as a resource, leader and partner by other organizations with similar interests and values.
To be a developer of leaders with the qualities and skills to make contributions within the organization, and in their personal and professional lives.
To be a strong, viable organization with the human and financial resources, and flexible structure needed to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Values

To stand for professional excellence, both in the operation of our organization and in the achievements of our members, who are role models for others in the profession.
To believe that individuals succeed when they explore and apply their potential. As such, we are committed to creating an environment where individuals have the opportunity for personal and professional growth, and are encouraged to define and reach their next level of achievement.
To be committed to the growth and development of members’ leadership abilities.
To recognize the power of relationships formed among WCR members, and so are committed to providing networking opportunities at every level of the organization.
To believe that the value of WCR membership is increased through participation.
To believe that WCR’s environment, where individuals feel included, supported and encouraged, is of intrinsic value to women and men.
To respect the need and right of the individual to express an opinion.

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Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors

The core purpose of the KANSAS CITY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is simply to help its members become more profitable and successful.

The KANSAS CITY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® strives to be the collective force influencing and shaping the real estate industry. It seeks to be the leading advocate of the right to own, use, and transfer real property; the acknowledged leader in developing standards for efficient, effective, and ethical real estate business practices; and valued by highly skilled real estate professionals and viewed by them as crucial to their success.

Working on behalf of America’s property owners, the KANSAS CITY REGIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® provides a facility for professional development, research and exchange of information among its members and to the public and government for the purpose of preserving the free enterprise system and the right to own, use, and transfer real property.

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American Land Title Association

The American Land Title Association, founded in 1907, is the national trade association and voice of the abstract* and title insurance industry. ALTA members search, review and insure land titles to protect home buyers and mortgage lenders who invest in real estate. ALTA is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Members of the association are in business in most counties across the nation. Nearly all title insurance companies hold ALTA membership, in addition to abstracters* and title agents. Nearly 2,000 title agents, abstracters, and title insurance companies are Active members, ranging from small, one-county operations, to large national title insurers. Associate members of ALTA may include attorneys, builders, developers, lenders, real estate brokers, surveyors, consultants, educational institutions, computer services firms, and related national trade associations.

ALTA members advocate safe and efficient transfer of real estate and insist on high standards when searching land title records and preparing insurance documents. The industry seeks to eliminate risk before insuring, which provides the insured with the best possible chance of avoiding land title problems. But, title difficulties can and do occur, and members offer both owner’s and lender’s title insurance as effective safeguards.

For a one-time cost at the real estate closing, title insurance will identify title problems found in a title search of public records, will pay valid claims, and will pay for defending against an attack on title as insured.

Professionals in the real estate market, as well as the home buying public, benefit considerably from the commitment to excellence that is routine in the work of ALTA members. Involvement by a title company is often thought of as the catalyst that allows a real estate closing to proceed smoothly until completed.

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Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation

Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a LandAmericaTM Financial Group, Inc. company has been providing Land Title Insurance and Transaction Management Services for Real Estate throughout America since the direct corporate predecessor founded the title insurance industry in the midst of the nation’s centennial celebration in 1876! With over 125 years of experience in the title insurance and real estate service industries, LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:LFG) helps manage the complexity of the real estate transaction. Providing title insurance as well as a broad range of real estate transaction services, LandAmerica companies operate through more than 700 branch offices and a network of more than 10,000 active agents in the United States, Mexico the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

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Premier Title, Inc.