Looking back at 2024

This has been an exciting year and in celebration of all of the luncheons and events, we prepared this slideshow with highlights from the year. We appreciate all of your support and dedication to the FIA. Enjoy!

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. View highlights >

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Held on 10/23, FIA members took part in a community dinner as they served meals to 100 kids at the KCK Police Athletic League (PAL). View highlights >

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November, 2024 luncheon with Jeff Schmid, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. View highlights >

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Thank you to everyone who took part in our Fairfax Clean-Up on May 9th. View highlights >

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Congrats to Central Solutions for winning the lawn game tournament in this year's Fairfax Festival. View highlights >

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Thank you to all who took part in the KCKPD Halloween Costume Donation Drive on 10/23. View highlights >

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August luncheon with Brennan Crawford, Executive Director & CEO of Community Housing of Wyandotte County (CHWC). View highlights >

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Congrats to Central Solutions for winning the lawn game tournament in this year's Fairfax Festival. View highlights >

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FIA luncheon on February 8th. View highlights >

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June 2024 Luncheon: Chief Oakman speaking at PAL. View highlights >

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. View highlights >

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Michael Gansman with the Gansman Group and Major Wallace with KCKPD at the April FIA luncheon. View highlights >

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. The lawn game tournament was a highlight. View highlights >

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FIA luncheon on February 8th with David Johnston, the new County Administrator for the Unified Government of WyCo. View highlights >

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. View highlights >

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May 2024 Cleanup: Businesses did clean-up projects around their own locations or businesses had employees volunteer to work on group clean-up projects in our district. View highlights >

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. View highlights >

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November, 2024 luncheon with Jeff Schmid, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. View highlights >

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2024 Fairfax Festival took place on 10/3/24 at Kaw Point Park. View highlights >

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FIA members at our September luncheon that featured Chuck Clanahan from the the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. View highlights >

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FIA luncheon on April 11th with Jackie McClaskey, President and CEO of American Royal Association. View highlights >

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June 2024 Luncheon: FIA members touring the PAL youth center in a guided tour. View highlights >

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After serving as a FIA Board Member for 10 years from December 2014 to May 2024, and then as Board President from May 2018 to May 2024, we recently celebrated Mike Martin’s retirement.

During his tenure, Mike led the FIA board with unwavering dedication. He also served as Senior Vice President at Capital Electric.

We wish him a happy retirement! Thanks for your service, Mike!

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May, 2024 Cleanup: John Latenser and JP Latenser proudly displaying a hat from a 2009 Fairfax Clean-Up. View highlights >

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Jeff Schmid, President, Federal Reserve Bank of KC with Melissa Clark and John Latenser at the November luncheon. View highlights >

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Our new 4th Fairfax tower was installed at 7th & Kindleberger Rd. and the K5 Fairfax Tower that was damaged by a vehicle crash has been repaired and reinstalled. View highlights >

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John Latenser of Neff Packaging has retired from the FIA board after serving for 15 years. Thank you John for your service!

We are also working on our calendar for the new year including our next luncheon on 1/9/24 at 11:15 AM.

We will post updates on our our calendar page and notify you via email.

Thank you for all that you do for the Fairfax community and we look forward to an exciting 2025!