This business came to KC for the climate with a mission to build relationships to help it thrive


Relationship-building is the key to Fred Stanley’s success as owner of American Contracting in Kansas City. He will repeatedly tell you that without good relationships with suppliers and insurance companies, his restoration company wouldn’t have doubled its sales volume yearly since 2021.

“That’s a core principle in our mission statement,” Stanley said. “In a good relationship, you can build anything; in a bad relationship you walk away. That goes across the board.”

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