Speakers' Bureau
Sponsoring speakers at neighborhood meetings provides information and encourages residents to participate in neighborhood events. The Neighborhood Conservation Program Speaker's Bureau is a resource list of potential speakers and topics for neighborhood meetings.
Animals and Pets:
- Animal Control, 913/895-6300
- Wayside Waifs, 816/761-8151
- Humane Society, 913/596-1000
Construction/Home Improvement:
- Building Safety Division
- Replacement Windows and Energy Efficiency: Tiffany Akers, 913/385-1300 or 913/832-5944
- Workshops about real estate issues, including purchasing, building or maintaining homes: Keith Worrel, 913/780-9663
Downtown Overland Park:
- Charlene May & Associates - Charlene May, 913/381-3231
- Crossroads Counseling - Patti Peterson, 913/381-1048
- Downtown OP Partnership, 913/642-2222
- Edward Jones Investments - Ginger Kenney, 913/385-3630
- Gil Rumsey's Gallery - Gil Rumsey, 913/341-0128
- UMB Bank - Monty Spradling, 913/967-6511
- The Complete Traveler - Jerry Buckley, 913/648-1560
Family and Community:
- Family and Community Education Group & Johnson County Extension - Family
and Consumer Sciences, 913/764-6300
Be a Winner: Avoid Consumer Fraud; Creating a User-Friendly Home; The Living Will; The Second Half of Life: A Home to Live In; Privacy in the Information Age - Overland Park Historical Society, 913/888-0144
- SafeHome, 913/432-9300
- YMCA - Erica Gering, 913/642-6800
Financial Planning:
- The Equitable, 913/345-2800
- Society for Financial Awareness - Albert St. Pierre, 913/696-9965
Grants and Loans:
- CDBG, HOME and Home
Improvement Loans
Florence Erickson, 913/895-6212
Police/Fire/Emergency:
- Request a guest speaker from the Police Dept. online
- Canine Unit, 913/895-6339
- Community Oriented Policing, 913/895-6275
- Crime Prevention, 913/895-6334
- DARE Unit, 913/895-6336
- MED-ACT, 913/715-1950
- Overland Park Fire Department, 913/888-6066
- School Resource Officers, 913/895-6332 or 6337
- Johnson County Emergency Management and Homeland Security: 913/715-1002
Property Maintenance/Landscaping:
- Master Gardener, 913/764-6306
Home gardening, Landscaping, Horticulture
Lawn care, House plants, Landscape lighting - Heartland Tree Alliance, 816/561-1087
Proper tree species, planting and care - Community
Services, 913/895-6270
City property maintenance ordinances
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