Blue Springs got its name from a spring that watered wagon trains heading out on the Santa Fe expeditions as early as 1825. People have been stopping here for something to drink before the hard part for two centuries. It's now the eighth-largest city in the metro, north of 60,000 people, nineteen miles east of downtown Kansas City.
Adams Dairy Landing handles the shopping and the conference crowd. Lake Jacomo and the Vesper Hills side handle the outdoor weddings and the receptions with a view. Burr Oak Woods is out the back door.
It's a market where events are personal — a reception, a graduation, a fiftieth birthday, a company small enough that everyone knows each other's kids. A cart with a real barista fits that better than a catering urn ever has.