Forget trying to establish roots in the community.
Business partners Ben Rold of Greenwood and Doug Stoehr of Lee’s Summit were firmly entrenched as residents of the area before they ever opened the doors of Sarpino’s Pizzeria, 506 S.E. Missouri 291.
Heading into their 10th month of operation, the owners of the Italian-styled pizzeria have reached out to local schools to not only brand their business’s name, but to put a stamp on their philosophy of philanthropy in the Lee’s Summit community.
“We’re trying to make a lot of connections, obviously,” Rold said Oct. 3 as the duo and three of their workers begin preparations for the day’s opening. “We’re doing a Greenwood (Elementary School) Sarpino’s Night next Tuesday night (Oct. 8). We’re doing two for Summit Pointe Elementary School coming up. We’re trying to reach out to (the schools). We’ll see how things go and keep branching out from there.”