• Kansas Wildscape Foundation recently named Lynn Gentine as director of development. Gentine will work to advance both development and outreach goals for the foundation. In addition, Gentine will be responsible for operations of Wildscape’s O.K. Kids Program and WildLifer Challenge.

• Barbara Braa, CornerBank vice president and trust officer, was elected secretary of the Kansas Bankers Association Trust Division Board during the annual MoKan Trust & Financial Services Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Mo. Braa has served on the board as a term director since 2008.

• The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremonies:

• LED Source, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 18, 10 E. Ninth St., Suite B.

• Meadowlark Estates, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 30, 4430 Bauer Farm Drive.

• Kansas University-Kansas Small Business Development Center staff will present a seminar on starting a business. The free seminar, “The Right Start,” will feature key items associated with starting a company and some of the pitfalls to avoid. A resource notebook may be purchased for $20. Pre-registration is suggested. Call 843-8844 or register online: http://ksbdc.ecenterdirect.com/Conferences.action.

Upcoming sessions will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and also Aug. 16, Aug. 30, Sept. 13 and Sept. 27 at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, 646 Vt., Suite 200.

• Downtown Lawrence Inc. has a new office. The group has moved its office out of the US Bank Tower building and into a second-floor space at 833 1/2 Mass., above Kizer-Cummings Jewelers. Cathy Hamilton, executive director for DLI, said the group decided it was time to have more of a Massachusetts Street presence. Hamilton said a sign planned on Massachusetts Street will have a new logo for DLI, which is currently being worked on.