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Jerry Gaines
Restaurant Specialist

jgaines@blockandco.com
816.412.7389

Jerry Gaines joined Block & Company in 1993 as a specialist in food and beverage sales and leasing. He was formerly Secretary/Treasurer of Sidney's Restaurant, Inc., a chain of 24-hour coffee shops, drive-in restaurants and in plant feeding. He also operated many other restaurants such as Snooty Fox, Leather Bottle, Maggie Jones and Southport Cafe. In 1987, he received the coveted Restaurateur of the Year award.

In 1988, Jerry joined the J.D. Reece Company as a Real Estate Associate. In 1989, he moved in the J.D. Peterson Commercial Real Estate Company and remained there until 1993. In 1993, Jerry joined Block & Company where he has continued his niche restaurant work. He had sold and leased over 135 restaurants in the Missouri, Kansas and other nearby states.

In 1990, Jerry was asked to join the staff of the Missouri Restaurant Association. Jerry was the Field Service Representative, representing the Missouri Restaurant Association, the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association as well as the National Restaurant Association. He has enrolled well over 600 new members in the Association.

Jerry has been active in many community organizations. For 22 years, he served as a City Councilman for Prairie Village, Kansas, including a period as Mayor Pro-tem as President of the Council. He established the government channel; PTTV on cable television and served as Committee Chairman of the Public Works, Safety and Television committees. He is currently a member of the National Association of Realtors, Missouri Association of Realtors, Metropolitan Missouri Real Estate Board and Kansas Association of Realtors. Jerry has also served in the Board of Directors of the Boy Scouts of America and as President of the Loose Park Garden Center Association. He is founder of the MenÍs Garden Club. Jerry now serves as a permanent Director of the Missouri Restaurant Association and the Greater Kansas City Association.

Jerry resides in Prairie Village, Kansas with his wife, Shirley, and has three grown children.