Mark Shepard is firmly connected to the communities where he lives and works. Shepard, who owns Utilities Excavating Inc. in Overland Park, Kan., believes being part of a community brings opportunity and responsibility. For more than 20 years, his business has been rooted in this rapidly developing area about 12 miles southwest of Kansas City and five miles west of the Missouri state line. He has worked in many communities.First a homebuilder, he got into excavating and utility installation when he saw that “the only excavator in the area was gouging holes in the soil and my bottom line.” He
