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Kansas City’s bold ambitions for a next-generation transportation system may be down — but they’re not out. On June 22, Kansas City received news that it lost out on a $50 million award that would’ve revolutionized its transportation system. More than 120 public and private leaders collaborated on Kansas City’s pitch for the “Beyond Traffic,…
Read More >Kansas City’s Full Employment Council is doubling down on its efforts to train techies. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu is visiting Kansas City Wednesday as part of the FEC’s announcement that it earned a $5 million grant to train young adults in IT, healthcare, financial services and advanced manufacturing. And thanks to matching…
Read More >The Kansas City Developers Conference on Friday wrapped up its week of connecting techies with one another and some of the biggest ideas in technology. Jon Mills, co-director of the KCDC, and Alice Anderson, an attendee at the conference, join us for this video.
Read More >More than 1,500 developers from around the Midwest converged on the City of Fountains Thursday as part of the Kansas City Developers Conference Center. Now in its eighth year, the KCDC has steadily grown over the years into one of the area’s largest techie gatherings. With a focus on building the Kansas City community, the conference features…
Read More >Nerds abound in Kansas City. Or at least the Nerdery’s local expansion seems to indicate as much. The software design and development firm has added 14 staffers in the last 18 months and is now launching another hiring spree. The Minneapolis-based firm — which opened a Kansas City office in late 2014 — plans to…
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