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Feel good, but get off the bench: KC’s next big wins require all players join EDCKC in the field

By Tommy Felts / May 22, 2025

Editor’s note: The following is the fourth in a four-part series exploring the verticals and impact of initiatives within the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City through a paid partnership with EDCKC. Leave KC better than you found it: How matching growth to city’s needs is paying off Wrong tool can wreck a neighborhood; Precision…

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KC’s 10-year playbook: Celebrate the wins, but go faster, farther (and leave no talent behind)

By Tommy Felts / May 15, 2025

A decade of focusing on inclusive prosperity helped Kansas City rise among its peers, said David Warm, but the next 10 years require the region work quickly, with even more intention, and leaning into Kansas City’s willingness to forge its own path, together. “We are not going to get direction from the federal government. It…

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Lawmakers cut MTC’s funding to zero: Venture fund will move forward, leader says, but future grantmaking in jeopardy

By Tommy Felts / May 14, 2025

Editor’s note: The following commentary was originally released May 14 by Jack Scatizzi, executive director and CEO of Missouri Technology Corporation, as an update on the 2026 funding outlook for MTC, a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship. The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. [divide] As…

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Homegrown startups can redefine KC, leader says; they just need help surviving long enough to do it

By Tommy Felts / May 14, 2025

Editor’s note: The following is the third in a four-part series exploring the verticals and impact of initiatives within the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City through a paid partnership with EDCKC. Leave KC better than you found it: How matching growth to city’s needs is paying off Wrong tool can wreck a neighborhood; Precision development…

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Power moves: Electric vehicle infrastructure stalled in Kansas where liquid fuels still dominate

By Tommy Felts / May 13, 2025

Editor’s note: This article was written for a class at the University of Kansas’ William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications and distributed through the Kansas Press Association. [divide] The number of people buying electric vehicles in Kansas is steadily growing, and as the number increases, the need for accommodation will be balanced…

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