Government

Meta promises local jobs, impact; How its $800M plan could post growth (and disruption) to KC’s story

By Tommy Felts / March 24, 2022

There’s more to Meta’s $800 million upload into Kansas City’s Northland than face value, company officials said Thursday, outlining plans for community impact that extends well beyond anticipated tech jobs.  “We have programs that help to equip people, schools, and organizations with the resources to build skills and increase the use of technology,” Darcy Nothnagle,…

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LaunchKC grants competition gets boost toward relaunch with newly announced funding, MTC says

By Tommy Felts / March 22, 2022

A popular grants competition that helped raise the profiles — and buoy the bank accounts — of dozens of Kansas City startups could be relaunching with renewed funding from the Missouri Technology Corporation, the agency announced Tuesday. LaunchKC was named one of seven organizations to together receive more than $1 million in grant funding to support…

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Invest in small biz infrastructure, group urges city; They want $11M in KCMO budget for entrepreneur funding

By Tommy Felts / March 22, 2022

Three years of working and waiting might be headed to an impasse for entrepreneur support advocates who’ve been lobbying the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for renewed — and dramatically enhanced — funding to boost startups and small businesses battered by the pandemic. [pullquote] What’s in the budget now? Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager…

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Climate change innovation, leadership must be built at the local level, Buttigieg tells SXSW

By Tommy Felts / March 19, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story is part of Startland News’ coverage of the SXSW conference in Austin. Click here to read more stories from the 2022 trip. [divide] AUSTIN — The keys to solving climate change could already be in the ignition, Pete Buttigieg said, empowering a crowd of innovation leaders to sit in the…

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She’s bringing tech to urban core teens; why KCMO says Tammy Buckner needs to pay ‘fair market value’ or get out

By Tommy Felts / March 12, 2022

One of KC’s leading Black women in tech leased a vacant city building for $1 and made $20K+ in improvements for her workforce development program — now the city wants to sell it, kicking WeCode KC to the curb [divide] A local nonprofit is asking for community support as the KCMO city council makes a…

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