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2018 Startups to Watch: Plexpod finds people are the special sauce for activating spaces

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2018

Editor’s note: Startland News selected the top Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2018’s companies. To view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch, click here. A month after Plexpod announced it would grow its footprint to more than 220,000 square feet total…

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Leaders in KC coworking evaluate cultural, economic impact

By Tommy Felts / March 22, 2017

Though I’m a “young, hip” millennial that offices in a coworking space, there’s no slant in saying that coworking is more than a fad in Kansas City. It’s a serious — and growing — business segment in the area. In the next 18 to 24 months, the metro will be welcoming more than 300,000 square…

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The ‘world’s biggest coworking studio’ is coming to Kansas City

By Tommy Felts / November 18, 2015

Hoping to capitalize on a homegrown, entrepreneurial Renaissance, the new Westport Commons project will soon house what’s being billed as the largest coworking studio on earth. Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners has partnered with Lenexa-based coworking studio Plexpod to redevelop the 160,000 square-foot Westport Middle School into a coworking space. The school — located on the…

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