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Plexpod Westport Commons

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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Tax bill guts historic tax credits used to rehab Westport Commons, Kemper, lofts

By Tommy Felts / November 13, 2017

Plexpod Westport Commons wouldn’t exist without the historic tax credits used to make the massive renovation and preservation project financially feasible, said developer Butch Rigby. A GOP-led tax reform bill introduced this month to simplify the tax code, however, would eliminate the Reagan-era tax credit program, which provides a 20 percent federal tax credit for…

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GEW hopes to spark innovation, connections among entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / November 2, 2017

Global Entrepreneurship Week is about helping businesses that start in Kansas City stay in Kansas City, Jenny Miller said. And it’s for more than the traditional “startup” crowd, the network builder at KCSourceLink said. “GEWKC connects people who may not identify as ‘entrepreneurs’ – those who may think of themselves as makers, creators, freelancers, artists,…

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KCultivator: Plexpod founder Gerald Smith on Internet trolls, anti-gravity machines, man crush

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2017

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Check out our features on innovation coach Diana Kander, Victor & Penny’s Erin McGrane, SEED Law’s Adrienne Haynes, Code Koalas’ Robert Manigold, Prep-KC CEO Susan Wally and community builder Donald Carter. Plexpod is more than a shared…

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Setting global record, more than 200 celebrate KC Coworking Day (with photos)

By Tommy Felts / August 10, 2017

Coworking hard? Or hardly coworking? That was the question I asked myself amongst a crowd of about 200 local entrepreneurs, artists, government officials, nonprofit workers and community members who gathered Wednesday at the spacious Plexpod: Westport Commons to set the world record for the most people coworking in one place at the same time. As…

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