Tag: Quinton Lucas

Steve Miller, KC Mayoral Tech Forum, Techweek Kansas City, sharing economy

Is KC scaring away disruptive tech? Mayor candidates revive sharing economy debate

By Tommy Felts / October 9, 2018

A wave of technology is coming — and Kansas City should be ready, said Steve Miller, entering the fray between mayoral candidates over regulating the sharing economy. Appearing Monday at a KC Mayoral Tech Forum to open Techweek Kansas City, Miller compared navigating the regulatory waters around such emerging services as Airbnb, Uber and Bird to…

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Union Station, KC Mayoral Candidate Tech Forum

Techweek opens Monday with KC Mayoral Candidate Tech Forum; launches app with full schedule

By Tommy Felts / October 2, 2018

Candidates to be Kansas City’s next mayor will take the stage Monday at Union Station in one of Techweek KC’s first events of 2018 to talk tech and its importance in shaping the city’s future, said Ryan Weber. “We’re still a long way from the [April 2] primary election, but this forum will help voters…

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Alvin Brooks at Operation Breakthrough bridge

Operation Breakthrough bridge over Troost symbolizes ‘real community’ at an intersection

By Tommy Felts / September 6, 2018

With reflection in his voice, Alvin Brooks paused. “The city has to be a partner,” the Civil Rights activist and veteran Kansas City Police Commissioner said as he spoke of the redevelopment of Troost Avenue — the well known racial dividing line, that has long isolated the east side of the Kansas City metro from the…

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City gave into fear, failed the test on innovation with Airbnb vote, councilman says

By Tommy Felts / February 27, 2018

Kansas City’s move Thursday to prohibit short-term rentals in large portions of the city sent a clear message to entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas and technology, Quinton Lucas said: “Not In My Backyard.”   “I don’t know why a city that has so many innovators and that’s buzzing, that’s exciting — and frankly doesn’t always have…

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