Posts Tagged ‘White House’
$10M earmarked for Kansas City tech talent development
Kansas City’s Full Employment Council is doubling down on its efforts to train techies. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu is visiting Kansas City Wednesday as part of the FEC’s announcement that it earned a $5 million grant to train young adults in IT, healthcare, financial services and advanced manufacturing. And thanks to matching…
Read MoreGoogle Fiber, KC entrepreneurship takes stage at White House
In a special event at the White House, Kansas City Mayor Sly James exalted area entrepreneurship and a startup community that grew as a result of the metro’s access to Google Fiber. Joining mayors from Boston and Fresno, Calif., for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, James stood at a White House podium touting the gigabit…
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