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KC Tech Council earns $4M Kauffman grant to boost talent connections
‘We don’t want to publish another workforce playbook that sits on a shelf’
Kansas City doesn’t have a broken tech pipeline, said Kara Lowe: the region is instead facing a talent connectivity problem. A just-announced $4 million project grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is expected to help the KC Tech Council plug that disconnect.
By Tommy Felts | September 11, 2026
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KC Tech Council earns $4M Kauffman grant to boost talent connections
‘We don’t want to publish another workforce playbook that sits on a shelf’
Kansas City doesn’t have a broken tech pipeline, said Kara Lowe: the region is instead facing a talent connectivity problem. A just-announced $4 million project grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is expected to help the KC Tech Council plug that disconnect.
By Tommy Felts | September 11, 2026
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