We Grow KC investment summit aims to harness opportunity zones to empower neighborhood social fabric
...Grow KC’s goal is to help investors from across the country get acquainted with the city and realize the community’s needs, said Joe Reardon, president of the Greater Kansas City... Read more
...said. Using population health data, he intends to power “smart enrollment windows” based on these trends. “Simply put, when more people are sick in a region, the window closes in... Read more
...called on Kansas City-area wealth leaders and explained the role they could play in bridging the gap and developing the city’s entrepreneurship pipeline, he said. “The next day, literally, I... Read more
Kansas City, Missouri, pocketed a major win for the entrepreneurial community Wednesday, becoming one of 10 cities in the nation to be selected for the City Accelerator initiative for inclusive... Read more
...organization in the region to attract the support of both the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gates Foundation, said Alexander Sheppard, marketing and fund development coordinator. The funding organizations are... Read more
...city,” McPherson added. Similarly, fellow Allie Wooden, soon-to-be director of operations at Idle Smart, shares McPherson’s excitement for the city, she said. “KC is attractive for me because I have... Read more
...types of things.” “I love what they are doing in Kansas City and the whole Harris Park initiative,” Cooper added. “We’re really looking forward tapping into that and getting this... Read more
...neighbor might.” OHUB announced Wednesday its plans to launch a Kansas City campus in a public-private partnership with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri. The KCUP initiative would... Read more
Fountain City Fintech’s plan was to put Kansas City on the map, Zach Anderson Pettet said. In the process, the community bank-backed accelerator earned attention in its own right, he... Read more
...Megan Darnell is the program manager over at Fountain City Fintech, helping develop the fintech ecosystem in Kansas City. Chad Feather is an analyst at KCRise Fund, helping develop the... Read more
