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... Read more
...on par with careers we have in the tech industry right now,” said Wadella, founder of Kansas City Women in Technology. This go-round, however, SmartAsset, the fintech company that annually... Read more
...into the city.” The short-term rental situation has drawn comparisons to the city’s challenges to craft regulations for the ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft. The city initially drafted for-hire transportation... Read more
...huge areas of southern and northern Kansas City. At the issue’s core lies an enduring challenge for the city to balance residents’ concerns and a desire to embrace innovation and... Read more
...city codes and now, all of a sudden, what seems like overnight, we have a whole new business model that doesn’t fit city code,” Brown said. “My concern is when... Read more
...and other items and we try hard to protect that as an icon to Kansas City. We have a lot of civic pride in this city and as we grow,... Read more
...in another city? You can benchmark that data to see who’s working efficiently and in a smart fashion.” Directly engaging with the community is also a significant part of the... Read more
...mind, the city is preparing itself for global competitiveness as a smart city. In fact, because of Kansas City’s efforts to develop smart infrastructure, Smart Cities Connect — of which... Read more
...not, and with each season that passes, our machine learning models for predicting onset and peak weeks get smarter,” he said, noting it’s the seventh season of data collection for... Read more
Kansas City’s downtown streetcar project showcases the KC smart community’s ability to tackle multiple infrastructure projects at once, said Troy Schulte, city manager. Troy Schulte, city manager for Kansas City,... Read more
