by Katherine Hambrick | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion met last month for a workgroup session with the four established workgroups: Broadening Participation, Connecting People, Overcoming Barriers and Raising Awareness. Each of the groups is moving toward creating a more...
by Katherine Hambrick | Sep 6, 2017 | Community Education and Awareness, Home Internet Access
Our meeting kicked off this month with two Hire KC Youth Digital Scholars, Noah Yener and Eleanor Nash. The report they’ve worked on for the last 8 weeks of their internship was to identify and evaluate Community Learning Centers, such as Brush Creek Community Center,...
by Katherine Hambrick | Jul 12, 2017 | Community Education and Awareness
The second round of Gigabit Community Fund projects from Mozilla is happening in participating cities this summer. This round is primarily focused on rewarding cities with workforce development- or education-related projects. Mozilla is also looking to reward...
by Katherine Hambrick | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion met Friday, June 2, for another working group session. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance held its annual summit about two weeks prior. any Kansas City representatives attended, including Connecting for Good’s Tom...
by Katherine Hambrick | May 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
A new type of business accelerator geared toward infrastructure and construction businesses is up and running in Virginia, and Kansas City-based architecture startup PlanIT Impact has won a chance to participate in the business boot camp’s first year. Smart City...