KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion April Meeting

by | Mar 25, 2016 | Digital Infrastructure, Computers in the Home, Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness, Home Internet Access, Digital Skills Training, Event Calendar

Join us for our monthly meeting to highlight digital inclusion resources available to practitioners in Kansas City, update progress on digital inclusion efforts, and work collaboratively to bridge the digital divide. KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion Meeting Agenda...
IEEE Smart Cities Initiative

IEEE Smart Cities Initiative

by | Feb 23, 2016 | Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness, Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, University Research Capacity, Gigabit Ecosystem Building, Government Innovation

IEEE Smart Cities Initiative Entering a global network of smart cities. Learn More IEEE Core Smart Cities worldwide Total registrants KC kickoff workshop US Affiliate City candidates at kickoff Academic papers submitted and displayed About IEEE Smart Cities The...
Announcement & Analysis: Google Fiber Brings Free Gigabit Internet to Public Housing Through ConnectHome

Announcement & Analysis: Google Fiber Brings Free Gigabit Internet to Public Housing Through ConnectHome

by | Feb 3, 2016 | Digital Infrastructure, Computers in the Home, Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness

A crowd of nearly 60 community leaders, politicians and press piled into the cramped office of a low-income housing complex on Kansas City’s Westside this morning to hear the news that Google will start bringing free gigabit speed Internet to all to low-income...

Further Reading

Humana’s Bold Goal is a community-focused collective impact effort

Humana is a national health insurance company with an office based in Kansas City, Missouri. Humana launched its first Bold Goal Markets in 2015, and Kansas City was added to that list in 2017. The Bold Goal is to make the population in a given market 20% healthier by 2020 and beyond. This effort includes […]

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Code for KC Learn Nights kick off with Eric Roche

Eric Roche, Chief Data Officer for KCMO and Code for KC Core Team member, spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on February 29, 2018.  The work done by the analysts in the Office of Performance Management where Eric works has earned Kansas City a Silver Certification awarded by What Works Cities. Eric’s presentation covered […]

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Multiple projects emerge out of Code for KC 2017 Hackathon

Code for Kansas City wrapped up its annual hackathon in early October at Think Big Partners. The event drew in about 60 people with a variety of different backgrounds to work on civic technology projects. In addition to coders, designers, writers, lawyers, GIS analysts and other experts, government representatives also attended and participated in the […]

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