by Jason Harper | Jan 22, 2016 | Government Innovation
KC Digital Drive, Code for KC and Missouri Western University are launching Kansas City’s first civic UX testing group. At KC Digital Drive, we’re building technology applications to help solve social and civic problems in the community. As our civic-tech...
by Jason Harper | Dec 29, 2015 | Event Calendar, Convention Center Technology, Access to Capital, Online Gaming Development, Mesh Wi-fi Networks, Professional Development for Teachers, Technology Transfer, Digital Infrastructure, Computers in the Home, Fiber to the Community, Community Education and Awareness, Home Internet Access, IT Workforce Development, Digital Skills Training, Proof of Concept and Fab Labs, Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, University Research Capacity, Innovation Hubs/Tech Districts, Gigabit Ecosystem Building, Government Innovation, Medical Reimbursement, Telehealth Pilot, Digital Art, Libraries Pilot, K-12 Classroom Demonstrations
Announcing the 2016 Gigabit City Summit, a KC Digital Drive production, from May 16-18, 2016 in Kansas City. With 50 communities and nearly 250 delegates in attendance, our first Summit was an unqualified success! And the overwhelming feedback from those who attended...
by Jason Harper | Dec 3, 2015 | Government Innovation
In the past year, the Code for KC Brigade has grown by leaps and bounds. It started in late 2013 as a couple of lonely civic-minded coders meeting on Monday nights to gaze deep into the Git in search of ways to help their city through technology. Now on any given hack...
by Jason Harper | Nov 23, 2015 | Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, Government Innovation
There were tons of great moments at KC Digital Drive’s inaugural Gigabit City Summit, held January 13-15, 2015, in Kansas City. The kickoff speeches by Kansas City mayors Sly James (KCMO) and Mark Holland (KCK) were superb. Blair Levin’s opening...
by Jason Harper | Nov 20, 2015 | Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, Government Innovation
Drum roll, please… KC Digital Drive is proud to announce that the 2016 Gigabit City Summit will return May 16-18 in Kansas City! With 50 communities and nearly 250 delegates in attendance, our first Summit was an unqualified success! And the overwhelming...
by Jason Harper | Nov 2, 2015 | Government Innovation
The CityAge conference on the “New American City” wound down its Kansas City gathering Friday morning. Throughout the two-day summit, one message in particular became increasingly clear, and it’s one that happens to form the basis of our Digital Playbook: a...
