Thanks to Rick Usher for showing me this. The reasons Google loves KC start at about the 21:30 mark with Mayor James question:
There's a reason Google is doubling down on its investment in the Kansas City region. The rest of the world is starting to take notice. And the beat goes on...
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/05/17/sources-google-will-extend-ultra-fast.html
Cool article from a few months ago on Forbes that we just ran across again. Talks about how smart people are migrating to a handful of cities - KC ranks as #5 and that was BEFORE half of these things happened!
http://www.forbes.com/2011/02/10/smart-cities-new-orleans-austin-contributors-joel-kotkin.html
See the full story at FindItKC: http://finditkc.com/vlog5092011
See the full post on FindItKC: http://finditkc.com/vlog4272011
Over the past year in KC:
An ecosystem for innovation? It's happening. Stay hungry.
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