duck decoy R2Fact
Like most inventions, Dr. Keith Beauchamp’s duck decoy motion spreader was born out of necessity. Beauchamp, a podiatrist by profession, is an avid duck hunter who hunts on a pond near his residence in Macon, Mo., about 150 miles northeast of Kansas City. He was looking for a way to simplify the deployment of hundreds of duck decoys he used to attract waterfowl. After trying different materials and concepts, he…
kansas city initiatives
The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City announced five initiatives that it has defined as main areas of focus during the course of the next months. The five initiatives mirror EDCKC’s core objectives of redevelopment, business development and workforce development. Blue River Valley Industrial Corridor Redevelopment EDCKC will continue its efforts from last year to revitalize the Blue River Valley Industrial Corridor. In a news release, the EDCKC said it…
techhire coding
The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City announced a new partnership with the Full Employment Council to continue the council’s work of connecting employers with skilled workers through the TechHire initiative. EDCKC will serve as the new TechHire sector intermediary for information technology and financial services. In this role, EDCKC will convene and recruit employers within the IT and financial service industries to identify needed skills and create training and…
Registration is now open for the first Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Conference: Building Partnerships to Address the Future of Workforce. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 8-9 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 W. Waterman in Wichita. It is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Commerce, KansasWorks, Kansas Department for Children and Families and the Kansas Board of Regents. Organizers said the conference will give employers, educators, economic development professionals…
The Kansas City hub of LaunchCode was looking for a new home and a new partner. The Sprint Accelerator, the nonprofit’s previous home, didn’t renew its lease, and LaunchCode was looking for facilities that could house more students for LC101, the free introductory web programming course LaunchCode offers as part of its core educational curriculum. When Cheryl McConnell, dean of the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University, heard that…