Expert help can help you identify opportunities for big growth. You might be familiar with the old maxim to “bloom where you’re planted.” It’s good advice—especially for communities that are trying to grow their economies. Economic gardening (EG), simply put, is an emerging economic development philosophy that puts local entrepreneurs first. Instead of recruiting businesses from outside the community, EG programs help “homegrown” businesses achieve new levels of success and…

Tech is crucial to the community’s growth—but so are KC’s other great companies. From the streets of the KC Startup Village to the shovel-ready companies that are part of Digital Sandbox KC—Kansas City is literally abuzz with the renaissance in growing technology ventures. This startup movement is putting Kansas City on the map, attracting new talent and adding to the economy’s bottom line in the region. But it isn’t—and shouldn’t…