Local biz leaders are still optimistic about the digital future of this cowtown.
However . . .
Long gone are the days when enthusiastic locals claim this town is the centerpiece of "Silicon Prairie" with a straight face.
To be fair . . .
Despite conservative and corporate real estate resistance, the work-at-home movement has a lot more people "phoning-it-in" in a proverbial sense.
And so . . .
Tonight we share this upbeat note about locals calling teleconferencing "work" nowadays . . .
More than 77,000 skilled professionals, representing 9 percent of Kansas City’s total economic output, are employed in tech, said Lowe, president and CEO of the KC Tech Council, presenting data from her organization’s just-released KC Tech Specs report.
It’s a testament to the city’s strong cross-industry tech presence, she added.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
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Kansas City now has one of the densest tech workforces in the Midwest, said Kara Lowe, emphasizing that the City of Fountains has surpassed larger cities like Chicago, Houston, and Nashville, with a greater economic impact on the local population than in any of those metros.
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