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OfficePort KC- KCADC aims at innovation
From Kansas City Business Journal
A 15-member coalition of Kansas City-area business, education and nonprofit interests on Thursday kicked off what it’s calling the Year of Innovation, which will highlight the region’s entrepreneurial assets to spur economic development.
“The only sure way to move the economy forward is through innovation,” said Bob Marcusse, president and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council.
The inaugural event, held at the OfficePort KC business incubator in the Crossroads Arts District, was a panel discussion that included Marcusse and representatives from other coalition members.
“Human capital is driving this,” said Michael Song, executive director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. “The question is: Where is our next generation coming from?”
The coalition does not have any specific goals for the initiative. Marcusse said members will sense when it has been successful.
“When we do see it,” he said, “we are going to know it, and it’s going to be ubiquitous.”