Tech Hub, USA

Technology

Tech Hub, USA

Happy Tuesday, Kansas City! Kansas City is making progress towards becoming a Tech Hub in biologics after winning a designation from the US government.

• What Got Us Here: In October, Kansas City was announced as a future Tech Hub by a government program that would grant the region $75m in funding.

• What’s Next: For now, the Tech Hub designation remains relatively useless until the local team assigned to it can decide how to apply the $75m. If successful, the KC area would make its case for billions more in funding.

• We Have The Technology: The main area of focus is biologics and the creation of new vaccines to fight future pandemics. One company in the KC area that’s leading the charge is BioNexus which has been leveraging studies to improve human and animal health.

The Greater Kansas City area will submit for funding next month and after a while will be able to apply for more funding out of the 31 cities named Tech Hubs.

Business

Cutting Your Waiting Time

If you find yourself inside KCI wanting to kill time, you may consider getting your hair cut at a barbershop inside the airport.

• Cutting Travel Stress: Directors Cut: Take Two is a full experience hair cut including a full bar and a manicure, pedicure, shoe shines, or even a massage.

• Making The Cut: Owner, Armon Lasker, is a well-known Kansas City entrepreneur who also owns a barbershop on 18th and Vine named Directors Cut.

• KC With All The Trimmings: Lasker said that his team seeks to give people a sense of the Kansas City flavor that they can experience from a great haircut in a local barbershop.

Travelers with a tight schedule in mind can either book a cut with the front desk attendant or call the original shop at 18th and Vine. An online booking system in on the way.

Events

Let’s See If We Can Pull Some Strings

The Kauffman Center is going to have a busy second half of the month with several shows garnering attention.

• Symphony Circus: Cirque Carmen: Troupe Vertigo is a unique show blending the high-flying acrobatics of the circus with symphonic selections running from January 19-21.

• Won’t You Be My Neighbor: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE is a performance where Daniel Tiger from Mr Rogers Neighborhood teams up with all of his friends to learn what it would take to be king on Saturday afternoon, January 20.

• The King’s Orchestra: On January 23rd, the United Kingdom’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Tickets for each performance can be purchased directly from the Kauffman Center website, but for those monitoring tickets, only the Cirque has multiple showings.

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In Other News

• ❄️ ICYMI: Last week, the Chiefs-Dolphins game was the coldest in Arrowhead history.

• 🧹 Clean Up On Terminal 6: After a pipe burst, water was left spilling into the lower level of KCI.

• 🛍️ Meet Me At The Mall: Two out-of-town firms have partnered together to purchase Lenexa’s Oak Park Commons.

• 🍗 James Beard Does KC: The James Beard Foundation will host a dinner made by KC chefs tomorrow evening.

• 🏈 Another Bills Game: After the Bills beat the Steelers last night, the Chiefs will play Sunday night at 4:30 in Buffalo.

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