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KC Digital Inclusion Fund Showcase and Call for Applications
August 5, 2014 by Jason Harper
The Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund is seeking applications for its next round of grants. In the meantime, learn about the 2013 at the Grantee Showcase on Thursday, August 7, at the Fiber Space.
![Digital Health Innovation Forum](https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DHIF-logo-1.png)
Digital Health Innovation Forum Debuts at Sprint Accelerator August 20, 2014
August 5, 2014 by Jason Harper
Join the KC Digital Drive on the eve of mHIT2014, the Midwest Health Informatics & Telemedicine Conference at Children’s Mercy, to learn about exciting projects leveraging high-speed fiber optic internet to deliver healthcare in new ways.
![TWC](https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/timewarnergeneric.jpg)
TWC Joins Google and AT&T in Wanting to Bring More Speed to KC
August 4, 2014 by Jason Harper
As Google completes its community-reshaping fiber-to-the-home buildouts in KCMO and KCK and starts moving into the suburbs, Time Warner and AT&T are preparing to launch their own new service initiatives.
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Gigabit City Summit Identifies 5 Key Areas for Regional Tech Advancement
August 1, 2014 by Jason Harper
On July 29, 2014, more than 75 local technology advocates and civic leaders gathered at the UMKC Bloch School Executive Hall for the first-ever Kansas City Regional Gigabit City Summit. In addition to hearing reports from city leaders, the audience joined in and brainstormed ideas for civic focus.
Ten Projects Receive $165,400 from Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund
July 24, 2014 by Jason Harper
In July Mozilla announced ten projects in Kansas City and Chattanooga that will receive funding from the Gigabit Community Fund, an initiative to support learning programs that utilize gigabit connectivity.
![UMKC Bloch Executive Hall](https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/blochschool-2.jpg)
Gigabit City Summit Comes to UMKC July 29
July 24, 2014 by Jason Harper
On Tuesday, July 29, the Kansas City Digital Drive invites local civic leaders interested in exploring the possibilities of gigabit connectivity to attend the first Gigabit City Summit for the Kansas City metro area.
Gigabit Explorer Team Opportunites
October 1, 2013 by Aaron Deacon
As we prepare for our Gigabit Explorer event on Nov 1-3, one critical threshold for success is our ability to identify project teams to tackle meaningful, substantive issues for Kansas City using the next generation web. It’s hard to build something impactful in 48 hours, especially when it involves new and unfamiliar technology. As we did […]
![Hellekson Curve](https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GCS-chart-1-hellekson_s-curve.png)
Gigabit City Summit 3 Recap: Toward a Smarter, More Collaborative City
October 16, 2012 by Aaron Deacon
Recap from third Gigabit City Summit global roundtable.
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Gigabit City Summit, Session 2: Farther Beyond Broadband
July 27, 2012 by Jason Harper
If the first Gigabit City Summit was about how cities learn from each other, then the second installment was where the real learning got started.
![Gigabit City Summit 1.0](https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Gigabit-summit-6-12.jpeg)
Kansas City Launches Gigabit City Summit Global Roundtable (Session 1 Recap)
June 29, 2012 by Jason Harper
Recap from the very first “Gigabit City Summit,” a global roundtable at Cisco in KC, June 27, 2012.
Areas of Impact
- Gigabit Applications (65)
- Digital Inclusion (163)
- Economic Development (65)
- Government (72)
- Healthcare (155)
- Education (49)
- Civic Tech (81)
- Transportation (16)
- Smart Cities (19)
- Legal (6)
- Broadband (25)
- Journalism (4)
- Environment (4)
- Startups (22)