Experiential Learning Landscape Analysis
This report was commissioned by the KC Chamber, Civic Council, Mid-America Regional Council, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and KC Rising in order to understand experiential learning opportunities in the Kansas City metro area. The findings help us better understanding gaps and opportunities to support career readiness for all students, and creates a framework for engagement that is being moved forward by the regional Real-World Learning effort and the KC Rising People Driving Committee. A list of identified community assets is available at joinsourcelink.com/rn/kcexperience#list and information about how business can get involved is available at kauffman.org/real-world-learning
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Playing to Our Strengths in Traded Sectors
Innovation is a key factor to a growing economy, and there are a variety of ways to measure its impact. From investment of venture capital and number of startups and their growth to patents and peer-reviewed scientific articles all are measures of innovation....
Benchmark Metros
How do we really know if the Kansas City metro is advancing economically? We measure it. KC Rising created the Horizon Goals metrics framework to measure the economic progress of our region, providing insight and action to grow the economy for everyone. These...
#SafeReturnKC Shares Insight on Childcare & Mental Health Support for Employees
The #SafeReturnKC webinar series, hosted by several civic and community leader groups across the KC region, continued on April 22 with Return to Workplace: Childcare & Mental Health Support for Employees. This session focused the challenges parents have related to...
Horizon Goals
According to respondents of a recent evaluation, KC Rising is in a unique position to: Point out opportunities and areas for improvement. Start important, community-wide conversations in the region. Establish benchmarks. Articulate a shared vision in a way that others...
DeBruce Foundation Essential Skills Report
In 2016, KC Rising released the Common Sector Competencies report, clarifying the skills valued by employers to help teachers and school districts align teaching and learning with the demands of the workplace. Many schools embraced the Common Sector Competencies, and...
Economic Crisis
The current economic crisis has affected everyone. However, there has been uneven or disparate impact where some populations have been harder hit: Latinos were hardest hit by the economic shutdown initially, then saw the quickest improvement. Though this has stalled....
Economic Recovery
From 2015-2019, the cumulative job-creating impact of small business was roughly 75,000 jobs, accounting for 57 percent of all new jobs and about 7 percent of the total employment in the Kansas City metro area. The unemployment rate was just over 3 percent in December...
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Kansas City Metropolitan Economy
The KC Rising Data and Analytics Resource Team has produced a forecast of the KC regional economy in wake of COVID-19 using Moody’s Analytic Download the March forecast » Download the April forecast » Other Resources
Kansas City Innovation District Study
Innovation districts are campuses that seek to bring together entrepreneurs, education institutions, students and corporations to spark unique collaborations that result in economic activity. Identified as a needed initiative by the KC Rising Ideas & Innovation...
Talent-to-Industry Exchange (TIE)
The Talent-to-Industry Exchange (TIE) concept was introduced in 2016 as a KC Rising strategy to improve the labor supply in key industry sectors, growing the human capital necessary to attract and retain companies in the Kansas City region. TIE reports provide an...