Congrats to everyone featured in the videos and also to all of us, for being recognized as an Arts & Culture hub of the world! Of course we’ve all known this for a while now, but it’s great that Google is catching on. If you’re opening up this newsletter in your inbox for the first time or you’re reading through stories on the web, you’ve stumbled across a new project called Maker City KC. This is our weekly newsletter. Thanks for finding us. Maker City KC is a place that highlights the city’s many makers and entrepreneurs, creating an audience for the city’s maker spaces and the spirit of innovation in our city. We depict and discuss the many dimensions of the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the opportunities it creates for Kansas City. And, as part of increasing civic engagement, we want ...

If you don ' t have a newsletter , make sure to sign - up for one . What ' s going on in the world The International Date line is a place where the date that people on the surface see is different than the date that goes past the sun ' s per ist alt ic motion inside the earth , at some midnight , past the International Date Line , and back in to Kansas City , Missouri again . Well we had this crazy notion that if the International Date lines goes past Kansas City , our date for World Maker F aire would be in the past too … . World Maker F aire Kansas City will be happening this Friday - and our W F KC model is completely rooted and organized by YOU so please help spread the word about it ! Create a T - shirt that is only Kansas City M akers ! If you don ' t already have a shirt , make sure to get

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. This week ' s episode of The M akers Podcast features an episode of The M akers Podcast , produced by Dave De ans and Rebecca Miller at the Missouri History Museum . This week ' s guest is Brent Schmidt , CEO at City Fund KC . Our conversation with Brent spans City Fund ' s mission as a fund , through City Fund KC ' s ability to drive more entrepreneurship and economic development in Kansas City . Dave and Rebecca also talk about being in the Museum , Brent ' s background as a video producer and much more . This podcast is worth a listen . If you ' re in the market for some fresh , affordable , fresh , handmade , affordable gifts , make sure you ' re checking out Shop Now , an up start maker that sells 100 % handmade , fresh , affordable , gifts that you ' ll actually enjoy . This week ' s episode of The Maker Town Podcast features an