Silicon Prairie Land Rush: The Tech Boom in the Crossroads - The Local Show

There's a lot of attention being paid right now, both locally and nationally, to building our economy through technology...Startup America for example. And with the arrival of Google Fiber, it's been a particularly hot topic in Kansas City lately.

While tech companies have been popping up all across the metro, there's a noticeable cluster developing in the vicinity of Downtown and the Crossroads. We take you inside three tech startups, to show you more of what "the scene" looks like these days.

Another indication of just how much is going in with Kansas City's tech scene. Last week, the first "startup" crawl event was held...shuttling the curious to a number of startups in the Crossroads and beyond.

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[Luke Pontin]

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