Our Work
Driving increased activity to Kansas City’s existing biomanufacturing cluster through both increased activity to our existing CRO/CDMO assets and supporting biomanufacturing site selection activity.
Designing a workforce development pipeline prepared to train 10,000 workers for good jobs, facilitate skills-based hiring, and meet industry and worker needs.
Developing the physical infrastructure and capital assets that entrepreneurs need to successfully grow their businesses and bring new life-saving and life-improving innovations to market
Creating opportunities for small businesses and startups to provide goods, services, and technologies to this fast-growing, lucrative market by providing support to help them identify new business opportunities and gain the specialized skills and knowledge needed to work in this highly regulated industry.
Engaging with the community from the earliest stage of development to build long-term trust and structuring investments so that growth in the industry benefits, rather than displaces, disinvested communities.
”I was in Kansas City to announce that the Greater Kansas City Region has been designated as a Tech Hub by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This announcement represents official recognition of something we have known in Kansas and Missouri for a while: the Kansas City Region and the Animal Health Corridor have the concentration of expertise, research and development resources necessary to be a global bio and medical technology hub. This designation will attract public and private resources to grow this key technology area in Kansas and Missouri, further expanding the region’s capacity for innovation in the biotech sector.
Jerry MoranUS Senator, R-Kansas
”The KC BioHub's designation as a Regional Tech Hub holds immense potential for the Kansas City region and Kansas as a whole. It will help companies, organizations, and academic institutions forge better partnerships to advance cutting-edge research. Critically, this prestigious designation will also create good-paying jobs and ensure the technology of the future is developed in Kansas, not overseas. The local economic growth and new discoveries, particularly in medication development, that we'll see over the coming decade cannot be overstated, and I'm glad to have worked in a bipartisan manner to bring these investments home.
Sharice DavidsUS Representative, D-Kansas
”Kansas City has long been a national leader in healthcare innovation, biomedical research, and biomanufacturing—and today’s announcement is a recognition that the work we’re doing in the region has been noticed at the highest levels of the federal government.
Emanuel CleaverUS Representative, D-Missouri
”The wins keep coming for Kansas City. Out of 300+ applications nationwide, we were selected as one of 31 communities to be designated a Tech Hub by the EDA. This means millions in federal investment and thousands of jobs in bio manufacturing from Columbia to Manhattan.
Quinton LucasKansas City Mayor
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