e-Community Center for Rosedale

The Rosedale neighborbood is part of KCK’s urban core and is home to more 14,000 residents, over 60% of whom are renters not home owners. A very significant number of the residents are children and the elderly. The average income is among the lowest in the Kansas City Metro Area. As a result, a huge percentage of people in Rosedale will never be able to afford to pay for fiber Internet in their homes.

This area is crying out for a community center because it has no central gathering place for the residents. Better yet, how about an e-Community center that could be a hotspot for free wireless and set up for after school tutoring, classes for elderly residents, and even a business incubator to attract high tech entrepreneurs to the area? How about a virtual branch of the KCK Library system?

Learn more about this community by visiting the web site of the Rosedale Development Association.

About Michael Liimatta

Michael Liimatta is President/CEO of Connecting for Good and also serves as Chief Academic Officer for City Vision College. He has worked in the nonprofit sector, in higher education and in association management for over 30 years. His blog is www.liimatta.us

25. November 2011 by Michael Liimatta
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