Mayor Joe Reardon Putting Kansas City on the [Broadband] Map

While mayors in other cities jumped in shark tanks or ice cold lakes, Kansas City, KS Mayor Joe Reardon focused on presenting his city as the best business partner for Google's Gigabit City project. And it worked!

Mayor Reardon provides insights for communities that want to attract strong partners in the pursuit of broadband. Forming effective public private partnerships is more than gimmicks, it takes detailed planning, effective marketing and spot-on execution.

Maximizing partnerships is an on-going effort that requires constituents' participation to be successful. "We continue to speak to our public and engage in a collaborative way with businesses and institutional partners to fully realize the potential of gigabit speeds." Join us for more words of wisdom from Mayor Reardon.