As you know, we love Kansas City, and our flagship Scout product was named in honor of the locally-famous statue of a Native American on horseback which overlooks the city from near the Liberty Memorial. We enjoy going to Royals and Chiefs games, eating barbecue, and all things Kansas City. In that spirit, we want to help draw attention to the KC SmartPort team, who work hard to bring businesses and investors from around the country into the Kansas City area. From their site:
Kansas City has several key components that make it an excellent hub for all transportation and logistics operations:
- The largest rail center in the United States by tonnage
- A business friendly Foreign Trade Zone program that can activate space in under 45 days
- Located at the intersection of four of the nation’s major interstate highways (I-35, I-70, I-29, I-49)
- The Kansas City International Airport, which moves more air cargo each year than any air center in a six-state region
- Located on the largest navigable inland waterway (MO/MS River system)
- Five of the Class 1 rail lines intersecting in the region (BNSF, CP, KCS, NS, UP)
If you know people who haven’t already fallen in love with Kansas City, who are looking for a great city to invest in or move to, send them to the KC SmartPort site at http://kcsmartport.thinkkc.com/why-kc
