Kansas City Startup Village has been covered by media far and wide, but it has yet to land on a magazine cover. Ben Barreth, creator of the Homes for Hackers program, did just that this week, making it onto the front of Government Technology magazine, a publication focused on information technology professionals working in state and local government. Along with Barreth, the magazine heard from hacker Nick Budidharma and local officials, such as Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James on the role of Google Fiber locally and how officials have tapped into the network of entrepreneurs. — Source: Government Technology

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