From Grants to Growth: How KC GIFT Is Rewriting the Rules of Economic Development
What happens when community capital and culture move in lockstep? In this live episode of The Disruption Lab, we sit down with Brandon Calloway to unpack how KC GIFT is revitalizing Kansas City’s East Side by funding Black-owned businesses—and how his creative venture, Blurred Media, is rewriting who gets represented in anime and manga. It’s a masterclass in practical impact: passion meets logic, storytelling meets metrics, and neighborhood change happens with residents, not to them. You’ll hear how KC GIFT’s focused model works—51% Black-owned in the target area, at least 3 months of…
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