JAKC Youth Learning Lab

Kansas City,
KS
(2020)

JAKC Youth Learning Lab

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Youth and Families

NMTC financing for an experiential learning center that offers kids an opportunity to explore careers, develop critical thinking skills, learn financial responsibility, and grow in understanding of what makes a community successful.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $8,000,000
Total Project Cost: $8,000,000

IMPACT

21 FTE jobs
39 construction jobs
14,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

Central Bank of Kansas City

Investor

Wells Fargo

Project Description

JAKC Youth Learning Lab is an experiential learning center that will offer kids an opportunity to explore careers, develop critical thinking skills, learn financial responsibility, and grow in understanding of what makes a community successful. The most sizable attraction of the JAKC Youth Learning Lab will be the 14,000- sq. ft. JA BizTown, a miniature city built to teach 4th-6th graders about jobs, civic engagement, and the components of a thriving community.

MAP

Address: 2842 West 47th Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66103

Census Tract: 20209045200

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