City services focus of innovation lab coming to Kitchener's Communitech

A newinnovation lab in Kitchener'sdowntown core this fall hopes to make city services more efficient, easy to use and environmentally friendly.

Located inCommunitech, the lab will focus on creating technological solutions to municipal problems like waste management, traffic and connectivity.

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Itwill be run by a team of co-op students and city staffled by KarlAllen-Muncey, entrepreneur and technology expertnewly-named as innovationlabdirector.

Allen-Muncey's "blend of business development, marketing and tech skills will be invaluable in helping people build an interest in the work happening at the lab so that people can get excited about our future together as citizens, and as a city," Dan Murray, director of technology innovation and services said in a release.

The lab will open in the Tannery in late September.