TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A downtown Topeka workshop once meant to energize small businesses is no more, confirmed by a “For Lease” sign surfacing at the property, the disappearance of its website and word from the Greater Topeka Partnership that oversaw it. But the GTP says a spiritual successor is on the horizon.
Visiting 712 Innovations’ website, once a hub for entrepreneurs, shows an empty page. Katrin Bridges with the Greater Topeka Partnership, which oversaw 712 Innovations, confirmed Thursday evening it closed to in-person visitors in April 2020 before shutting down for good in July. Bridges confirmed the closure was tied to the coronavirus pandemic, though there were already plans to look for a larger space for a business startup center.
The Greater Topeka Partnership had a lease on the…
