Training & Events

Join colleagues from around the region to:

• Learn how to encourage a culture of innovation in your organization.
• Understand how to tell better stories with data.
• Share thoughts and ideas with fellow public sector professionals on the future of data and AI in our work.
• Come away with new ideas to create an innovative environment.
• Learn how to integrate AI in your data work in a way that is useful and reliable.
• Make new and renewed connections with other data leaders across our region.

Registration is free but required.

Regular meeting of the Total Transportation Policy Committee (TTPC). 

As part of the Regional Bikeway Plan Update, MARC is holding two workshops to understand the needs, challenges, and barriers to implementation of active transportation infrastructure. Please consider joining us as we talk about these issues in depth.

Walk with us and share your perspective! 

The Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment Corridor project team is coming to a location near you and asking for your participation in a series of walking audits! 

Walking audits are great tools for experiencing and understanding together, in real time, how people move around the corridor today. Together, we will look at sidewalks, crossings, transit access, development, and public spaces to see what works well and what needs improvement.

Please meet at Fairmount at 5 p.m. 

RWIN members are invited to hear presentations and contribute to discussions on the region’s economy and labor market. RWIN Members will receive individual meeting invitations. An agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.

Please join us on Friday, Oct. 24, for an exciting meeting that will feature a panel of state agency PIOs and spokespeople! 

You’ll hear from DOTs and tourism/commerce representatives about their worlds, how we can build strong

Please complete the form below by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, if you'd like to order a lunch.

Here’s the schedule for Oct. 24:

This is an external community event.

Celebrate the beauty of fall by walking a different trail every Sunday in October. With crisp air, vibrant colors, and scenic views, it’s the perfect time to get outside and get moving. Each week showcases a new trail, highlighting autumn’s most spectacular landscapes while encouraging healthy, active living.

Leashed dogs are welcome to join the fun. The first 200 participants at each location will receive a commemorative Walktober button designed by artist Alex Hamil—collect all four by attending every event!

This is an external community event.

Celebrate Walktober with a FREE nature walk at Lone Elm Park!

We will meet at the Rendezvous Shelter and go on a guided walk through the park. Along the way, we will learn about the history of the site that served as a campground and rendezvous point for travelers along the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails.

Registration is not required. For more information, contact Zach Carnahan, zdcarnahan@olatheks.org.

This eight-hour course is locally developed by regional police officers and tactical medics. It was developed for regional first responders who will be exposed to and then asked to demonstrate techniques related to countermeasures when engaging with motivated attackers. This instructor-led training will start with classroom instruction which will build to demonstrated techniques and end with practical application scenarios involving simunitions.

Target audience: Sworn law enforcement officers, tactical medics.

Travel costs are not provided.

Course topics include: Organizing Stakeholders, Protective Action Planning, Decision-Making Process, Communicating Protective Action Movements, Training, Exercise, and Equipment Requirements

Target Audience: Venue Operators, Event Managers, Public Safety Agencies, League Administrators and Officials, Team Administrators, Venue Owners, Local Government, Event Operators, Risk Management Personnel, Athletic Departments, Third-Party Service Providers, Public Relations and Marketing,