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Our work

Creating a region of opportunity

for everyone

Our work is organized into separate but interrelated focus areas. Each plays an important role in achieving our vision — a region of opportunity that supports its people, places and communities.

Fostering collaboration

To build a region we're proud to call home

Some issues reach across the boundaries of individual communities. Often, they can only be addressed by working together. MARC creates a space for the Kansas City region to come together to find and implement solutions that create a community people are proud to call home.

What we're working on

MARC brings together stakeholders from across the region to address the most important issues facing Greater Kansas City. Here's what we've been working on lately.

Guadalupe Centers and Thomas Roque MARC Head Start staff met with new students and their parents at an Open House

Head Start Direct Services Providers

MARC Head Start recently welcomed two new Head Start providers, bringing the total number of partners to 17 agencies, eight school districts and nine community-based programs that deliver services to 2,350 children and families in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri

Regional Housing Work

Plentiful and affordable housing impacts access to jobs and education, economic development, and quality of life. Together with local leaders and stakeholders, MARC is working to identify a collaborative path forward that addresses regional housing challenges and possible solutions.

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Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment Corridor

MARC is coordinating a long-term multi-jurisdictional strategy to support infrastructure, transportation, and economic development along this 24-mile corridor connecting four cities: Independence, Sugar Creek, and Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan.

Government Training Institute

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Expand your skills and explore new skills with training opportunities from MARC's Government Training Institute.

GTI's select and schedule courses are designed to meet many organizations' training and scheduling needs. You determine the course, then select a convenient time and location.
GTI partners with the LANTEC Corporate Training center to offer virtual, instructor-led courses in a variety of technical and professional skills.

Data and Maps

Community Views Tool

MARC's Community Views provides valuable insights and information about the demographics of residents, housing, characteristics of the physical environment, and the workforce of communities throughout our region.