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Our work

Creating a region of opportunity

Creative, diverse and resilient

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 the creativity, diversity and resilience of 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 diverse stakeholders from across the region to address the most important issues facing Greater Kansas City. Here's what we've been working on lately.

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CLIMATE RESILIENCE

In partnership with Climate Action KC, MARC is organizing strategies to draw down greenhouse gases and improve climate resilience across the region.

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FOOD WASTE REDUCTION

Food loss and waste has an enormous negative impact on our community, economy and the environment. The new Kansas City Food Wise project provides waste reduction strategies and resources and a food system map.

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REGIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR JOB BOARD

Job seekers can visit MetroKCGovJobs.org to find open positions in city, county and state governments and public sector organizations. This project was developed by the Government-to-University (G2U) initiative.

2022 MARC Annual Review

The MARC Annual Review features important milestones across seven ambitious goal areas, reflecting on accomplishments from the past year and looking ahead to what’s next.