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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.

Regional Housing Partnership

Plentiful and affordable housing is critical to the Kansas City region because it impacts access to jobs and education, economic development, and our quality of life. Together with local leaders and stakeholders, MARC and the Regional Housing Partnership are working to identify a collaborative path forward that addresses regional housing challenges and possible solutions.

Regional COVID-19 Data Hub

The Kansas City Region COVID-19 Data Hub compiles data from several sources to provide the best estimate of the COVID-19 situation.

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Broadband and Digital Equity

In partnership with KC Rising and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MARC is collaborating with local governments, businesses, civic leaders, and community partners to develop a strategy for broadband and digital equity via short- and long-term investments that achieve the goal of providing all households in the region with high-quality and affordable access to broadband.