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MARC staff shared the GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation award with board members at the October meeting of the MARC Board of Directors.

On October 2-3, KC Rising partners convened more than 200 leaders representing businesses, local governments and civic, nonprofit, philanthropic and faith-based organizations in the Kansas City region for a Shared Prosperity Forum.

Presenters at The DeBruce Foundation career assessment tool launch (left to right): Leo Morton, CEO and president, The DeBruce Companies; Leigh Anne Taylor Knight, Ed.D., executive director and COO, The DeBruce Foundation; Ruby Rios, UMKC student and member of DeBruce Youth Career Corps; Mayor Quinton Lucas, city of Kansas City, Missouri.

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are trained professionals who serve as a bridge between patients and health or social services agencies. Since they’re usually from the communities they serve, they understand and can represent the needs and interests of their clients, helping them to communicate better with health care providers and to self-manage their health conditions.

There are many things to consider when deciding whether or not to use alternative commute options. RideshareKC’s Guaranteed Ride Home program aims to make that decision easier by offering two free rides home per year in case of emergency.

On Saturday, Sept. 14, the Climate Action KC coalition hosted its first Climate Action Summit at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.

The GEAR grant will combine the expertise of three partner organizations to tailor a replicable, scalable curriculum to meet public sector data skills needs in Greater Kansas City.

The Green Commute Challenge gives area businesses and organization an opportunity to compete against each other to log alternative transportation commute trips. 

Nearly 70 percent of Americans take at least one prescription drug regularly, and more than half take two, according to the Mayo Clinic. That translates to a large amount of leftover pills and prescription bottles that eventually have to go somewhere. In the Kansas City area, there are many safe disposal options.

On Saturday Aug. 24, 81 “ploggers” participated in Kansas City’s first plogging event. Plogging is a combination of jogging and picking up litter, a practice that has become popular as concern spreads about litter washing into storm sewers, rivers and streams.