To celebrate and accelerate the positive momentum our region is building toward greater sustainability and climate resiliency, MARC and Climate Action KC will highlight selected regional leaders and community organizations at our Resilient Success Stories event at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Dec. 13. Throughout the nine counties and 119 municipalities of the bi-state...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the awardees of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant, a $4.3 billion program to advance climate resilience efforts across the nation. MARC and local partners are seeking additional paths to move forward as one of the more than 200 applications not selected. The agency reviewed more than $30 billion in...
Name Alyssa Marcy What is your work and how did you end up focusing on the work you do? I work as the Long-Range Planner for the Unifi ed Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas (UG). I have work side by side with local community organizations and regional entities to implement long-range plan...
Name Emily Randel What is your work and how did you end up focusing on the work you do? Until recently, I was the Deputy City Administrator for the City of Mission in Finance and Administration. Previously, I worked for the City of Gresham, Oregon. Community engagement is a passion for me. I naturally gravitated...
On May 1, The City of Kansas City, Missouri, began rolling out trash carts in the first of five delivery phases. These carts will allow for more trash to be disposed of each week, with the carts helping contain unintentional trash spillage onto city streets and beyond. The carts will also allow for automated cart tipping...
The Climate and Environment Council (CEC) was created to move the implementation of the Kansas City Regional Climate Action Plan forward. The CEC sets a broad agenda on climate resilience and sustainability and focuses on the following core functions to carry out this purpose: Strategy: Develop near-term regional climate action work plans. Coordination: Prioritize, support and coordinate...
This month, MARC will launch a new planning effort that will guide the strategic implementation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the region. The planning effort will help prepare local leaders for the growing number of electric vehicles on our region’s roadways by providing a vision for the expansion of charging networks, along with actionable...
A packed Kauffman Foundation Conference Center was host to in-depth discussions from local stakeholders across several key categories for climate action funding. MARC Environmental programs capped off weeks of public input on the next phase of the KC Regional Climate Action Plan on Friday with a three-hour workshop reviewing the framework developed from prior stakeholder meetings. The...
Douglas County, Kansas has been developing a plan to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The plan and development process were designed to meet community’s priorities, account for assets and vulnerabilities, and recommend short and long-term policies and program development to respond to the realities of a changing climate. Lawrence...
Overland Park is updating its codes to make room for native landscapes that have long been classified as “weeds”. The move could mean front yard gardens featuring formerly banned plants like milkweed, blue sage, native flowers and other species that once dominated northeastern Kansas. Native plants like milkweed have deeper root systems that infiltrate the...
