Mid-America Regional Council

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The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) serves as the Council of Governments (COG)and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the bistate Kansas City region. MARC encourages cooperation and collaboration on issues that extend beyond the jurisdiction of a single city, county or state. These issues include transportation, child care, aging, emergency services, environmental issues and other regional issues.

[edit] About the Region

The Mid-America Regional Council serves the eight county Kansas City metropolitan area, including Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray Counties in Missouri and Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. There are 116 separate city governments within the region. Estimated population of the region in 2005 was 1.8 million people.