habitat for humanity kansas city - waldo restore grand opening
Thursday, January 20; 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: 303 W 79th St., Kansas City MO 64114

Please join us for our Waldo ReStore Grand Opening Event. Tour our new place and enjoy door prizes, free food and drinks and register to win an iPod Touch.

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IMAGINE KC SERIES  ON KCPT AIRS SEGMENT ON AREA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
Thursday, January 27; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) Broadcast

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) recognize the need to raise awareness around, and present solutions to the economic, social and environmental challenges facing the rapidly growing Kansas City region.

Imagine KC, a 12-part series, co-produced by KCPT and MARC, intends to provide reliable information around issues and ideas to encourage informed decision making and help our communities plan for a vibrant, connected and green future. Using video footage from throughout the region, graphics, animated scenarios, expert interviews and viewer feedback, the series will focus on helping the region envision its future.

Objectives of Imagine KC

Each episode will:

• Educate the public about a specific set of issues, policy options and how other metro areas are meeting these challenges;
• Envision how to implement change in our region;
• Engage the community in ongoing implementation projects and decision making.

Episode 2: Energy Efficiency and Conservation (January 27 at 7:30 p.m.)

• Vision of Choice: Building to LEED
• Overview: Exploring Kansas City through Alex Maclean's Aerial Photographs
• In-Studio Interview with KCP&L’s Kevin Bryant
• City in Action: Kansas City, Kan., Weatherization Initiatives
• Project Living Proof

In the debut episode of Imagine KC we introduced the three Cs of a vision for creating a more vibrant, connected and green Kansas City region — Centers, Corridors and Conservation. This second episode will focus on the third C, Conservation, as we talk about energy efficiency and conservation in our built environment — the homes we live in, the buildings where we work, the schools we attend, even our city and county facilities.

By making our built environment more energy efficient and conserving energy, we save money, protect natural resources and create more attractive and comfortable places to live, work, learn and recreate. This episode will take a look at work that’s leading the way toward a more sustainable energy future for our region. We’ll explore the benefits of LEED-certified building practices in the public and private sectors, community weatherization initiatives to help residents save energy and money, and we’ll learn about new and exciting energy technologies designed to improve our homes and public services. 

(The full article is available on the "News" page.)