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 PROJECT OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK

  • Who We Serve: First Responders, Registered Nurses, Public School Teachers, City personnel, Nonprofits, Small Businesses, and Corporations looking to anchor their teams' personal development and professional focus. 
  • The Process Gap: Traditional corporate environments focus strictly on tracking work output, completely failing to address structural burnout and workforce stagnation. Organizations lose billions of dollars annually due to low retention and high absenteeism because they lack an enrichment-based support system that honors workers as whole individuals. 
  • Where We Work: Rooted operationally across high-priority districts in Kansas City, Missouri, with future physical headquarters anchored at 2015 E 72nd St.
  •  When We Deploy: Core Employee Enrichment Services (E.E.S.) intake sessions and Corporate Impact Tuesday workdays deploy continuously throughout the year, driven by our annual corporate campaign.  
  • Our Community Impact: We shift workforce development from clinical management to personal elevation. By providing a structured counterweight to standard corporate exhaustion and utilizing corporate fees to reclaim local urban real estate, we establish a permanent, self-sustaining model that transforms workplaces and local neighborhoods simultaneously. 


INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP RETAINERS

Select the tier built for your workforce size. Secure your annual retainer upfront to waive monthly administrative fees and directly accelerate our urban property acquisitions. 


Employee Size Brackets:

  • Large-Scale Institution: Organizations with 100+ total employees.
  • Mid-Scale Organization: Organizations with 26 to 99 total employees.
  • Micro-Enterprise: Organizations with 1 to 25 total employees.


ENTERPRISE INNOVATORS TIER

For Large-Scale Institutions (100+ employees), For-Profit Corporations, Insurance Firms, & Technical Companies.

Annual Roster Plan: $10,000 / Year (Paid Upfront — Best Value)

Monthly Progress Plan: $1,000 / Month

  • Includes: 1 Signature Staff Development Masterclass + 1 Weekly Mobile On-Site Habilitation Deployment (Scheduled Mon/Wed/Fri via our 4-hour blocks: 6am–10am | 11am–3pm | 4pm–8pm).


ASSET PILLARS TIER

For Mid-Scale Organizations (26 to 99 employees), Local Small Businesses, Nonprofits, & Community Associations.

Annual Roster Plan: $5,000 / Year (Paid Upfront — Best Value)

Monthly Progress Plan: $500 / Month

  • Includes: 1 Signature Staff Development Masterclass + 1 Bi-Weekly Mobile On-Site Habilitation Deployment (Scheduled Mon/Wed/Fri via our 4-hour blocks: 6am–10am | 11am–3pm | 4pm–8pm).


CIVIC FOUNDATIONS TIER

For Micro-Enterprises (1 to 25 employees), Public Schools, Healthcare Infrastructure, & First Responder Units.

Annual Roster Plan: $2,000 / Year (Paid Upfront — Best Value)

Monthly Progress Plan: $200 / Month

  • Includes: 1 Signature Staff Development Masterclass + 1 Monthly Mobile On-Site Habilitation Deployment (Scheduled Mon/Wed/Fri via our 4-hour blocks: 6am–10am | 11am–3pm | 4pm–8pm).

Project Operational Framework


  • Who We Serve: Neighborhood residents, local artists, and urban communities deserve inspiring, functional, and nature-based interactive spaces that actively improve local quality of life.
  • The Process Gap: Conventional urban property management allows thousands of vacant, underutilized Land Bank parcels to sit as neighborhood deficits, draining municipal budgets and driving environmental degradation. Concurrently, local artists lack high-visibility public spaces to showcase raw-material installations, while civic departments discard natural resources that could anchor community wealth.
  • Where We Work: Rooted at our flagship site at 3400 East 72nd Street, expanding through Land Banks business, ideal corner, and conversation properties within Kansas City, Missouri. (Homesteading and Housing Authority properties included)
  • When We Deploy: Site maintenance and artistic installations run continuously, anchored by monthly community events and designated Corporate Impact Tuesdays.
  • Our Community Impact: We turned a vacant property into "A Lot of Hope". By proving that urban commercial parcels can eliminate mowing needs, avoid hundreds of pounds of annual CO₂ emissions, and generate hyper-local revenue for neighborhood reinvestment, we create a repeatable model for place-based ecological pride across Kansas City.

BA1 AIM STATEMENT

Design a framework to scale our flagship zero-mowing model from 1 baseline site to 3–5 new business-zoned, corner, and/or conservation lots owned by Land Bank, establishing a city-wide public art and ecological movement that demonstrates the liberating power of art, nature, and neighborhoods.


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Site Criteria Restrictions:

Confine all new property acquisitions strictly to business-zoned, corner lots, or conservation parcels under 4 acres chosen from the municipal Land Bank repository to ensure maximum public visibility and zero long-term mowing maintenance. 

Material & Artist Collaboration:

Partner with local Kansas City artists to design land installations using primarily found raw materials, natural resources, and used items obtained. 

Corporate Impact Tuesdays:

Corporate and organizational volunteer workdays on Tuesdays.


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NEC AIM STATEMENT

Design a framework support the 350+ neighborhood leaders and build upon the 5 baseline households in 100+ neighborhoods that are in 12 high-poverty zip codes, establishing a scalable blueprint to combat structural redlining.


2027 HS&W Application Submission opens November 1st, 2026.


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Property Activation

Maintain a verified list of identified vacant urban parcels, utilizing GIS mapping tools to secure future capital funding for native landscaping, public art, and community wealth installations. 

Neighborhood Leadership Inc.

Formally design and issue the N.E.C. Civic ID Card to our core cohort leaders, initiating a phased outreach program to recruit local merchant partners who offer targeted discounts and community access.

Household Stability & Wealth

Anchor our 5 baseline households through monthly human-centered resource emails, 4 seasonal household gift baskets, and manageable bi-monthly wellness check-ins to track environmental stability. 

Project Operational Framework

 

  • Who We Serve: Vulnerable households, 350+ minority neighborhood leaders, first responders, healthcare workers, and educators across 100+ neighborhoods in 12 high-poverty ZIP codes who keep our city running but remain locked out of long-term economic stability due to systemic, structural barriers.
  • The Process Gap: Conventional urban development triggers neighborhood displacement while treating vital community leadership as unpaid labor. Grassroots organizations face intense administrative capacity constraints trying to deliver consistent basic-needs resources, distribute property surveys, and map vacant lots manually without automated administrative tools.
  • Where We Work: Rooted deeply in the West Side of District 5 and all of District 3, expanding outward to the East Side of District 4 and the greater Kansas City, Missouri metro area.
  • When We Deploy: Monthly basic needs communications, seasonal distributions, and bi-monthly resident check-ins executed continuously, anchored by the Fall 2026 open enrollment cohort.
  • Our Community Impact:  We shift the poverty narrative from a personal failure to a structural solution. By validating civic labor through the N.E.C. Civic ID Card, keeping families securely in place, and piloting a repeatable, automated model, we create a national, open-source blueprint to dismantle systemic redlining.

Project Operational Framework


  • Who We Serve: Vulnerable senior homeowners, minority property/business owners, and distressed city spaces on the West Side of District 5 and within District 3 of Kansas City, Missouri.
  • The Process Gap: Conventional urban land care relies heavily on disruptive, fossil-fueled tools and aggressive short-cropping practices that strip soil health. Marginalized property owners lack accessible, affordable alternatives, while local independent landscapers face cost barriers to testing clean battery equipment. Concurrently, civic-minded retirees (65+) lack structured local opportunities to offer their skills toward neighborhood beautification.
  • Where We Work: High-priority residential blocks, commercial storefronts, and public spaces across KCMO Districts 3 and 5.
  • When We Deploy: Weekly for up to 2 hours per property.
  • Our Community Impact: Continued use of gas equipment drives local environmental degradation, while rising upkeep costs increase household burdens. Without a bridging mechanism like paid stipends and intentional 65+ senior volunteer placement, local land stewardship remains disconnected, leaving community properties vulnerable to ecological and aesthetic decline.

INTERNS Welcome to Our World

We are always looking for passionate individuals ready to dive in, take ownership, and create lasting change. Bring your energy, your passion, and your unique perspective to MY REGION WINS! and make a contribution that live well beyond your time with us. 

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Professional Development & Experience

Gain Hands-On Experience: Work directly on active, real-world community initiatives.


Expand & Showcase Your Skill Set: Apply your talents and build a standout portfolio.


Receive Mentorship: Get direct professional guidance to accelerate your career growth.


Network with Leaders: Connect directly with local creatives, activists, and neighborhood organizers.

Creative Advocacy & Community Storytelling

Creatively Tell Community Stories: Use media, drawing, photography, and writing to amplify and ignite bold ideas to reclaim social power.


Amplify Underrepresented Voices: Ensure marginalized community perspectives are heard loud and clear.


Make Your Voice Heard: Take up space and actively contribute to the organizational dialogue.


Support Events & Exhibitions: Assist in coordinating public workshops, art galleries, and cultural pop-ups.

Hands-On Impact & Green Innovation

Create Real Change: See the direct footprint of your work in high-priority communities.


Help Beautify Green Spaces: Dive into sustainable land care and eco-friendly urban agriculture.


Bring Your Ideas to Life: pitch your concepts and get the support to actually execute them.


Build Lasting Projects: Create sustainable programs that serve the neighborhood for years to come.

BOON AREA 1's Impact Since 2020

Reclaiming the Soil: Boon Area 1

In 2016, we acquired a blighted vacant lot from the Kansas City Land Bank. By replacing neglected turfgrass with an intentional native prairie ecosystem of Buffalo Grass, Little Bluestem, Blazing Star, and other native grasses and plants, we transformed an environmental liability into a functional green space and living demonstration site for engagement.

MRW! SInce 2014

2025

- Keynote Speaker at MDC - Burr Oaks Center on NatureScaping

-  Black Community Fund grant recipient

- Evergy Hometown Grant recipient

2024

- Keynote speaker at the HCA Rev. Dr. Martian Luther King Nature Walk

- A speaker at Deep Roots - Plant It Native Landscaping conference.

-  Appeared on EcoRadio KC

- International students from Chile visited Noble's BOON AREA 1 a s part of a tour UMKC gave.

- Appeared on URBAN CONNECTIONS

- M.A.R.C. Water Quality grant recipient

- SHUMAKER Family Foundation grant recipient

- Panelist at the 3rd District Convention.

- 2024 Resilient Ideas Pitch Competition winner

2023

-  ClimateGKC interview

-  Appeared on KKFI - Urban 

-  2023 Sustainability Award winner

- POTENTIAL FUTURES: PROTOTYPES Exhibition.

- Pro X Intern Project

The Foundation for Regeneration Grant Recipient 

- Shumaker Family Foundation Grant Recipient.

- Community Capital  Neighborhoods Rising Fund Grant Recipient.

- Charlotte Street Foundation Cultural Producer Grant Recipient

- KC Organizational Sponsorship Recipient.

-  AARP Community Challenge Grant Recipient

- Solarize KC a public-private coalition

2023

 - Panelist & tabled - Temple Buddhist Center Earth Day Event 

- Co-host the Rockhurst University Neighborhood Environmental Symposium. - EARTH/WORK: ARTISTS & SUSTAINABLE LIVING FEAT. CARL STAFFORD

- The Pitch KC article. "Boon Area 1 is a surprise community asset..."

-  Received the 2023 Sustainability Community IMPACT Award given by South Kansas City Chambers of Commerce.  

- Keynote Speaker at the Heartland Conservation Alliance Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nature Walk. WATCH SPEECH.

2022

- Solarize Kansas City (“Solarize KC”) a public-private coalition.

- Local co-hosted 'Redesigning Our Communities For Life After Fossil Fuel. (VIEW PRESENTATION SLIDES)

- UN-DUMPSTER DAY.

- Canvas Rebel Article

- 'Conversations with Carl Stafford' was created by Voyage KC.

2022

- Held Dream Pursuit Cohort 1 & 2 Workshops.

- Featured in Heartland Conservation Alliance's February newsletter.

- Cultural Producer Grant recipient presented by the Charlotte Street.

- Public Improvements Advisory Committee approved our request of a walking trail and the planting of native plants at Agnes Park. (PIAC Request No. 390129-District 5 Parks)

- 'Conversation with Carl Stafford' on  Core Conversations 

2021

- Recognized as the  “Innovator to Watch” by Grinnell College

- Began donating to the Noble neighborhood from revenue generated at BOON AREA 1. 

- Supported the Yan-Koloba Program led by Baraza African Cultures Center in partnership with

All World Languages & Cultures.

2020

Received funds from Heartland Conservation Alliance for creating From blight to BOON!

2019

Was a sponsor of SiStar's of Maat 2nd Annual Baby Shower.

2018

Was a sponsor of Imagine That! Kansas City's B-Side Festival

2017

- Started hosting '2nd Sundays: a social-networking gathering at BOON AREA 1

2016

Obtained the first vacant lot (now BOON AREA 1) from KC Land Bank. 

2015

Was a sponsor of  L.I.F.E. MINISTRIES SUMMER CAMP

2014

MY REGION WINS! (MRW!)  nonprofit organization was established.

2nd SUNDAYS @ BOON AREA 1

Where stewardship and networking meet.

Every 2nd Sunday

July, August, and September from 11-1p

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MY REGION WINS!

A 501(c)(3) non-profit established in 2014.

Our mission: Amplify & ignite bold ideas to reclaim social power.

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