2024 Eastern Jackson County Community Innovation Summit

Join your neighbors, community leaders, and trusted regional experts for the 2024 Eastern Jackson County Community Innovation Summit on Friday, August 2 at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, conveniently located in Independence.

Network with new colleagues and old friends, learn from the people living in, working in, and serving your communities, and participate in the development of strategies to improve mental & behavioral health and housing & economic stability outcomes for Eastern Jackson County.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Full agenda to come!

For questions, accommodations, or more information, please contact Kiki Saragnese at [email protected] or (816) 404-6484.

For media inquiries, please contact Kindle Biermann ([email protected]).
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WHO: People who live or work in Eastern Jackson County and organizations that serve Eastern Jackson County communities (including Blue Springs, Bucker, Grain Valley, Grandview, Greenwood, Lake Lotawana, Lake Tapawingo, Lee's Summit, Levasy, Lone Jack, Oak Grove, Raytown, Sibley, Sugar Creek, Unity Village, or unincorporated Jackson County, MO )

WHAT: A convening that will bring together residents, advocates, agency partners, and other community leaders to use data, lived experiences, and knowledge of local systems to design strategies to improve mental health and well-being, and housing and economic stability for Eastern Jackson County communities

WHERE: Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, 18011 Bass Pro Drive, Independence, MO 64055

WHEN: Friday, August 2nd from 9 am-3 pm

WHY: At last year's Community Health Summit, community members and agency representatives used data and experience to identify the two most pressing community health challenges facing Eastern Jackson County communities: mental & behavioral health and housing & economic stability. After more than a year of collaborative effort, research, data mining, and systems mapping, the EJC Mental & Behavioral Health Lab and EJC Housing & Economic Stability Lab have identified crucial leverage points to begin impacting these community health challenges. Join us to learn more about this work and the current systems and to get involved in strategizing and planning for 2024-25. We need your perspectives, voices, and ideas to create lasting change for our communities!

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NEW OPPORTUNITY: Are you an Eastern Jackson County resident who's interested in attending the Community Innovation Summit and/or getting involved in a community coalition to address mental and behavioral health issues and/or housing and economic stability? Are you an individual volunteer who is not being compensated by your employer to represent an organization/company? You might be a great candidate to be a Community Consultant! Learn more about the Community Consultant program and submit your interest form at tinyurl.com/CommunityConsultants!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Stoney Creek Hotel Kansas City - Independence, 18011 Bass Pro Drive, Independence, United States