The next RRCBA phase is about evidence: clearer participation pathways, small tests, accountability, and showing what actually changed.

The goal is not just 5,000 names. RRCBA is using affirmations and participant priorities to improve follow-through—without treating the campaign like a scientific poll.

A plain-English guide to Community Benefits Agreements, measurable commitments, and the questions communities can ask when major development affects them.

RRCBA's food-access work is testing a simple idea: compare real restaurant demand with reliable Kansas farm supply before building expensive new infrastructure.

You raised your hand. Now what? RRCBA’s digital front door connects 5,000 Voices, committees, the calendar, directory, member tools and the Community Resource App to clearer next steps.

City contracts can look complicated. Here are the practical first steps: vendor registration, bid types, S/EBE benefits and where to look for opportunities.

What happens when Wichita’s resources exist but connections fall short? A verified look inside The Refinery’s second table, with five participant perspectives, housing and workforce context, and practical ways to participate.

RRCBA's Refinery Mastermind Series is built to turn small-table conversation into useful questions, connections, experiments and evidence—not another networking event.

Home repair, housing stability and homelessness services are different doors. Here is what each one does, what is open now, and where Wichita residents should start.

What is moving now: City contracting pathways, The Refinery, the Community Calendar, the ADOS Business Directory, 5,000 Voices, and clear ways to plug in.

RRCBA’s Sept. 16 Food Accessibility & Health working meeting connected local farms, restaurants and community partners around a practical next step: match real purchasing demand with Kansas farm supply, pilot 5–10 products, measure what works, and build from there.

Kansas health disparities reveal how housing, food, education, jobs and community conditions shape health—and how organized communities can respond.

Wichita Public Schools secured a major federal investment to improve school buildings. The next question is bigger than construction: who learns, who works, who gets a chance to bid—and how do we know the commitments made to Wichita are actually delivered? The grant was won. Now comes the community return. USD 259's 2025 Grants Development Annual Report lists a $15,278,240 Department of Energy award under the Renew America's Schools program. The district's current project pag

What happens when people who produce, sell, serve, and buy food sit at one table and ask what should change? Inside The Refinery’s first session—and the system being built to carry community insight into action.

KDHE has approved the cleanup-system design, the Sept. 12 open house has taken place, and the project has moved toward contractor selection, permits and construction. Here’s what residents should know now.

A federal civil-rights settlement forced major changes in Wichita Public Schools. After meeting with district leaders, here’s what we learned, what families should know, and what still deserves an answer.

The August RRCBA Community Brief: Invest Fest lessons, Wichita investments, national CBA examples, RRCBA’s active work, Committee Radar and practical ways to move from information to action.

A practical August 2026 watchlist connecting current Wichita developments, RRCBA’s active work, committee participation and national community-benefits lessons to the seven RRCBA committees.

NCRC’s $687.96 billion in bank community benefits agreements expands the CBA conversation beyond development projects and into mortgage access, small-business capital and community investment.

Kansas City and San Antonio show two ways community-benefit concepts can enter major development deals. Wichita already has incentive tools that recognize community and workforce development benefits.