by pcantrell | Mar 11, 2020 | News
Growing rural jobs and building community health is the purpose of the West Central Missouri Food Value Chain Project. Partner organizations are now working to fill three positions on this regional team. A food value chain is a coordinated network of people,...
by pcantrell | Mar 11, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Marketing, News, Tourism
Just a few more people getting off the highway to check out our small towns can make a big difference for rural west central Missouri. Tourism Tool. Here we would like to share news of a project New Growth initiated this year to get more people off the highway and...
by pcantrell | Mar 2, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Success Stories
Driving 30 minutes for their daughter’s soccer practice used to be stop-and-go traffic stress for Shellie and Jonas Unell. It turned into rolling countryside and gorgeous sunsets when they moved back a few years ago to Shellie’s rural hometown of Appleton City,...
by pcantrell | Feb 26, 2020 | News, Transportation
Rural Missouri health network plans regional ride system Rural communities across America know very well how stranded they are without decent transportation options. Children are not able to participate in extracurricular activities. Retirees must move away to places...
by pcantrell | Jan 7, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Farm to Fork, News
Local farms and organizations partner up to build up farm to fork connections Putting farmers who grow fruits and vegetables together with people who want and need healthy food makes a lot of sense to Noel McKay. He is Social Service Coordinator with the national,...
