Frost Named New Growth Women’s Business Center Director
EL DORADO SPRINGS, MO — On July 6, it was announced that Tiffany Frost would be the new Director of the New Growth Women’s Business Center (WBC).
The New Growth Women’s Business Center advances rural entrepreneurs in all stages of business development and growth. With a focus on the power and potential of rural women and men to employ themselves, provide jobs for others, and build their local economies and communities. It is a 15-county rural business assistance resource, including training, business planning, and financing.
Frost is not new to the work of community development corporation New Growth and its parent organization West Central Missouri Community Action Agency (West Central). She spent 17 years with the West Central Head Start program, first as a secretary and eventually the director of safety and compliance. She left West Central in 2019 to become the business teacher and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) advisor at Osceola High School. She educated students on personal finance, business communications, entrepreneurship, yearbook, and web design.
She says, “I have come back to my passion of helping rural communities be successful. I have always lived in the rural community of Appleton City, and I love seeing new growth and development within my small community.”
In her personal life, Frost, who is a self-proclaimed lifelong learner, is family oriented and enjoys spending time with her three daughters and one grandson. She says she is excited to welcome two more grandsons to the family in the coming months. In her free time, you can find her attending her youngest daughters sport games, watching movies, or out for a walk.
New Growth Women’s Business Center headquarters are at The Liston Center, 508 N. Main St., El Dorado Springs, but representatives also meet up with entrepreneurs at partner sites across 15 rural Missouri and Kansas counties.
The New Growth Women’s Business Center serves 13 counties in west central Missouri and two in southeastern Kansas. In Missouri: Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Henry, Hickory, Morgan, Polk, St. Clair, and Vernon counties. In Kansas: Bourbon and Crawford counties.
Contact: call 417-282-5936 or email wbcinfo@wcmcaa.org. Watch for ongoing training events and other information at newgrowthmo.org and on Facebook @newgrowthmo.