Join us September 30 for our next 5th Monday community economic development luncheon at the The Liston Center (aka ElDo Youth Center) in El Dorado Springs, MO! Support for job providers and job seekers is the focus of west central Missouri’s next 5th Monday...

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED. VIEW THE CURRENT FARM TO FORK SUMMIT & EXPO EVENT HERE. Calling farmers, eaters, doctors, grocers, mayors, and more! The Farm to Fork Summit offers inspiration, contacts, and practical steps for building health and wealth with local food....

West central Missouri’s Rides to Health and Wealth Network recently held a planning workshop with participants from sectors spanning health care, education, the courts, local government, and senior and social services. Their insights helped inform and advance this...

West Central Missouri Community Action Agency (West Central) is the recipient of a one-year, $100,000 grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to organize the rollout of health-related transportation services in partnership with the Missouri...

Join us July 29 at the historic Pennell Hotel in downtown Butler! It’s the next 5th Monday community economic development luncheon, hosted by West Central Missouri Community Action Agency and regional community development corporation New Growth. Participants...

A new project to help Google find rural businesses and communities is gaining steam in west central Missouri. The Making Rural Visible project starts in Cedar and St. Clair counties with free listings on the LocalAnyDay platform. Sign up is easy and ongoing. Just call...

Five regional organizations announced April 29, at west central Missouri’s “5th Monday” community economic development luncheon, that they have joined forces to grow the region’s economy by strengthening support to rural entrepreneurs. Start Here is a new, regional,...

Healthy, thriving places grow where people find it easy and enjoyable to live, work, and play. That is the need and opportunity at the core of Osceola’s Healthy Places for Healthy People (HP2) plan. Implementation is getting underway with projects including an Osceola...

West Central Missouri Community Action Agency and its New Growth community development corporation are recipients of a $20,000 Coover Regional Grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks in partnership with Commerce Trust Company. Funding will kick off the...

Insights from more experienced entrepreneurs — people who have been through it! — can be some of the best help for beginning businesses. A new project to help area farmers get into larger-scale wholesale markets for fruits and vegetables provides that...

April 29 event will launch regional business acceleration network. The next “5th Monday” community economic development networking luncheon takes place April 29 in historic downtown Clinton. Hosts West Central Missouri Community Action Agency and its community...

St. Clair and Cedar counties take action with LocalAnyDay mobile marketing platform If you want to buy local, you first have to find local. But finding local is especially difficult in the smartphone era. Most rural businesses do not have the marketing power to show...