PRESIDENT OF MOBERLY AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, COREY MEHAFFY invited Joe Snodgrass to the stage to receive the 2014 Distinguished Service Award. Mehaffy said, “Unfortunately we do not have nearly enough time this evening to mention even a fraction of the many things our next recipient has done to assist Randolph County, the City of Moberly, Moberly Parks & Rec, Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation, local educational institutions and hundreds of civic organizations throughout the region. Our recipient’s assistance has been invaluable to these organizations whether providing counsel, construction expertise, saving them time, saving them money or helping to attract new bus
IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TODAY, one factor commonly cited by corporate decision makers in project location decisions is availability of skilled workers. Successful workforce development requires cooperation between economic developers, educators (at all levels) and workforce-development professionals. To be successful in any business, it is imperative that we understand our customers. For example, a car dealer that does not recognize that women make many of the family car-buying decisions might be targeting their advertising to the wrong customers by touting a vehicle’s horsepower rather than its safety features. Similarly, those of us in workforce development might miss opportunities if w
JOIN US IN A SOCIAL GATHERING OF ENTREPRENEURS, innovative companies and members from the investment and banking communities. growFEST will showcase new and developing businesses with creative concepts or solutions throughout the night. Each entrepreneur will give a sales pitch and demonstrations of their business. more Listen to the interview with Corey Mehaffy about the upcoming event. Here is a video from the last growFEST. For more information or to be a Sponsor contact: team@growmidmo.com or 660-263-5865 Thursday, October 23th from 7:00-9:00 pm Moberly Municipal Auditorium 109 N Clark Street, Moberly, Mo
MOBERLY AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION announced today that Kiersten O’Dell, owner of Silverlight Marketing Group, has purchased Market Street Floral from current owner Stephanie Fuemmeler. Market Street Floral is located at 111 Market Street in Glasgow, MO and currently has two employees. O’Dell has big plans for the shop moving forward and customers will see some of those ideas implemented immediately as she freshens up the inventory as well as adds several new items including quilting kits. O’Dell added, "When I started on this adventure of entrepreneurship with Silverlight Marketing Group I never dreamed I would be considering a second business, but that is the exact position I f
