MAEDC NEWS

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 org

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-bu

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:

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 item