Insights provided by the Southwest Missouri WIB assisted KOAM-TV’s Jordan Aubey with a news feature on the potential impact of the 2010 on Joplin’s economy. As the lead story on its 10 p.m. newscast Tuesday evening, the feature examined the impact for the City of Joplin to break the 50,000 population mark.
KOAM interviewed Joplin mayor Gary [...]
Five state parks benefit from around 88 slots of paid summer youth internships through Missouri’s State Parks Youth Corps
Southwest Missouri youth have two weeks remaining to apply for a summer job with the State Parks Youth Corps, Gov. Jay Nixon announced during a visit to Reeds Spring today.
The Governor visited the Gibson Technical Center to meet with students in construction, mechanical, automotive and other training courses to detail the State Parks Youth Corps: [...]
The regional development partnerships among chambers of commerce, economic development, business leaders, educators, and communities are seizing an opportunity to propel the area forward to ultra-fast broadband connectivity. Spanning six of the region’s counties with ideal adjacency and assets, the emerging Broadband Beyond Borders (BbBB) initiative seeks a selection by Google to fund and [...]
The annual Dynamic Dozen focus from the Joplin Tri-State Business Journal (JTSB) recognizes explosive growth of local companies throughout the region. Several board members/leaders of the WIB are among the list of honorees.
Freeman Health System at #6 with 109% growth
Able Manufacturing and Assembly at #7 with 113% growth
Crowder College at #10 with 113.5% growth
The March [...]
Miracle Recreation Equipment Company is attracting regional attention for its efforts to add more than a hundred new jobs in Monett. The Springfield Business Journal profiled the company on March 17th with a follow-up in its sister publication, the Joplin Tri-State Business Journal.
The journal interviewed Jasen Jones at the WIB to discuss the impact of [...]
The prestigious Economic Development Now journal features insightful trends on the integration of local economic development strategies with workforce development. As a follow up to the national analysis, ED Now profiles a case study on the success of these efforts in Southwest Missouri featuring the WIB and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce.
While the journal [...]
McCune-Brooks Regional Hospital at Carthage received the first-ever Missouri Impact! award for healthcare process improvement from Missouri Enterprise. Together with the awards presentation, House and Senate reps from the Missouri General Assembly presented resolutions proclaiming the honor.
Project Profile from Missouri Enterprise (PDF)
Carthage Press newspaper article
Joplin Tri-State Business Journal article
Joplin Globe newspaper article
The WIB’s Business Retention [...]