“Missouri hires its veterans.”
That was the clear message Gov. Jay Nixon delivered today during a stop in Carthage, as he kicked off Show-Me Heroes, a new initiative to connect military veterans with job opportunities when they return home from service.
Show-Me Heroes, an outreach of the Missouri Career Center system, is a campaign to showcase Missouri [...]
The regional partnerships of Chambers of Commerce across the Four-States region held its winter summit event at NEO A&M College in Miami, OK on Friday, February 19th. The half-day event took a deeper at economic recovery efforts and impacts across the region, opportunities that may emerge from the economic rebound, and next steps on existing [...]
Several non-profit groups and governmental agencies alike offer a valuable array of resources for business owners. Whether new, expanding, or sustaining, an event called GovFest this Thursday at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin is set to link business leaders with solutions.
MSSU’s Robert Plaster Free Enterprise and Cornell Auditorium, Room 201 is the location for [...]
Registration is now open for the next in the series of Quarterly Regional Summits hosted by Chambers of Commerce and WIB stakeholders from across the Four-States area. The summit is slated for 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 19th at NEO A&M College in Miami, OK.
Following a busy holiday season and kickoff for [...]
All across Missouri, members of the armed services are returning home, and businesses are giving these veterans the ultimate ‘thank you’ by connecting them with productive careers. The new Show-Me Heroes program underway through Missouri Career Centers can position employers to become a hero by hiring a hero
Governor Jay Nixon’s initiative seeks to reward these [...]
The Joplin Tri-State Business Journal highlighted projections 2010’s regional economy across in a special section published this week. JTSB recruited Jasen Jones from the WIB to provide the analysis as part of an elite group of regional economic leaders. Additional contributors include Rob O’Brian, Chuck Surface, Blake Benson, Josh Rinkenbaugh, Lane Clevenger, and David Glenn. [...]
Missouri is on a short list of states showing signs of economic recovery, according to Moody’s Economy.com, the economic forecasting arm of Moody’s Analytics. The report recognized the “Show-Me State” as one of 11 states emerging from the recession, based on employment rates, home prices, residential construction and manufacturing production. The Moody study also [...]
KODE-TV news ran a feature on Tuesday related to President Obama’s proposed Main Street Bailout. KODE interviewed a local firm in expansion mode, American Ramp Company. KODE also spoke with Jasen Jones from the Southwest Missouri on potential positive impact for the Joplin area. The featured wrapped up with a reference to [...]
For more than half a century, Pittsburg State University has played host to the largest regional technology conference of its kind, showcasing the latest in technology and technology education. That tradition continues as students and faculty members from five universities and numerous junior high and high schools visited the Kansas Technology Center for a [...]
The Regional Chambers of Commerce and the Quad-States Regional Transformation collaborative set Friday, November 20th as the date for a Regional Visioning Summit. The summit drills down on master plan priorities, while at the same time, ignites leaders with the region’s potential impact for global competitiveness and economic prosperity. This key event builds on [...]