Missouri Main Street Connection (MMSC) unveiled the My Community Matters program on January 28 ^th  in Jefferson City at the Capital Building. The program, which is a partnership with MMSC and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Rural Community Development Initiative grant, will help community-based development organizations promote economic development in low-income, rural communities. 

The targeted communities include Brunswick, Butler, Concordia, Kirksville, Knob Noster, Monroe City, Rockaway Beach, Sikeston, and Willow Springs.

MMSC State Director Gayla Roten noted, “MMSC looks forward to working with both USDA and Missouri communities to implement this program and help build sustainable communities through downtown revitalization. Without our valuable partners, this program would not possible.”

My Community Matters initiative will provide technical training and assistance to these 10 communities in rural Missouri. This assistance and training will focus on a variety of topics centered on the four points of the Main Street Approach which are Organization, Design, Promotion and Economic Vitality. Within these four points services will cover visioning, market analysis, board training, sustainable design practices, micro-enterprise development, and entrepreneurship. The overall goal of the program is to help Missouri communities build capacity to support sustainable economic development.

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IS YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDING NEW VIBRANT BUSINESSES?

In today’s dialogue, the entrepreneurial ecosystem often gets the most visibility, as it combines the organic passion of a community and its entrepreneurs with the ideas that spring from that passion. According to the Kauffman Foundation. “Entrepreneurial ecosystems drive local economic vibrancy and national economic growth by building fertile environments for new and growing companies to thrive.”

Entrepreneurial ecosystems comprise many players: innovators, investors, policy makers, and more. They grow out of organic passion, often led by

entrepreneurs themselves.

Join us in learning how you  can  create conditions in which entrepreneurs choose to innovate. This workshop was designed to help your community do that.

February 22, 2019

9:00AM - 4:30PM



The Elms Hotel

401 Regent Street

Excelsior Springs, MO 64024

$125 per person for Missouri Main Street Members

$225 per person for non-members.

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Join Us In Welcoming A New Staff Member To Our Team

Missouri Main Street Connection is now accepting speaker proposals for the 2019 Get Plugged In Downtown Revitalization Conference . We have a variety of sessions ranging from 45 Minute Crash Courses to 75 minute sessions for new or established downtown revitalization programs. Our conference this year will help Main Street programs rethink how they present their district, businesses, special events and their organization to customers, visitors, business owners and property owners.

We encourage you to submit a proposal that features ways Main Street communities can enhance the downtown experience

We want to thank these investors for their contributions to Missouri Main Street for the months of December & January.

Clinton Main Street, Inc.

Downtown Excelsior Partnership

Downtown Marceline

Florissant Old Town Partners

Glasgow Main Street Association

Independence Square Association

City of Jackson

John Vietmeier

Laura Todd

Monett Main Street, Inc.

Platte County Convention and Visitors Bureau

Sedalia Downtown Development Inc.

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Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide, 501c3, not-for-profit organization committed to fostering renewed vitality and sustainability in historic commercial districts across the state of Missouri.