Opportunity to Serve

Opportunity of Service

                If you are concerned about the quality of life in your county and live in one of the following counties: Scott, Stoddard, Mississippi, New Madrid, Dunklin and Pemiscot an opportunity to help your community/county is currently open. The Bootheel Regional Planning Commission is currently seeking active citizens who have an interest in either broadband and bringing it to their community or who have an interest in improving the quality of the workforce. Both groups are part of the national economic development plan written by the SET 7 group. The two committees are:

1)      Broadband – will work to educate the communities in the  Bootheel on the importance of having broadband presence in their community and how they can help make it happen; the committee’s next meeting is 8/23 at the Delta Center in Portageville, MO from 9-11a

2)      Workforce Development – will work to create a higher skilled workforce in the region through cooperation of many partners; the committees first meeting will be 8/19 at Three Rivers College in Sikeston, MO from 2-4p

To sign up for one of these committees, please contact Hannah Barnett at the Bootheel Regional Planning Commission at 573-614-5178 or email her at hbarnett@bootheelrpc.com.

For questions about the committees, please contact Richard Proffer at 573-243-3581 or profferrd@missouri.edu.