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Introduction to Neighboring 101

Event date: Nov. 19, 2020 - April 15, 2021

Often times when we think about making a community stronger we think of financial or economic gains in community. However, building social capital through networks and reciprocity actually impacts our community more. The single best way to grow ...

Buchanan County Council Meeting

Event date: Nov. 24, 2020

Event time: | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

St. Joseph, MO

Monthly County Extension Council meeting to conduct business and plan programming efforts in the county. This meeting is open to the public at the office or can be joined via Zoom. If you wish to attend virtually, please click the registration button ...

Neighborhood Leadership Fellows 2021

Event date: Jan. 8, 2021 - Oct. 17, 2021

The 2021 Neighborhood Leadership Fellows Application is now open!Seeking Promise Zone residents who want to create more equitable regional policies for neighborhoods!Neighborhood Leadership Fellows (NLF) is a nine-month advanced leadership training ...

Fundamentals of Planning and Zoning Chancellor's Certificate program

Event date: Oct. 14, 2020 - Dec. 2, 2020

6-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 14 - Dec. 2 (excluding Nov. 25)Offered via Zoom Entering its 17th year, the Fundamentals of Planning & Zoning Chancellor's Certificate program has educated hundreds of members of the St. Louis planning community. The program ...

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Positive approaches to negativity on social media

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Putting your community in the social media limelight brings the risk of receiving occasional negative comments. You might be thinking, “Won’t negative comments turn other potential customers away?”Not necessarily, says ...

Summit challenges youth to lead with courage

Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Almost 160 teens and adults attended the 2018 Missouri Youth Civic Leaders Summit near Camdenton in March. Youth and adult teams gathered from more than 20 county 4-H programs and community betterment groups across ...

Arts can boost, diversify small-town economies

Published: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. – A two-day training this fall will show civic leaders, artists, elected officials, entrepreneurs, business owners and others how the arts can play a role in community and economic development.“Community Development Academy ...

MU collaborates with community on audio tour of historic Lexington

Published: Thursday, July 10, 2014

LEXINGTON, Mo. – Visitors to historic Lexington, Missouri, can learn about the town’s rich Civil War history through an audio walking and driving tour created through the University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program. The audio tour ...

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Rules for Missouri Ambulance Districts

Publication date: July 1, 2020

Ballard Local Government SeriesAcknowledgmentsThe purpose of this manual is to help ambulance district officials understand and comply with the state’s requirements. It is, first and foremost, the work of the late John Ballard. This manual would ...

Rules for Missouri Fire Protection Districts

Publication date: May 1, 2020

Ballard Local Government SeriesAcknowledgmentsThe purpose of this manual is to help fire protection district officials understand and comply with the state’s requirements. It is, first and foremost, the work of the late John Ballard. This edition ...

Population Change and Fiscal Stress in Missouri’s Third Class Counties

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2019

During the recent recession, local governments struggled to manage budgets as revenues dropped. Because the recession was deeper and longer than any in the past half-century, with a slower recovery, reserve funds were not sufficient.With lower ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2019

A gift in honor of the contributions of Dr. Curtis Bracheler contributed to this project. Dr. James Ahrenholz established the gift.This electronic workbook enables Missouri third class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2017. A ...

Missouri’s Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: Workbook User’s Manual

Publication date: June 1, 2016

The electronic workbook, Third Class County Budget Trend Analysis: 1996–2013, is a set of spreadsheets, or workbook, that enables Missouri third-class counties to analyze county fiscal trends from 1996 to 2013. A county can make a detailed study of ...

Missouri State and Local Taxes and Revenues: A 50-State Comparison for 2012

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2015

The individual income tax is a major source of revenue for the state of Missouri. For local governments, a major source of revenue is the property tax, but this varies by type of local government.The state and local tax systems of Missouri are ...

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Alianzas

The Alianzas partnership enhances the ability of communities to collaborate with the growing immigrant Hispanic population.

CARES

The Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES) aids interested public and private parties in learning about and managing our resources.

Creating Whole Communities

Links the resources of the university's local efforts throughout the region, creating whole communities.

Labor Education Program

Developing and delivering trade union leadership in Missouri and other Midwestern states

MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute

FRTI provides comprehensive education and skills training for Missouri’s fire and emergency service responders.

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