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Missouri Economy Indicators

Missouri Economy Indicators

This series will explore economic indicators and impacts associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rural Small Business Engagement

Rural small business engagement

Guidelines for meaningful engagement with rural small business owners in economic development planning.

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Kaitlyns Deli

Building Local Prosperity

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Exceeding expectations, enhancing economic opportunities

University of Missouri Extension's Exceed program focuses on regional economic and entrepreneurial development. Exceed assists decision-makers with data-driven regional economic development strategies and industry studies. We routinely partner with businesses, communities, regions, governments, and nonprofits to enhance economic and entrepreneurial opportunities.

 

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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: 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’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 ...

Could Online Sales Be a Direct Marketing Opportunity for Rural Farms?

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2020

Local food has been the subject of federal, state, and local government policy in recent years as consumer interest in and demand for local foods has grown. In 2017, 130,056 U.S. farms (just over 6% of U.S. farms) were marketing food for human ...

The Language of Economic Development: A Reference Guide for Economic Developers

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2008

Written by professional economic developers, this glossary provides definitions for hundreds of terms, concepts and programs as well as conversion tables and other information essential for today's economic development practitioners. Topics areas ...

Engaging Small Businesses in Rural Economic Development: Seven Guidelines for Success

Publication date: Aug. 1, 2019

Finding locally led solutions to rural economic development challenges requires the time and capacity of many stakeholders. Practitioners navigate available infrastructure and connectivity, distance to markets, sparse populations, and access to ...

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