Missouri Association Of Councils Of Government

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND ITS REGIONAL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS AS THEY SEEK TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND EQUITY IN THE STATE'S REGIONS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND MODELING AND ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY PLANS FOR EIGHT REGIONAL CLUSTERS AND THE PROVISION OF BROADBAND PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ALL REGIONS OF THE STATE. THE PLANS AND STUDIES DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS PROJECT WILL POSITION THE STATE AND ITS REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS TO HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE DATA AND TOOLS TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO ASSIST WITH REGIONAL RECOVERY FROM AND RESILIENCE TO THE IMPACTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC RELATED TO LIMITED EXISTING BROADBAND AVAILABILITY IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE STATE AND TO CREATE A MORE RESILIENT BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE WHOLE STATE AND ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS LED BY THE MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS (MACOG). THROUGH THEIR DESIGNATION AS INDIVIDUAL EDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, EDA FUNDS THE REGIONAL COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS THAT COMPOSE MACOG TO BRING TOGETHER THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROADMAPS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR REGIONAL ECONOMIES, TO SUPPORT PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, AND TO CREATE JOBS.

DISASTER RECOVERY SPEC.

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENT (MACOG) WITH PROVIDING DETAILED TRAINING TO EACH OF MISSOURI?S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (EDD) EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SO THAT THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO BRING FULL VALUE TO THEIR DISTRICTS. MISSOURI?S EDD NETWORK HAS EXPERIENCED A HIGH AMOUNT OF TURNOVER IN EDD EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND THIS TRAINING PROJECT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE KNOWLEDGE GAPS FOR NEWER HIRES AS WELL AS REFRESH EDD MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ON EDA PROGRAMS FOR LONGER SERVING EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. ONCE COMPLETED THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY TO EDDS ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSOURI WITH AN UPDATED STATE-SPECIFIC EDD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GUIDE WHICH WILL HELP DIVERSIFY AND STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.

DEVELOPMENT OF STATEWIDE DISASTER RESILIENCY PLANNING FRAMEWORK