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Doris Boeckman is the Missouri Rural Health Association Rides to Wellness Director. Boeckman runs the program, HealthTran, which started as a pilot program in West Plains and continues with remarkable success. HealthTran is designed to build seamless transportation infrastructure in rural Missouri by expanding local transportation by connecting existing transportation services and volunteer drivers. Rides to Wellness has recently updated and expanded their model to serve St. Joseph, Missouri. 

Luncheon Discussion
Date: May 2, 2018
Time: 11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Where: Masonic Lodge
Location: 215 East Broadway, Ashland, MO (map)

Lunch will be provided by Mid-MO RPC. Please RSVP to debragriffin@midmorpc.org or call 573.657.9779 to reserve a seat. 

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) encourage people throughout Missouri to help “bash trash” during their 16^th annual No MOre Trash! Bash April 15 through May 15.

The event focuses on “spring cleaning” the outdoors by asking people to pick up litter across Missouri from roadsides, parks, neighborhoods, rivers, streams, trails, and other places. Trash Bash activities also include various educational efforts in schools, community events, and Earth Day celebrations around the state.

For 16 years, the No MOre Trash! Bash has encouraged Missourians to help Missouri become a litter-free state. Adopt-A-Highway volunteers are a big part of the effort, collecting more than 43,000 bags last year and saving the state more than $1 million in litter removal.

Volunteers are needed across the state this year to participate in litter cleanup activities. Participants can report their cleanup efforts and will receive a No MOre Trash! thank-you pin. For more information, visit nomoretrash.org , or call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636).

April 16, 2018 – Cheryl Ball, MoDOT Waterways and Freight Administrator, was the guest presenter at Mid-MO RPC’s Economic Development Advisory Committee. Ms. Ball presented on the Freight Enhancement Program (FRE) and current freight trends including ports and trucking.

MoDOT is currently accepting proposals for Freight Enhancement Program (FRE) funding. FRE funds are available for capital projects such as the construction of improvements or purchase of equipment that address one of the following four goals: safety, connectivity and mobility, economic development, and major maintenance. Maximum available funding for an individual project is $500,000. Applications for FRE funding are due to MoDOT by May 10th. An additional round of FRE funding may also be available in Fall 2018. Here is a link to the full FRE funding announcement from MoDOT.

Ms. Ball also discussed an innovative program that MoDOT has implemented to turn rest areas into truck parking. A lack of available parking for trucks has become an issue for the trucking industry. At the same time, existing rest areas are aging and becoming too expensive for the state to maintain in the current form. By converting these aging rest areas to truck parking, MoDOT has been able to meet trucking industry demand for parking while saving the state of Missouri millions of dollars.

Show-Me Shortline, Centralia, MO.

April 9, 2018 – The City of Centralia was recently awarded $200,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the Missouri Department of Economic Development for public infrastructure improvements related to the expansion of Show-Me Shortline. Show-Me Shortline is an agriculture equipment assembly company based in Centralia. The expansion includes a 13,000 sq. ft. addition to one of its current buildings and the hiring of 10 new employees.

The new road will improve Show-Me Shortline’s access to Hwy 22 and help eliminate a blind curve that is currently a major safety concern. The new road will also improve development opportunities for other lots in the area that currently have poor access to Hwy 22.  

Mid-MO RPC assisted the City of Centralia with the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application and conducted the environmental review for the project. Mid-MO RPC will also be serving as the grant administrator for the project. RPC activities on the project moving forward will include procurement assistance, assistance with prevailing wage compliance and financial management assistance among other duties.

Here is the link to our March edition of the Mid-MO Current which is our quarterly newsletter that highlights how the Mid-Missouri Regional Planning Commission staff is assisting our communities. 

April 25, 2018 – Luncheon meeting has been rescheduled to May 2. 11:30-1:00 pm. 

May 2, 2018 – Luncheon meeting, 11:30 am-1:00 pm, Masonic Lodge, 215 E. Broadway, Ashland (map)

May 8, 2018 – The Mid-MO RPC office will be closed for Truman Day.

May 23, 2018 – 11:30 am, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 East Broadway, Ashland (map). The Executive Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of Directors and is comprised of the Chair, Vice Chair, Past Chair, Personnel Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer/Budget Chair.

May 23, 2018 – 2:00 pm, Mid-MO RPC Office, 206 E. Broadway, Ashland (map).