Greetings!
MCB hopes that the New Year finds you ready for your 2011 project entries! To assist your communities with this process, MCB wants to bring you some new information. The MCB Conference this year will be the 48th Annual Conference. The MCB Board is very pleased to announce the theme for 2011 is: "MCB is not magic, but it works; the odds for winning look good. Take your chances...."
This theme may be used as you start to put together ideas for your community project book.
The 2011 Award Competition materials are being updated and will be available on the MCB Web Site as they are completed. The information will be mailed to the communities upon their request.
MCB Resource Directory
Request A Community Visit
MCB Forum
MCB Project Book Matrix
Friends of MCB
Planning Committees Named
Please Visit MCB Sponsors
MCB Resource Directory Available on the MCB Web Site
Has your community used the MCB Resource Directory that is available on the MCB Web Site? This directory provides a tool for communities to be better able to continue to provide the quality of life they want in their community.
New information is constantly being added as it is received. If you have or know of information to add to the directory, please contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at
mcb@iland.net.
Please feel free to use this valuable resource often!
Request A Community Visit
Missouri Community Betterment is fortunate to have received funds through the Neighborhood Assistance Program project that enables MCB Executive Director Jan Simon to be available to make visits to communities at no charge.
The criteria for a community visit have been developed and are available on the MCB Web Site. Click on "Community Visit Criteria" in the Red Section under "Local Community Betterment Start-Up."
If you are aware of any community that meets the criteria listed, please have them contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at mcb@iland.net to discuss their community visit.
Visits can only be made until designated funds are expended, so please contact Jan Simon soon!
MCB Forum on Website
MCB reminds you that the Forum continues to be available on the MCB Web Site.
The goal of the MCB Forum is to give community members an opportunity to obtain news, ask questions, and get answers.
You must register to be able to enter the MCB Forum. Go to the MCB Web Site and click on the "Forum" tab at the top left of the screen. Follow the instructions in the Welcome Section. Now you are ready to use the Forum.
Many of you have asked for the Forum. Please let us know how you like it. Contact Jan Simon at 417-334-3474 or at mcb@iland.net.
MCB Project Book Matrix
Is your community looking for some tested and proven ideas for community and youth group projects? The 2010 MCB award competition projects for communities and youth groups is the place to get ideas that may work in your community! Go to the MCB Web Site to find the Project Matrix. They are located under the Gold Community Projects Tab on the left side of the web site.
When you click on the project name, the project summary form will appear. Additional information about each project may be obtained by clicking on the name of the community. A contact person's name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address will be available.
Missouri Community Betterment is working to provide more information for local communities to help them improve the quality of life of their community, and make all the communities of Missouri a better place to live, work, and play.
The Friends of MCB Want You To Join Us!
Please consider becoming a member of the "Friends of MCB."
For a $50-$249 membership, your name will appear on the MCB Web Site, in the MCB Annual Conference Program, and on other printed materials, as well as you being introduced at the MCB Conference Luncheon and Banquet, and receiving a MCB Lapel Pin.
Please send your membership dues to:
Jan Simon MCB Executive Director
1702 Cedar Ridge Way
Branson West, Missouri 65737
For more information about the "Friends of MCB," please contact Jan at 417-334-3474 or at
mcb@iland.net.
You may also download the Friends of MCB membership form from the MCB Web Site.
MCB Board Announces New Board Members
The MCBEF Board would like to announce that John Gulick, representing the USDA Rural Development of Columbia, and Bill Ransdall, representing the Missouri Department of Economic Development of Jefferson City have recently joined the MCB Board of Directors.
Other current MCB Board Members Include:
President: J.C. Smith, Clinton
VP: Kathleen Bruegenhemke, Jefferson City
Sec-Treas: Mike Heimericks, Jefferson City
Directors: Carolee Hazlet, Moberly; Jerry Craig, Salem; Ivan Oestreich, Clinton; Mark Dawson, Lee's Summitt; Robin Fitzgerald, Perry; Johanna Reed Adams, PhD, Columbia; Mike Chell, St. Louis; Gordon Ipson, Palmyra; Rep Jason Smith, Salem; Debbie Roach, Grant City; Matt Ashby, St. Louis; and John Robinson III, of St. Louis and Caledonia.
Staff:
Jan Simon, Executive Director, Branson West
