Stone County Economic Development Summit Held June 13
June 20, 2019
Representative Brad Hudson, pictured above, co-sponsored the economic development summit.
Stone County’s first Economic Development Summit, held Thursday, June 13, in Reeds Spring, was sponsored by Representative Brad Hudson and the Table Rock Area Chamber of Commerce.
The event was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ozarks Region Workforce Development Board. Using this and other money, the Chamber of Commerce, with Rep. Hudson and the Table Rock Regional Partnership, were able to hire a consultant, Rob O’Brian, to help start determining where Stone County is and what the county can do to help spur economic development.
O’Brian, who formerly worked with the Joplin Chamber of Commerce and many others, shared some statistics about the state of the county. For example, Stone County’s population is growing and is expected to increase another 1% in the next five years.
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The event was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Ozarks Region Workforce Development Board. Using this and other money, the Chamber of Commerce, with Rep. Hudson and the Table Rock Regional Partnership, were able to hire a consultant, Rob O’Brian, to help start determining where Stone County is and what the county can do to help spur economic development.
O’Brian, who formerly worked with the Joplin Chamber of Commerce and many others, shared some statistics about the state of the county. For example, Stone County’s population is growing and is expected to increase another 1% in the next five years.
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