Andy Bonderer
South visitors: Martha Morgan and Byron Hill
Rotaract visitors: Mark Hoerstkamp and Jason Newlin
05/21/1983 Kevin Gibbens (Spouse: Whitney)
05/23/1996 Kevin Anderson (Spouse: Naomi)
05/23/1970 Charlie Digges, Sr. (Spouse: Kathryn)
HISTORY MOMENT
WOMEN'S GROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH ROTARY CLUBS
Some very significant programs of Rotary service are not conducted by Rotarians. This is true because of the many projects sponsored by organizations of Rotarians' wives and other women relatives associated with Rotary clubs around the world.
Women's groups-often called Women of Rotary, Rotary Ann Clubs, Las Damas de Rotary, Rotary Wives or, the more formalized organization, The Inner Wheel-annually conduct hundreds of notable projects of humanitarian service in their communities. The women's groups establish schools, baby clinics, food and clothing distribution centers, hospital facilities, orphanages, homes for the elderly and other service activities, and they frequently provide volunteer service on a day-to- day basis to operate child-care centers for working mothers and provide necessary resources for Youth Exchange students. Usually the women's groups complement and supplement the programs of service performed by the local Rotary clubs. Many of the women's groups actively conduct international service projects as well as local projects.
The RI Board of Directors in 1984 recognized the excellent service and fellowship of the clubs and organization of women relatives of Rotarians and encouraged all Rotary clubs to sponsor such informal organizations.
("The ABCs of Rotary" by Cliff Dotchterman - reprinted with permission).______________________________________________
Plan to visit Regan’s Riverhill Garden Center (7201 S.
Nursery Rd – 4.5 miles South on Providence past Rockbridge High School
to Rt. K, turn left) on Saturday and
Sunday, May 21 and 22. 10% of
Rotarian’s purchases will be donated to Motorcycle Bob’s Centennial Ride
to benefit Polio Plus.______________________________________________
NEED A RIDE TO ROTARY?
The Hospitality Committee prepares get-well cards for members who are ill and can set up rides for members who can't otherwise get to meetings. Please notify Gena Scott by email at scottgl@missouri.edu, by phone at 882-6371 (work) or 442-1865 (home).
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The Missouri Department of Economic Development (MO DED) has 1,600 employees and 13 divisions, all but three of which are regulatory. The three non-regulatory divisions are
• Workforce Development, which provides job training
• Community Development, which helps improve infrastructure to make a location attractive to business
• Business Development and Trade, which oversees incentive programs such as tax credits, bond allocations and international trade.
Columbia has not really participated in state economic development as much
as other cities. For example, St. Louis has obtained $700 million for redevelopment
and historic preservation of its downtown where lofts and apartments are now
in the upper floors of old buildings with retail, restaurants and other businesses
on the street level. The corporate interest has not followed the residential
renovations, however, and that is something the city of St. Louis is now
working on.In Kansas City, H&R Block was retained as an anchor tenant to the downtown area to start the reclamation effort and induce other corporate support. Now there is a plan to make an entertainment district between Crown Center and KC’s downtown.
Rural areas have major problems when a large employer leaves. It affects all business in the surrounding areas. Missouri is still far behind other states with incentive packages to attract and retain these employers. Companies now hire incentives specialists who go to various towns and put together incentives packages for the companies. For example, in Farmington a company was offered a building, housing, job training and tax incentives but Farmington still lost to Pueblo Colorado who put $6 million cash on top of the package. The incentives war is the reality but it is not beneficial to keep escalating the stakes with neighboring communities. Missouri needs agreements with other states to market ourselves as a region.
International offices for MO DED are in Japan and Mexico with efforts underway to establish an office in Europe. Missouri needs to do a better job connecting with markets for our products overseas.
New pro-business legislation has been passed recently to increase our ability to compete. An incentives review is currently underway to help the state move into areas such as life sciences, information technology, and advanced manufacturing.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Would you like to help in getting the Club's RotarySpeak
weekly newsletter on-line? We could really use a few more volunteers
who would like to take notes at the meeting - no more than 4-5 times a year
(preferably one full month). If interested, please e-mail Tony St Romaine, or see Kristen Smarr or Jane Phillips for additional details.
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