Over the past decade, ACDC’s Business Improvement Grant program has assisted with 160 different business improvement projects throughout our county. The Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) designed this grant program to encourage growth and development of existing Atchison County businesses, but they have also seen an infusion of over $312,000 back into our local economy  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) hosted a Youth Professionalism Workshop at the Tarkio Activity Center Thursday, November 10, 2022. Nearly 40 Juniors from Fairfax, Rock Port, and Tarkio high schools were in attendance. The students learned how to (and how not to) through skits by Casey Martin and Mark Staten.  A panel representing major employers  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) Board President Lori Seymour welcomed nearly 80 guests to the Velma Houts Fair Building in Rock Port, Missouri, Wednesday, October 12, 2022. She recognized dignitaries in attendance and ACDC’s board and staff. Board member Roger Martin led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and offered the invocation. Guests enjoyed  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) coordinates a number of workforce programs that connect students with opportunities in their county. In addition to local career awareness, they work to cultivate leadership and volunteerism through the #MakeACBeautiful youth grant program, which awards at least $500 to a beautification project in each of the three school district areas.  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation held its update luncheon in Rock Port last week at the Rock Port Country Club. Rock Port City Mayor Amy Thomas talked about the current state of the city and the projects they have been working on. Ann Schlueter, Chief Operating Officer at Community Hospital-Fairfax, visited about the upcoming community survey  Continue Reading »

ACDC has long supported graduating high school seniors with scholarships for traditional post-graduate education and career/technical certifications.  Recognizing that that local individuals may want to establish or further their careers by pursuing additional training right here in Atchison County, ACDC established a Tarkio Tech scholarship program. ACDC offers a $500 Tarkio Tech scholarship for anyone  Continue Reading »

Lake Ozark, MO (June 14, 2017) –The Missouri Economic Development Council elected new leadership at its Annual Conference on June 14 at the Lake of the Ozarks. Elected to serve the organization for 2017-2018 are: President Jessica Craig, Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County, Sedalia; President-Elect Tim Arbeiter, CEcD, Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce, Treasurer Lori Becklenberg,  Continue Reading »

The ACT® National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a work-related skills credential that demonstrates and a level of workplace employability skills in Applied Mathematics, Locating Information, and Reading for Information.  Based on the WorkKeys assessment, the NCRC measures “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success.  This assessment measure a range of  Continue Reading »

GNW Day 2017 drew more than 300 residents from 19 northwest Missouri counties to Jefferson City to showcase our region on January 31 and February 1. This year’s priorities focused on creation of a rural policy office; investment in infrastructure to include broadband, transportation, water and wastewater; and investment in education, including both PreK-12 and  Continue Reading »

In April, Tradewind Energy announced that they had entered a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement with KCP&L to deliver low-cost wind energy in Missouri.  The Rock Creek Wind Project (RCWP) here in Atchison County, slated for construction late 2016-2017, will produce enough energy annually to power over 90,000 U.S. homes.  This project involves more than  Continue Reading »