Nearly five years ago, Springfield community leaders came together to form the Impacting Poverty Commission (IPC), which was created to address the growing need for our region’s most vulnerable citizens to have access to opportunity. The group met bi-weekly for over a year to research, gain knowledge and formulate solutions…
Author: Mary Ann Rojas, Missouri Job Center-Ozarks Region, for SGFNN
April 12 was filled with excitement and anticipation at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex. We all arrived earlier than expected to ensure the lights were on, everyone was in appropriate uniform, the banners were hung, and everyone was at their stations, ready for opening day. The Missouri Job Center-Ozarks Region’s first-ever construction…