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| Benchmark | Benchmark Description | Baseline | Output To Date | Target | Unit | Leader | Percent Completed | Percent Tasks Completed | Total Funds Received | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-2 | Work has been done to market available buildings and land along with incentives for new manufacturers. | 0 | 0 | 200 | # of jobs created | 0% | 75% | $500 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-3 | Compile a current directory in a computer format that can be easily updated. If possible, designate a single office to serve an information clearing house and point of initial inquiry. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 50% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-4 | Survey the current need, then coordinate with current services of OATS, RSVP and volunteer organizations. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of clients served | 0% | 100% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-5 | KCOM is currently planning to build an elderly housing unit. Need to increase the availability of low income housing in the $200-300 per month range. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of families served | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-6 | Get more physicians to participate at the Christian Community Clinic, as well as getting access to medication and lab work that needs to be done for low-income individuals. | 0 | 0 | 15 | Increase in patient satisfaction | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-7 | Child care is needed for newborns, infants and around the clock service for those that work nights and swing shifts. Need care for latch-key age kids other than just for those at risk. Possibly explore expansion of R-3 school district, YMCA, and K-Life programs. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of families served | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-8 | Meal delivery is needed in Brashear, and Novinger. Job opportunities are needed for individuals with special needs. Additional foster parent families established. Creation of a mentoring program for youth. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of clients placed in jobs | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-9 | Increase financial support for library services (tax levy increase). Grants and low interest loans will be investigated to fund an additional wing. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of facilities improved | Adair County Public Library | 0% | 100% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-10 | The need for a shelter will be looked into to see if and where one could be established | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of projects | Kirksville Housing Authority / Community Action Agency | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-11 | Get input from various community agencies to see what the need is, and how much of an expansion is necessary. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of facilities improved | Adair County Humane Society | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-12 | Build partnerships with other community colleges to offer two-year training. Increase the size and offerings of the local high school vo-tech center in accordance with the needs of local employers; regularly survey local employers to determine what their training needs are. Develop a plan for purchasing and replacing Kirksville R-3 technical center instruction equipment. Make maximum use of TCRC to expand local vocational and professional development opportunities. Set up a network of TSU and KCOM alumni willing to provide job referrals and work force training opportunities for residents for Adair County. | 0 | 0 | 200 | # of courses offered | Moberly Area Community College | 0% | 100% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-13 | Provide professional development opportunities that would result in positive growth of current wage market. Provide motivational and financial incentives for persons to complete their G.E.D., and complete vocational training through subsidies, on-site childcare, and transportation to education and job training sites. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of participants | Workforce Development / Moberly Area Community College /Kirksville Vocational Technical School | 0% | 100% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-14 | Continue to provide childcare services through Kirksville Area Vocational Technical Center that allows young mothers to re-enter high school or obtain GED. This program also provides child care training. Continue to provide after school services at Ray miller for area youth. Determine whether infant care is needed, then explore avenues to address identified needs. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of families served | Local Industries | 0% | 50% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-15 | Make information about these programs available through the regional community action agency, social service ombudsman's office, and other locations where low and moderate income persons can access them. Develop plans for parents, local civic groups, and volunteer organizations to become more directly involved with the public schools, including training for teachers on how to further integrate parents into learning processes. Arrange more media coverage of programs which take tutorials to private homes, special education options for language arts, math skills, ect. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of parent/school partnerships | Kirksville R-III School District | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-16 | Assess the need of promotion for GED offerings. Consult secondary school system on number of drop outs and industries on how many employees lack a GED or High school diploma | 0 | 0 | 15 | % of participation | Kirksville R-III School District | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-17 | Examine the feasibility of setting up an Exploratorium for juvenile and adult science learning, and art education, preferably inconjuction with a multipurpose community center. It is anticipated that such a facility would house traveling exhibits and offer displays and programs of interest to all segments of the population. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of new or improved systems | Kirksville R-III School District | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-18 | Continue to support TSU's and KCOM's changed a. statewide and national missions, emphasizing how these changed missions are essential to each institution's long term viability and their role in the community. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-19 | The City, housing authority, economic development corporation and community action agency should select and acquire demonstration project sites totaling approximately 40 acres. The City agrees to grant a site specific variance from the Kirksville Subdivision Code with respect to this tract in favor of HUD's 1993 Proposed Mole land Development Standards. Lots averaging 7,500 to 9,000 square feet in size will be sold for 105% of actual land and development costs with the restriction that finished homes cannot be initially sold for more than $75,000. The City would evaluate the possibility of waiving building permit fees at this affordable housing project site, abating all or a portion of local real estate taxes for up to five years on completed units, offering a sales tax exemption on building materials used in the project site, and waiving water/sewer tap fees. Work with local financial institutions to expand financing of real estate purchases in the project site, particularly to persons of low and moderate income. Develop a training program, with the Kirksville Housing Authority and the Northeast Missouri Community Action Agency to prepare occupants of public housing for home ownership. Explore ways to improve the availability of home valued between $75,000-150,000. Recruit a builder of affordable modular and stick built housing construct homes on crawl spaces with concrete foundations in the demonstration areas. Develop a list of contractors that would be interested in building affordable housing on crawl spaces utilizing in-fill lots for these projects. In the above strategies, the City should be viewed as the developer of last resort; private development is preferred. | 0 | 0 | 150 | # of houses constructed | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-20 | Continue to make sure that there is a disposal site for construction debris easily accessible to Kirksville, wither at the old city dump or elsewhere. Examine other local code amendments which would reduce the cost of multi-family housing without compromising safety or building quality standards. The evaluation should include waiving all or a portion of City building permit fees, water and sewer tap fees, and other stream linings. Encourage the participation in the "Grade A" Housing Program which identifies those rental properties that meet specific City code requirements. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of units built | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-21 | Existing building and construction codes are sufficient to address this problem, but additional manpower may be required to enforce them. Compile a list of contractors licensed to operate within the city, outlining the type of contracting service they provide and whether they would be interested in performing odd jobs.\\Encourage rehabilitation and renovation by providing landfill and dumpster service (appropriately sized) to owner-occupied structures for significant building maintenance projects. Eligibility will be based upon standard guidelines and first-come first serve basis. Determine the possibility of implementing a program to encourage housing upgrades to gradually increase the value of homes. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of facilities improved | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-22 | Recommend that educational institution and social service agencies refer renters only to units so designated. Direct the efforts of local volunteer organizations and civic clubs to housing rehabilitation projects. Conduct an informal session through the residence association of Truman for the students, who will be looking for off-campus housing. Specifically offering inspection guidelines that can be used in their off-campus housing search. In addition, provide "Grade A" housing guidelines to the Dean of Students at both Truman and KCOM for students to obtain and use on their own. | 0 | 0 | 15 | % of program improved | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-23 | Encourage demolition by providing funds for landfill fees contingent upon property owner and/or future developer adhering to predetermined guidelines to bring lots into compliance with existing codes. Review current city ordinance concerning demolition procedures to determine if any steps can be streamlined to speed up the demolition process. | 0 | 0 | 15 | % of program improved | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-24 | Organize a volunteer organization that would take on residential properties to complete minor repairs. Possibly affiliated with Habitat for Humanity. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of houses rehabilitated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-25 | Determine what methods have been used in other communities to successfully attract retirees; develop a marketing plan based on this research. Identify a retirement community developer and determine what level of occupancy commitment would be required to start a project. Work with the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine as they work to implement their organizational mission to provide service to older adults. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-26 | Identify a retirement community developer and determine what level of occupancy commitment would be required to start a project. Work with KCOM on their mission to provide services for seniors. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of clients served | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-27 | Expand the Bicycle Education and Enforcement Program (BEEP) to include additional written information about bicycle rules, pedestrian courtesies, and safety procedures, and make this information available to Truman, KCOM, KJHS, KHS students. Expand the same BEEP initiative to include reestablishment of KPD-sponsored bike safety rodeos. Amend the City's subdivision ordinances to require sidewalks in new residential and commercial subdivisions. Develop a list of "arterial sidewalks" separate from the city's long range hike/bike trail system, and enforce existing ordinances concerning snow removal primarily on the arterial sidewalks. Place more bike racks downtown and make better use of persons sentenced to community service hours for violating cycling rules in downtown alley, street and sidewalk clean up. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of streets or sidewalks renovated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-28 | Create new trails that are accessible to the public. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of streets or sidewalks renovated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-29 | Negotiate a mutually acceptable cost sharing arrangement for the maintenance of rural road segments in the City and urban road segments in the county in an effort to minimize jurisdictional disputes related to road maintenance. Evaluate the possibility of starting a cost-sharing program for alley improvements (rocking) patterned after the city's successful sidewalk reimbursement program. Develop a comprehensive plan for improving alleys, which includes vacation and abandonment of alleys the city will never need. Ask the Downtown Improvement Committee (DIC) to examine a proactive approach to alley and sidewalk clean up, including education of downtown merchants and property owners addressing what they can do to keep adjoining properties clean and attractive. Develop a coordinated plan involving the City, state, county and DIC for assuming responsibility for sidewalk repairs and weed control along public right of ways when the adjoining landowners do not or cannot keep their street terraces clean. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of cleanup committees | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-30 | Lobbying efforts should include encouraging the state to accelerate acquisition of the former Norfolk-Southern railroad easement where it immediately adjoins Highway 63 for use in four-lane enlargement of highway 63. Make certain that federal demonstrations funds and state short term action plan monies are not reduced for highway 63. Periodically examine whether use of a transcorporation corporation or toll road to Ottumwa, are practical ways to accelerate construction of portions of the project. Take other measures to more effectively tie this goal to regional and national transportation networks, the Highway 63 Corridor Coalition, and show its importance to reducing congestion on Baltimore Street inside Kirksville. Make sure that Highway 63 remains a part of the "National Highway System". Meet with Iowa Transportation officials to seek a commitment for the widening of Highway 63 between Ottumwa and the State Line. Help them realize the economic benefits of such a project. | 0 | 0 | 15 | miles of road improvements | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-31 | City and local utilities will convene semiannual meetings to coordinate capital improvements. The City should petition the Missouri Public Service Commission and other regulatory agencies to secure regulatory changes which facilitate reduction of duplicative utility poles. Related to these efforts, the City and utility companies with overhead lines will meet in an effort to agree on which utility corridors should receive priority attention in efforts to reduce pole clutter. The City will require developers to submit extra copies of plats and plans so that utility companies can review them prior to permit issuance. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-32 | Determine which inter-city bus companies would be interested in servicing the Ottumwa-Kirksville-Columbia transportation corridor, and the Quincy-Kirksville-Trenton transportation corridor, and determine how much of an operating subsidy it would require, if any, to restart such an inter-city bus service. Pool the transportation resources and vehicles of the OATS, DAV and RSVP programs. Complete a local "origin and destination study" and then determine which governmental and social service agencies are willing to subsidize a joint or private bus/transfer service for their clients, senior citizens, persons needing transportation to work or to vocational training, ect. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of studies completed | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-33 | Make sure that there is an organizational mechanism in place for regularly removing and treating weeds near signs and signals, removing and maintaining brush near signs and signals, and for periodically updating traffic flow patterns. High traffic intersections should be periodically evaluated for additional protected left-turn signals, pedestrian walk/don't walk lights, and to determine if the downtown signalization scheme (including the possible return to 4-way stops around the square) is meeting current needs. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of roads with improved signs | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-34 | Seek airlines to serve the community, expand destination points. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-35 | Improve sewer system. | 0 | 0 | 5 | Amount of contamination in water | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-36 | Extend Jamison to meet the growing needs of the community. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-37 | Extend Brewington Street. | 0 | 0 | 1 | miles of road improvements | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-38 | Improve Osteopathy Street. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of streets or sidewalks renovated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-39 | Create more off-street parking for TSU students, staff and visitors. | 0 | 0 | 50 | # of parking spaces created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-40 | Improve Normal Street. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-41 | Extend LaHarpe. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of streets or sidewalks renovated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-42 | A comprehensive plan will need to be developed that will provide a list of improvements, costs, and time line for implementation. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-43 | Educate the community about what is available by communicating and distributing the master list of park services on an ongoing basis. Implement the master plan for Swimming Pool Park. Continue to work to develop new programs and activities that will utilize existing facilities. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of facilities improved | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-44 | Develop a five-year plan to implement the elements of the Swimming Pool Park Master Plan starting with thte installation of playground equipment and restrooms. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-45 | Increase tourism in the area. | 0 | 0 | 15 | Tourism dollars | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-46 | Improve community recreation facilities. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of parks created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-47 | Increase resources for community. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of participants | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-48 | Create more recreational options for community. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-49 | Improve community recreation options. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of parks created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-50 | Attract and promoter additional performing arts offerings. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of tourism facilities | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-51 | Improve community involvement in the arts and recreation. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of new facilities | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-52 | Explore the possibility of implementing a Community Improvement District and a Neighborhood Improvement District to pay for the facade improvements and future maintenance needs. Explore alternative solutions to improving the downtown building facades which may include an all-weather concept that would enhance and improve the facades and exteriors of the buildings. Develop and implement a theme for all buildings downtown to develop a neighborhood concept. Educate the property owners and business operators on the proposed facade improvements, costs/benefits, and method of payment. Review all applicable ordinances to determine if facade improvements are acceptable. Traffic patterns should be identified that will enhance the flow of traffic within the downtown area. Include the Adair County Court House and County Jail into the theme to insure compliance and compatibility as improvements and renovations are made to County owned facilities. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of facilities improved | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-53 | Some progress has been made around the courthouse, but additional improvements are needed. Special attention should be made to insure that the new lights add to the downtown redevelopment plan proposed for the CBD. The lights should also be installed to connect the campuses of TSU and KCOM with the CBD. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of new or improved systems | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-54 | Conduct a survey of the retail and service needs lacking within the CDB. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of businesses attracted | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-55 | Assess and educate small businesses on the available resources provided by the small business development center and other providers, including possible internet business possibilities. Merchants should be encouraged to participate in the programs geared for small business. Explore the possibility of establishing a facility that would allow start-up businesses to share resources and assist each other in a nurturing environment that will help each others business to succeed and grow. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of partnerships created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-56 | Those employed need to become educated on the impact each parking space provides to the downtown area. This education should include letters and other information providing the impact of parking on existing businesses. In addition, information on available parking spaces should be provided. The public parking facilities should be clearly marked and signage should be strategically located around the square informing the public of the location of available parking lots. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of parking spaces created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-57 | The CBD needs to implement a weed removal program that will be in place prior to the summer months, so that weeds do not become a problem and out of hand. More efforts should be made to identify service organizations that would be willing to adopt the CBD for the Adopt-A-Street program. Implement Downtown Redevelopment Plan to reduce and minimize maintenance issues and clearly identify maintenance responsibility. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of cleanup committees | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-58 | Complete a business hour survey and communicate unified hours to businesses. Recognize businesses who provide quality customer service and promote this award. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of plans developed/revised | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-59 | Expand the Christmas Celebration to include more activities around this theme. The merchants understand the importance of increasing traffic in the downtown area and appreciate the many activities held there. In planning new activities and enhancing existing events there needs to be an understanding that more events do not always mean more business activity. Events that will suit the make up and character of the Downtown should be attracted. Special emphasis should also be placed in training and educating existing businesses of the impact these events have on the viability of the downtown with training to improve customer service techniques and overall images of the downtown area. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of partnerships created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-60 | There should be restructuring and consolidation of the agencies serving the interests of the CBD. The DIC should explore the possibility of working under the umbrella of the Chamber of Commerce or as an established not-for-profit organization that would administer the CIS and NID. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of partnerships created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-61 | Such activities could include the construction of a movie theater, and outdoor recreational opportunities like basketball and other attractions. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of activities offered | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-62 | Continue the litter program through the City of Kirksville Fire Department. Continue to improve the visual appearance of major thoroughfares, so that they can create good impression for first-time visitors to Kirksville. Off highway dumping in ditches and ravines is a problem that mars major approaches into Kirksville. The City or the County needs to continue to enforce off-highway dumping and provide a dumping schedule/site for county trash. Establish better communication between beautification groups. These groups will have the single-minded job of always spreading the good news about Kirksville to all citizens. Continue the Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment and Publications Committees. These groups will constantly promote Kirksville and take actions to see that Kirksville is promoted and recognized locally and on the state level. The Chamber of Commerce will talk with the area service clubs ans student organizations to see if there is any interest on their part in participating in the Adopt-A-Street program. Update and implement additional Adopt-A-Highway and Adopt-A-Street programs. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of cleanup committees | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-63 | There is no uniformity of signage and there are too many large billboards. The City should also review and update its Master Land Use Planning Map. Coordinate a home improvement information list that would pair service and community groups with those residents, who because of age or poverty are in need of assistance to repair their home. Continue to improve properties by the planting of trees and shrubbery. The City should continue the tree program for both public and private property. The City needs to better enforce mowing and trash ordinances, and to expand recycling to commercial and industrial customers. Continue, expand, and educate the citizens on Spring and Fall clean up. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of houses rehabilitated | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-64 | Notify clubs of plan, then implement a set meeting date. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of programs | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-65 | Encourage and assist with the development of a Community Information Network (CIN) to present information tot he community. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of activities offered | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-66 | Develop a theme that the community will be known by. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of projects | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 50% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-67 | Identify events that are hosted elsewhere to determine feasibility for Kirksville. Encourage cooperation and participation from community groups and organizations to help coordinate and run events. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of festivals held | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-68 | Develop an Adopt-A-Trail strategy that would encourage citizens to participate in providing clean up services along the trails. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of cleanup committees | City of Kirksville | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-69 | Continue to submit projects. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of plans developed/revised | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 50% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-70 | Contact individuals/organizations who host annual events and compile an annual calendar of events that would include hotel, restaurant, shopping, and community calendar information. Chamber of Commerce should review policy of promoting only chamber member events and consider promoting non-chamber member sponsored events. Establish an electronic calendar of events that would link events to sponsoring organization web sites for additional information. Prepare an "Event" promotional kit that can be used by all organizations as a guide for all events. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of brochures/informational materials | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 25% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-71 | Review a master list of scheduled events to determine when events are needed. Review those periods where schedules would permit to analyze why events are not planned. What markets are not being served? Contact other communities to identify special events that could be incorporated into a Kirksville event. Attract traveling tourism events similar to the Chautauqua, Healer with and C.A.M.P. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of festivals held | Chamber of Commerce / Downtown Improvement Committee | 0% | 75% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-72 | Develop promotional materials that would be distributed to surrounding areas that would advertise Kirksville as a one day trip and a list of events and activities. Encourage other communities within a one day trip to provide informational brochures for residents within the community. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of brochures/informational materials | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-73 | Explore the possibility of establishing a hunter lease program pairing interested property owners with out-of-the-area hunters/fishermen. Implement "Deer Hunting Days" to promote hunting by hosting a chili cook off and other contests. Host a fishing retreat that would encourage fishing within the area focusing on local game such as muskie and bass. Develop a naturalist program to be implemented at the junior high level that would be offered in the Summer. | 0 | 0 | 5 | # of programs | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 25% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-74 | Support the Transportation Corporation in their efforts to secure funding and support to widen highway 63 north of Macon to south of Kirksville. Explore other transportation modes that would be available. Promote those modes of transportation that could be used as alternative transportation services such as a bus, trains, vans, air, hikes/bike, etc. Implement a strategy that would connect Kirksville to other communities using the Transportation Corporation. | 0 | 0 | 1 | miles of road improvements | Highway 63 Transportation Corporation | 0% | 0% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-75 | Develop a central theme for the community which could be used to attract businesses and travelers to the area. Light both "Welcome to Kirksville" entrance signs so that they are visible at night. Research putting community slogan and logo on existing entrance signs. Research the funding for tourism activities through the Missouri Division of Tourism, Humanities Council, Hotel/Motel tax, etc. Research the idea of community billboards and opportunities to advertise outside of Kirksville to promote the community. | 0 | 0 | 15 | # of activities offered | Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce | 0% | 33% | $0 | |||||||
| Kirksville-Adair Champion Community-76 | Explore funding options toward building a Convention and Visitors center along Highway 63. Use the Convention & Visitors Center as the host location for materials promoting the area which would be distributed to tourists and visitors to the community. Investigate the possibility of combining smaller museums into a large central museum which could be combined within the Convention & Visitors center. Explore adding a center/auditorium to the Convention & Visitors center that could be used for entertainment and/or convention center activities. | 0 | 0 | 1 | # of consortia created | 0% | 0% | $0 | ||||||||
*Source: USDA-OCD Benchmark Management System
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