Entrepreneur and Community Success

One Woman's Journey into the Building Trade

Join host Luke Dietterle as he chats with Raine McDevitt on her journey into the building trade through the St. Louis Missouri Works Initiative’s BUD program. The BUD program is six-week program that serves as a recruitment tool to encourage more minorities and women to get into the union building trades. Raine has found her niche in the building trade and joined Local 18 in January.
We also hear from MU Extension Labor and Workforce Development specialist Doug Swanson on the benefits of apprenticeships, as well as MU Extension's labor education program. 

Laclede County Commission 2023 Ag Tour

Join Show Me MO Success host Luke Dietterle as he chats with Laclede (MO) County Presiding Commissioner Randy Angst and Regional Economic Development Extension Specialist Dr. Ashley Allan Brown.  In this episode they discuss the 2023 Laclede (MO) County Commission Ag Tour - an event cooperatively hosted by Laclede (MO) County Commission and the University of Missouri Extension - designed to feature Laclede County's best and brightest businesses in manufacturing and agriculture.  They also discuss the event expansion plans for 2024. 

Missouri Supporting Early Childhood Administrators

For the last episode in the child care series, join us as Christine Roberts, a community trainer at UMSL- Community Innovation and Action Center, talks about her experience with MO-SECA and how child care directors can benefit from it.
 

Meet The Smiths, Exemplary Engaged Neighbors

Join guest host Mike Quinata (substituting for Show Me MO Success host Luke Dietterle) as he chats with St. Louis resident Greg Smith who - along with his wife Suzanne - was selected to receive an Engaged Neighbor Award for 2023 for their consistent acts of selfless work and kindness as neighbors in a Manchester MO neighborhood subdivision.  They also - each holiday season - decorate the subdivision's lake area with 100,000 LED light display.  
We also talk to David Burton - the Community Development Specialist for MU Extension - who has championed the engaged neighbor principles in his own neighborhood, for his own city and ultimately for the State of Missouri as Governor Parson has signed Good Neighbor Week into Missouri law in 2022.

Little Precious Angels

Tune into the second episode in our child care series where we have with us the director of Little Precious Angels Child Care Center in St. Louis, Samantha Cross. We will dive into her experience as a child care provider and the resources she was introduced to by Lynette Watson, Missouri SBDC director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Spotlight on Childhood Educators

To start off this season, join us as Amber Allen, field specialist in human development and Aileen Garcia, state specialist for early childhood development, talk about their experience in working with childhood educators through the trainings provided by MU Extension, Health and Human Sciences.

Welcome to Season 2 of Show-Me MO Success!

Welcome to Show-Me MO Success Season 2! To kick off this season, we dive into the lessons learned from 2023 by our team and their tips for 2024!

Aaron Dohogne and Good Neighbor week 2023

This week we talk to St Louis Resident Aaron Dohogne about his recognition as as a 2023 Engaged Neighbor recipient for his “Trash for Trees” neighborhood program and Community Specialist David Burton on his promotion of the Good Neighbor Week program and its origins in his backyard. 

MERS Excel Center & Recovery Friendly Workplace

Tune in to hear about The MERS Goodwill Excel Center, an adult education center, and hear how and why it became the first educational center in Missouri to receive the Recovery Friendly Workplace designation. To shed light on this topic, we have Abby Courtney and Micheal Reynolds from the Excel Center, and Ann McCauley, the director of the Rural Opioid Technical Assistance program.

Representative Kevin Windham and the next NLF Cohort

For this episode, Representative Kevin Windham joined us to talk about his experience in the Neighborhood Leadership Fellows. Tune in to learn how it helped him in his political career and get insight on the program from Dr. Dwayne James, field specialist in community development at MU Extension.