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The following statement supplements the announcement of a company-wide plan that will reduce costs by hundreds of millions of dollars and position the company for future growth. Additional information is available at www.energizer.com/media-center. Energizer’s Maryville plant, which manufactures C, AA, 4A and 9 Volt size alkaline batteries, will cease operations by December 2013. The timing of the production phase-out and layoffs has not yet been determined. The approximately 310 hourly and salaried people employed at the facility will receive severance packages upon separation.

Press Release – Embargoed until October 24, 2012 – 9:00 a.m. CDT SAN DIEGO, CA and Nodaway County, MO –October 24, 2012 – ChloroFill LLC, a San Diego-based renewable, formaldehyde-free building material company, today announced that it has successfully closed the Company’s funding round to expand the Company and launch manufacturing in Missouri.   The close includes an undisclosed amount of investment from Global Prospective Investments LLC (GPI), a newly formed Missouri-based investment group supporting the development of value added products and technologies and $250,000 in funds from the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC), a public-private partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies. The MTC investment was made through its High-Tech Industrial Expansion program that is geared toward industrial expansion and the creation of high-paying jobs by leveraging Missouri’s existing strength in agricultural production.

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Nodaway County Economic Development was recently honored with the “Missouri Economic Development Council 2011 Award of Excellence” in their Event Marketing Category for their marketing expertise.   The award was presented earlier this year at the MEDC winter conference held in mid-February. The picture attached shows Arnie Kreek, MEDC District 1 Director presenting the award to Nodaway County Economic Development’s staff – Lee Langerock and Lisa Macali.     For more information about Nodaway County Economic Development please contact developer@nodaway.biz or 660-582-4490. Missouri Economic Development Council is the premiere economic development organization with over 450 members and communities represented statewide.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Greg McDanel, City Manager (660.562.8001) Fourth Street Improvement Project Partnership on Design Maryville, MO – The City of Maryville and Northwest Missouri State University are proud to announce a joint partnership to begin engineering design on the Fourth Street Improvement Project. The proposed project seeks to improve the corridor along West Fourth Street from Main Street west to the University entrance near North Dunn Street. Improvements to the Fourth Street corridor are referenced in the City of Maryville’s recently adopted Downtown Strategic Plan and the upcoming Comprehensive Plan.

USDA Rural Development Missouri State Director Anita J. “Janie” Dunning presented certificates of congratulations to three different projects in Northwest Missouri on August 30 during a ceremony at the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Northwest Missouri State University, Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation (NWMEF) and Nodaway County Economic Development Inc. (NCED) are all recipients of USDA Rural Development Rural Business Enterprise Grants. Northwest has received $37,340 in grant funds that will be used in assisting their Market Opportunities for Regional Entrepreneurs (MORE) project. This project is designed to help small businesses, which are primarily agricultural related business, find new ways to add value to existing beef products or to find other uses for the products. The goal is to develop new markets which should increase profitability of the businesses, as well as saving and creating additional jobs in the beef industry.

Nodaway County Economic Development has a New Face! Nodaway County Economic Development has teamed with Big Shoe Graphics at Northwest Missouri State University to develop a new logo for the organization.   Also known as NCED, the organization is unveiling a new look and brand. “Big Shoe Graphics provides terrific direction through the brand and logo development process.” states Lee Langerock, director of NCED.  “Craig Warner made us think about what NCED and community economic development represents.  The logo represents a green community focused on industry and technology with strong agricultural roots and a welcoming attitude.   The student working on the project captured that symbolism in the new graphic wonderfully!”

Global Prospective Investments LLC announces formation  to encourage business growth in Nodaway County MARYVILLE, Mo. – A local group of individuals have banded together to form a unique partnership. Global Prospective Investment LLC (GPI) is a newly formed angel investment group interested in developing value added products and technologies. Currently, focused on Nodaway County, the group has sincere interest in helping to support and promote business development in cooperation with Northwest Missouri State University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and Nodaway County Economic Development. GPI’s mission is to promote northwest Missouri’s people, products and services to create jobs and develop value-added technologies.

A groundbreaking program to put Missouri students on a fast-track to jobs in high-demand fields, without taking on debt, took a big step forward in North Kansas City yesterday when Gov. Jay Nixon joined local business and education leaders at the Cerner World Headquarters to celebrate the official designation of the Northland CAPS Innovation Campus. The ceremony also announced the awarding of a $450,000 grant to help fund the initiative, which gives students the opportunity to earn college credit while in high school and participate in internships at area businesses.