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The Chamber has a myriad of councils and
committees whose mission is to create a better community in which
to work, live, and raise a family. You can make a difference
by becoming a member of a council or committee. Ambassadors AMBASSADORS Assist with the recruitment of new chamber members. Serve as a welcoming committee for special events as needed. Host the annual Teacher and Administrator Welcome reception. Promote the Chamber and provide assistance with its activities. Assist Chamber in delivering membership plaques and directories. Mission: Focus
on quality of life and attraction, growth and retention of jobs
and businesses in Atchsion County.
Mission: To assist and encourage the citizens of Atchison County to work to improve the appearance of the Atchison area. Goal: Organize two major clean-up projects during the year. Strategy: Organize two annual city-wide clean up days and set permanent annual dates. The first will be near Earth Day in April, and the second will be the weekend after Labor Day in September. Goal: Work with community groups and organizations to enhance or replace Atchison's entrance signs. Strategy: Replace at least one entrance sign per year with assistance from the masonry class at Northeast Kansas Technical College. Goal: Educate residents in keeping the community clean and involve citizens in taking pride in their community. Strategy: Organize an anti-littering campaign in local schools.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Back to Top Goal: Create a development strategy to attract new businesses. Strategy: Develop a business recruitment plan. Create a work plan to develop shovel-ready lots in the industrial park. Arrange financing for an additional 76 acres currently under option. Continue with plans to construct a speculative building. Long Term Research an alternative access route to Highway 59 from Shannon Industrial Park. Long Term Research possibility of extending the tax
rebate program.
Goal: Work to improve the transportation system in Atchison County. Strategy: Continue to monitor the progress of the AE bridge replacement plan and maintain contact with those entities involved (HNTB advisory committee, K-DOT, MO-DOT). On-going Continue support of the Airport Layout Plan
and potential grant funding. On-going
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Mission: To foster quality leadership in business, government, education and service organizations in and around Atchison County. Goal: Facilitate the Leadership Atchison County (LAC) program. Strategy: Present an annual six-week session on skills-based training and community awareness to develop new community leaders. Goal: Provide area youth with leadership opportunities in Atchison County. Strategy: Work with local businesses and schools to develop a city youth council and serve as a liaison between the city commission and area youth. Goal: Facilitate the development of an Atchison Community Foundation. Mission: To develop and promote tourism in Atchison County by attracting out-of-town visitors and creating maximum economic impact. Goal: To increase visitor traffic to Atchison and bolster sales and bed tax revenues for the benefit of the city's and county's economic base and the quality of life for our citizens. Strategic Goals: Develop new tourism products and enhance existing ones, including special events that focus on Atchison's authentic heritage and afford the opportunity to experience hometown America at its best and most gratifying. Increase awareness of Atchison's unique heritage through trolley tours. Supplement tourism budget through fundraising activities. Implement cost-effective marketing to promote the whole of Atchison as a desirable tourist destination with a unique and authentic cultural heritage.
Mission: To grow and create a workforce responsive to the demands of Atchison County employers. Goal: Enhance employer management's knowledge and performance by identifying, then connecting to, existing resources. Strategy: Sponsor quarterly employers' roundtables on current topics to address employer needs. Respond to the Caplan & Associates workforce development study by addressing Council appropriate recommendations. Goal: Assist local employers by recognizing, then addressing, their workforce needs. Strategy: Organize and sponsor annual career fair to introduce area high school students to the career opportunities available in the Atchison County workforce. |
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