The Grant City CBC received a tie for first place in the statewide CBC competition in their class and CBC President Debbie Roach was named a Missouri Community Betterment Ambassador. They were both recognized in a ceremony Monday afternoon.
Roach received the MCB Ambassador Award for going above and beyond the expected level of participation in a community betterment organization over the years. She is currently the Sheridan Postmaster. She served on the Grant City Council for 7 years and is presently serving as the mayor. She is a board member of the Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation, the DNR's Solid Waste Advisory Board, President of the Grant City CBC, and a board member for the Missouri Community Betterment Organization.
The Grant City CBC tied for first with Novinger this year. Among projects recognized this year were the Bathhouse, the Nature Trail, the Fire Department Building, improvements on the basketball court and the Pool Park by Grant 4 Change, and hosting the regional Missouri Community Betterment Meeting this year. State funding for the CBC has been cut, but the CBC is still able to function on its own and added four communities, including Gentry, in the northwest region this year. Next year, they will celebrate 50 years.
State Representative Mike Thomson congratulated Roach and the Grant City CBC, saying that it was no surprise for him that Grant City was recognized given the Fire Department building, the WCCC heating system, and the pool improvements. Thomson said that he ran into a Worth County resident that morning in Maryville who told him Grant City was looking nicer than it was 40 years ago.
Tom Salisbury of Senator Roy Blunt's office said that Senator Blunt was also a product of a rural community and that it was very easy for towns not to do this sort of thing. "This is something you can take great pride and satisfaction in," he said.
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