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The Check-In: Rural Towns Getting By

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Today we’re checking in with our Small Towns in Missouri to see how we’re getting by - out in the highways and byways of out state.

In Mexico, Missouri - Mayor Ayanna Shivers is making history - Mayor Shivers was the first Black woman elected to city council in Mexico - she’s now in her second term as its Mayor. We’re talking about “rural” and “small town” values - according to Mayor Shivers.

We’re also joined by Sarah Low from MU Extension - we’ll talk about the research and data behind rural Main Streets and economies.

And we’ll talk with the Missouri Rural Crisis Center - they’ve been organizing around food, farm and rural life since the Farm Crisis of the 1980s - and they’re still going.

 

Our Guests:

 

Mexico Mayor Ayanna Shivers

 

Sarah Low, University of Missouri Extension

 

Rhonda Perry, Missouri Rural Crisis Center

 

Tim Gibbons, Missouri Rural Crisis Center

 

 

To hear the live show, tune in weekdays at noon. Also, you can leave us a voicemail at 877-532-0971 about how you are handling the isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

Janet Saidi is a producer and professor at KBIA and the Missouri School of Journalism.
Zia Kelly graduated with degrees in journalism and public health at the University of Missouri - Columbia in May 2020.. Outside of the newsroom, she works part-time as a personal trainer and competes as an Olympic-style weightlifter.