Over 100 Attend Pettis County Landfill Meeting
Over 100 people showed up at a meeting Thursday night to hear the owner of a company talk about a landfill operation proposed for western Pettis County.
Derrick Standley s business enterprise, Pettis County Development Company (not affiliated with Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County, EDSPC), is in the process of securing 628 acres of land, 95 acres of which will be dedicated to disposal.
The permitting process with DNR is in progress, and three representatives of the Department of Natural Resources were on hand Thursday at US Bank, 3615 W. Broadway, where the public informational meeting took place.
Standley made several statements about his company s intentions, and also took questions from the audience, which was limited to around two dozen people at a time in a third-floor conference room. Those waiting to get in were lined up in the hallway and downstairs and out the south door of the bank building.
EDSPC Celebrates National Economic Development Week
Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County (EDSPC) is celebrating National Economic Development Week May 9-12 by highlighting significant partners, success stories and the organization’s overall impact on the region’s economy.
National Economic Development Week was created in 2016 to increase awareness of local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities and increase the quality of life in communities. The week is coordinated by the International Economic Development Council, the largest professional membership organization for economic development.
Jessica Craig, EDSPC executive director, said the recognition week is designed to celebrate the contributions of positive economic development and provide an opportunity for economic developers to explain the role of their profession in the local community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EDSPC was unable to celebrate last year.
Sedalia, Missouri, May 10, 2021 – Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County (EDSPC) will celebrate National Economic Development Week May 9-12 by highlighting significant partners, success stories and the organization’s overall impact on the region’s economy.
National Economic Development Week was created in 2016 to increase awareness of local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities and increase the quality of life in communities. The week is coordinated by the International Economic Development Council, the largest professional membership organization for economic development.
Jessica Craig, EDSPC executive director, said the recognition week is designed to celebrate the contributions of positive economic development and provide an opportunity for economic developers to explain the role of their profession in the local community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EDSPC was unable to celebrate last year.
Proposed Landfill in Pettis County Causes Huge Concern
David Gerken, 71, of La Monte, representing Concerned Citizens of Pettis County, was the first to speak.
He said that Pettis County Development Company (not affiliated in any way with Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County (EDSPC), has conducted a geological survey for a landfill, but is referring to the business as a recycling project.
The third-generation farmer said he doesn t want to see what s coming to Pettis County.
“Our group is not opposed to recycling, however we are opposed to another landfill in our county. My anticipation is what they call a strategic location, with a vast amount of land to the west and east of what they re already purchased, which is prime farmland. They don t have railroad frontage right now, but the other two properties do have railroad frontage. They re an older generation, it s probably just a matter of time where they could buy that property, too,” Gerken said.