“Feels like home” tour spends day in Lamar, assesses city’s assets and challenges

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Democrat photos by Richard Cooper The ceremony designating Lamar as a Work Ready community. Left to right, Jeri Phillips, workforce development specialist; Dr. Zach Harris, Lamar R-I superintendent; Jasen Jones, executive director of Southwest Missouri Workforce Innovation board; Cheri Tune, director of certified Work Ready communities; Astra Ferris, executive director of Barton County Chamber of Commerce and mistress of ceremonies; Mike Davis, Barton County presiding commissioner; Mike Downing, director of Missouri Department of Economic Development; (obscured) Danny O’Sullivan, director of Lamar Community Growth group; Brian Brewer, president of Barton County Community Development Corporation board; Kent Harris, Mayor of Lamar; and Thomas Franklin, Crowder College’s associate director of Training and Development Solutions.


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