McCaskill to host grant-writing workshop this month

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill will host a free economic development and grant-writing workshop June 29 in Cape Girardeau. Geared toward small businesses, local governments and not-for-profit organizations, the workshop will include presentations from federal granting agencies and a grant research and writing session. Federal and state agency representatives scheduled to attend include Missouri's Economic Recovery Team, Missouri Department of Economic Development, United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development program and Farm Service Agency program and Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Small Business Administration.

The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University, One University Plaza. For more information or to register by the June 25 deadline, visit www.mccaskill.senate.gov/capeworkshop or call 573-442-7130. Once registered, participants should bring confirmation to the seminar.

-- From staff reports