Knowledgable Support.

Our Board of Directors is a diversified group of business men and women, working in all fields from medical to banking, retail to agriculture. Barton County is well prepared to deliver the very important support to new and existing business and industry.

Ideal Location.

Centrally located to the rest of America, Barton County is a transportation & logistics dream with the intersection of Highway 160 and Highway 71, soon to be Interstate 49 which will directly connect Kansas City, MO to New Orleans, LA.

Great Community.

Barton County is an ideal location with many small communities working together we have all the ideals of America's Heartland and the core values that make small town life appealing.

Growing Together...

Barton County Community Development Corporation is dedicated to our mission statement: "To Actively Develop and Sustain Growth and Opportunities in Barton County." To this end, we are using the following benchmarks to measure the success of our efforts.

  • A Professional Economic Development Director hired.

  • The unemployment rate in Barton County dropped significantly from the current over 10%.

  • The overall number of jobs in Barton County increased.

  • A drop in vacant spaces of all types (homes/business/farm) evident in all our communities.

  • An increase in new construction especially the housing market.

  • Sales tax revenues at the County level increased.

  • School Enrollment increased.

  • Increased Tourism number of visitors increased at area attractions (Truman Birthplace, Prairie State Park.

  • Support and increase in entrepreneurship.

  • Successful fundraisers for the Barton County Community Development Corporation to complete our goals.


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