Rep. Ron Richard, Chairman of the House Special Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development, has confirmed the first hearing of our legislation to enhance the Missouri Quality Jobs and Enhanced Enterprise Zones programs will be held February 7, 2007, at 8:00 a.m., in Hearing Room 7 in the basement of the Capitol. You may find more information on the House bills by clicking these links: HB 327 (Quality Jobs) and HB 328 (Enhanced Enterprise Zones).Sen. John Griesheimer, Chairman of the Senate Economic Development, Tourism and Local Government Committee will also hold the first hearings on the companion bills in the Senate at 2:00 p.m. that afternoon in the Senate Lounge on the third floor of the Capitol. The Senate bills are SB 282 (Quality Jobs) and SB 283 (Enhanced Enterprise Zones).
Since you will be at the Capitol anyway, you could use the time between the two hearings to talk to your local legislator about the importance of these two bills to economic development in your area.
If you cannot make it to the hearing yourself, please consider sending someone else that may be able to provide testimony on the benefits of the Quality Jobs and Enhanced Enterprise Zones in your area. If you cannot attend but have examples or other valuable testimony, please send them to me here by this Friday, February 2.
Please put the hearing on your calendar. I look forward to seeing you there.
