There are employers out there hiring right now and we know there are folks out there looking for jobs. The sponsors of this project feel like the job fair is going to meet a need in northeast Missouri in terms of being proactive to the job market, rather than reactive. We anticipate the job fair will connect several area employers with area job seekers.

The purpose of the Chamber's Retail Merchants Committee is to organize promotional programs and events designed to increase retail business throughout Kirksville and to keep retail shopping dollars within the community.

You have a potential of close to 2,000 new customers.

One of the easiest jobs you have in this town right now is under the eight-minute mark, being a perimeter player on our team. You're going to get an open shot, and you're going to have to step in, because Brian Thornton has established himself as such a presence that teams are going to make choices to take him out of it. As they do, we're at that next step - 'You're going to shoot it.' So that's what we have to work through.

This is what I see as one of those dream jobs, ... It's a right-sized town and a phenomenal medical center. Mayo is a physician-led organization so we are working to develop physician leadership. I love this stuff; this is fun.

They're posturing right now to save their jobs.