🌱 Sowing Seeds: Building the Perry of Tomorrow

When you plant a seed, you don’t see the fruit the next day. It takes time. It takes water. It takes sunlight. It takes care. The same is true for revitalizing a small town like Perry.

At the Concerned Citizens of Perry – Economic Development Group, we’ve adopted this principle of sowing seeds—because a thriving community isn’t grown from likes and shares alone. It’s grown from action, relationships, and long-term commitment.

Beyond Facebook: The Real Work Begins

We love seeing enthusiasm on Facebook—your photos, your ideas, your passion. But our future can’t be built in the comment section. Sowing seeds means more than highlighting problems. It means rolling up our sleeves to build solutions, person by person, idea by idea.

Every storefront we repaint, every community event we host, every connection we make—it’s all part of a bigger vision. And visions require planting, not just posting.

Cultivating Regional Roots

Real progress also means reaching beyond our city limits. Perry doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Our surrounding communities—Center, Monroe City, Vandalia, Hannibal, and others—are part of the same ecosystem. When they grow, we grow. When they struggle, we feel it too.

That’s why we’re actively reaching out to neighboring towns for partnership and collaboration. We want to share resources, build joint events, and create a regional identity that attracts tourism, business, and family life to Northeast Missouri.

This is more than economic development—it’s regional stewardship.

Small Seeds, Big Harvest

Remember: the apple tree doesn’t grow overnight. But one planted seed can feed generations.

Maybe your seed is volunteering. Maybe it’s donating paint for a storefront. Maybe it’s attending a meeting or reaching out to a shop owner who’s struggling. These are small acts—but multiplied across a town, they become the roots of something remarkable.

What You Can Do

• Send your ideas to CCP-EDG  – share your ideas and your voice.

• Connect us to people in your network who might help.

• Support new businesses, even if they’re still finding their footing.

• Be patient and persistent—seeds don’t sprout in the storm, but they do grow in silence.

Together, we can nurture something that lasts.

Let’s keep sowing.