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                                          Office of the Governor

                                             State of Missouri

                                  Proclamation

         WHEREAS, the availability of a National Career Readiness Certificate for citizens of
 Missouri communities has been determined to be vital to the workforce-readiness and economic

 development goals ofthe State of Missouri; and

         WHEREAS, certification of a local workforce strengthens that workforce and the
 prosperity and growth in the community, and, by extension, the State of Missouri; and

         WHEREAS, certification of workplace skills in a community aligns with the economic
 development needs ofthe larger region and that ofthe State of Missouri; and

         WHEREAS, a community which is seen as fit to certify its citizens through the National
 Career Readiness Certificate possesses a workforce with the educational and foundational skills to
 attract, retain, and host services, businesses, and industries vital to the State ofMissouri.

         NOW THEREFORE, I, Eric R. Greitens GOVERNOROF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,
 do hereby commend

                                     CHRISTIAN COUNTY, MISSOURI

                        for having satisfied all requirements, and being designated as a

                                CERTIFIED WORK READY COMMUNITY

         IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the
 Great Seal ofthe State of Missouri, in the City ofJefferson, this 26h day of October, 2017.

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