Green Hills Regional Planning Commission

What Green Hills Regional Planning Commission does

Green Hills Regional Planning Commission (GHRPC) is a sub-state planning and development agency operating as a voluntary association of local governments in northwest Missouri, founded in 1967 and headquartered at 810 Washington Street, Trenton. The organization is one of nineteen sub-state planning and development agencies authorized to operate under Missouri law, and is federally designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration as an Economic Development District. GHRPC retains a professional staff of 11-50 employees serving an eleven-county territory (Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan), with operations spanning solid waste management, transportation planning, economic development, emergency planning and flood plain management, Community Development Block Grant administration, hazard mitigation, Grundy County E-911, and code enforcement. A separate subsidiary, Green Hills Regional Development, Inc. (GHRDI), supports regional development initiatives adjacent to the commission's core planning mandate.

GHRPC's business model is non-commercial and government-funded. The commission does not charge for its planning and development services; it is financed through federal and state grants, membership dues from member local governments, and direct government appropriations. The organization performs a structurally governmental role of coordinating fragmented planning across rural jurisdictions — pooling resources that individual counties could not sustain alone and serving as the federally-required conduit for grants such as the USDA Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program, EDA Economic Development District funding, FEMA emergency planning support, and MoDOT-coordinated transportation planning. Customer concentration is structurally High by design: the universe of buyers is fixed at the eleven member county governments and their municipalities.

Operationally, GHRPC runs on conventional government communications channels — a public website (ghrpc.org), quarterly newsletters, public board and committee meetings, and environmental review postings for public comment. Technology is described as "professional staff expertise" rather than proprietary software or platforms. Two operating subsidiaries — GHRDI (regional development) and the Solid Waste District (a shared-services entity) — sit alongside the main commission. Recent strategic activity has centered on the 2024 USDA RISE Grant ($727,919) for the Show Me Jobs partnership with MOSourceLink and ongoing governance and planning refreshes, signaling incremental rather than transformative growth.

Name

Green Hills Regional Planning Commission

Legal name

Green Hills Regional Planning Commission

Website

https://ghrpc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Green Hills Regional Planning Commission is a federally designated sub-state planning and development agency in Trenton, Missouri, providing transportation, solid waste, economic development, emergency, and code enforcement services to eleven county and municipal governments in northwest Missouri.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Planning Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (925120), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Non-Operating Establishments (9995)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban & Regional Planning (Land Use, Zoning, Master Planning) (BPAIANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Economic Development & Business Licensing (Local) (BPAIACAN), State/Provincial Housing, Urban/Regional Planning & Community Development (BPAIABAM), Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Regional planning services
• Economic development programs
• Transportation planning
• Emergency management planning
• Solid waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Trenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Green Hills Regional Planning Commission is a sub-state planning and development agency, organized as a voluntary association of local governments, providing regional planning, economic development, transportation planning, solid waste management, emergency planning, hazard mitigation, and grant administration services to 11 counties in northwest Missouri. The commission retains a professional staff and is federally designated as an Economic Development District by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Product overview

The Green Hills Regional Planning Commission (GHRPC) offers a portfolio of regional planning and development programs serving 11 counties in north Missouri (Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan). Rather than a single product, GHRPC operates as a multi-service agency providing: Solid Waste Management (with District Collections and Grants), Transportation Planning (including Title VI compliance and Multimodal initiatives), Economic Development services, Emergency Planning Services (flood plain management), Community Development Block Grant administration, Hazard Mitigation planning, Grundy County E-911 services, the USDA-funded Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) program, and Code Enforcement. These programs work together to foster improved quality of life through workforce development, housing, transportation infrastructure, and natural resource protection across the Green Hills region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solid Waste Management

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MOSourceLinkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMOSourceLink partners with Green Hills RPC on the Show Me Jobs project, a $727,919 USDA RISE Grant initiative over four years. The partnership aims to create jobs, increase sales, start new businesses, and spur economic outcomes in five rural northwest Missouri counties. MOSourceLink offers ecosystem monitoring, connecting entrepreneurs to 680+ business-building nonprofits statewide.
• MoDOT (Missouri Department of Transportation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoDOT works with GHRPC and the Transportation Advisory Committee to develop the State Transportation Improvement Plan for the region. Regular updates provided at TAC meetings.
• Missouri Department of Higher Education (DHEWD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState partner for higher education coordination and workforce development initiatives.
• Missouri Department of Natural ResourcesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency partner for environmental programs, solid waste management district operations, and natural resource planning.
• Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState economic development partner supporting regional economic development initiatives and Opportunity Zones programs.
• SEMA (State Emergency Management Agency)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState emergency management partner for emergency planning services and hazard mitigation coordination.
• Missouri Association of Counties (MAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState association partner representing and supporting Missouri county governments.
• Missouri Municipal LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState association partner supporting Missouri municipal governments.
• MO Community BettermentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity development partner supporting local improvement initiatives.
• MEDC (Missouri Economic Development Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState economic development professional association partner.
• MACOG (Mid-America Council of Governments)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional council of governments partner for northwest Missouri coordination.
• Northwest Missouri Economic Development DistrictminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional economic development partner for northwest Missouri.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mid-America Regional Council: Regional planning council serving the Kansas City metro region in Missouri and Kansas. Operates transportation, emergency planning, economic development, and community development programs in a multi-county structure analogous to GHRPC's voluntary-association model.
• East-West Gateway Council of Governments: St. Louis-area regional council of governments performing metropolitan transportation planning, community development, and emergency preparedness for member jurisdictions in Missouri and Illinois — directly comparable as a Missouri RPC with federal EDA/designated planning role.
• Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission: One of Missouri's 19 sub-state planning and development agencies serving a multi-county rural region, providing the same suite of planning, transportation, solid waste, and economic development programs as GHRPC.
• Bootheel Regional Planning Commission: Sub-state planning agency serving the Missouri Bootheel, providing regional planning, transportation coordination, solid waste management, and economic development services — a direct rural Missouri RPC peer.
• Meramec Regional Planning Commission: Missouri RPC serving multiple counties with regional planning, economic development, transportation, and community development services, structured as a voluntary association of local governments analogous to GHRPC.
• Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission: Sub-state planning and development agency serving a multi-county region in west-central Missouri with the same federal designations and program mix as GHRPC.
• Northeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission: Rural Missouri RPC serving the northeast region, providing the standard state-designated sub-state planning services including transportation, economic development, and solid waste management.
• Lake of the Ozarks Regional Planning Commission: Regional planning commission serving central Missouri counties with transportation, solid waste, and community development programs — directly comparable in scope and rural Missouri RPC operating model.
• Southwest Missouri Council of Governments: Multi-county council of governments in southwest Missouri delivering regional planning, transportation coordination, and economic development services as a peer sub-state planning body.
• Harry S. Truman Regional Council of Governments: Council of governments serving a multi-county region of Missouri, performing regional planning, transportation, and community development services in a model directly comparable to GHRPC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/green-hills-regional-planning

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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