Bootheel Regional Planning Commissio

Bootheel Regional Planning Commission, doing business as Bootheel Planning, is a tax-exempt not-for-profit community development corporation based in Dexter, Missouri, that acts as a federal grant recipient (100% of recent awards) providing regional economic development planning, environmental remediation assessment, and transportation safety planning services across six counties in the Missouri Bootheel region (Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, and Stoddard Counties).

Bootheel Planning's customer base is concentrated among three federal agencies. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) accounts for 7 of 10 recent awards, the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 for 1 award, the Federal Communications Commission for 1 award, and the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration for 1 award. The largest active award is a $1.2 million EPA Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements award (CFDA 66.818) running July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029, under which Bootheel Planning delivers 40 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, 15 Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, 6 cleanup alternative analyses, community engagement planning, 12 community education meetings, and a Brownfields Revitalization Plan across the region. A second major award is a $155,693 Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets and Roads for All planning grant (CFDA 20.939) awarded January 14, 2026, through January 14, 2028, to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan addressing roadway fatalities and serious injuries. An EDA Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) grant awarded April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2027, funds regional economic development roadmap planning and public-private sector coordination. The vendor also received a Federal Communications Commission Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant in August 2023 to increase awareness and participation in affordable broadband programs among eligible households. Recent award volume is sparse and episodic — one award per year from 2021 through 2026 — with two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. Bootheel Planning does not appear on federal contracts, IDIQs, or GWACs; all activity is grant-funded at the prime recipient level with no subrecipient or sub-award structure reported.