Rep. Graves to attend business round table

By TONY BROWN Staff writer
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves

The Nodaway County Economic Development office has announced that U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-6th, will be in Maryville on Wednesday to participate in a “business round table” beginning at 11:45 a.m. at the Nodaway County Administration Center at the corner of Fourth and Market streets on the courthouse square.

During the hour-long session, Graves is expected to meet with officials from NCED, the county, City Hall, Maryville R-II School District, the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, Northwest Missouri State University, and members of the local business and industrial community.

Following the round table, Graves is scheduled to tour the Metal Culverts Inc. manufacturing plant located at 504 Wilson Industrial Rd. in the Maryville Industrial Park.

Founded in 1958, Metal Culverts is one of the major producers of galvanized metal pipe in the United States.

In addition to Maryville, the company operates two other facilities in Missouri and also has plants in Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, and Florida.

Metal Culverts products are used in a wide variety of infrastructure applications, including bridge replacement and construction, flood control, and agricultural structures.

Graves, a farmer from Tarkio, was first elected to the House in 2000 and is currently serving his eighth consecutive term, having won re-election in 2014.

He began his political career in the Missouri House of Representatives and, following his first term, was elected to the state Senate in 1994, where he served until moving on to Washington.

Graves currently sits on the House Armed Services and Transportation/Infrastructure committees and is a former chairman of the House Small Business Committee.