This blog post will be updated regularly with news and links about Missouri Good Neighbor Week 2026 in a number of categories that we track and celebrate. Access our new website that contains a live map and accounting of reported acts of neighboring. Be sure to see the leaderboard to discover which counties and cities have the most activity in Missouri. Media coverage of Missouri Good Neighbor Week has been outstanding this year. We know of the following types of media support: Total television PSAs during in support of the week: 250 Social media partners: 9 Documented radio and television stories: 14 Documented newspaper articles about the week: 48 Missouri Press Association announcement emails distributed: 1156 Media reaching an estimated 450,000 Missourians Announced September 28: Missouri's Most Neighborly Businesses 2026 Announced September 30: Missouri's Most Neighborly Neighborhoods 2026 Announced October 3: Missouri's Most Engaged Neighbors for 2026 . Announced O...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Seventeen Missourians whose everyday actions build relationships, create belonging and encourage neighbors to care for one another have been selected as Missouri’s Most Engaged Neighbors for 2026. The honorees were selected from 78 nominations submitted as part of Missouri Good Neighbor Week, celebrated annually Sept. 28-Oct. 4. The 2026 Missouri Most Engaged Neighbor honorees are: ●         Paul and Ann Morrison — Fremont Hills  ●         Roy Howard — Blue Springs ●         Meg and Brett Holmes — St. Louis ●         Shawna Galbreath — Fulton ●         Les Cassil — Columbia ●         Sharon Shortino — Lee’s Summit ●         Becky Wiginton — Marble Hill ●         Gretch...