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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Then: Founder, Backpacker Church LLC
Now: Pastor, James River Church Inc.
A lot has happened for world-traveler Jodi Oehlke Cuccurese in the last 365 days since she was honored with Springfield Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award.
After marrying a Naples, Italy native, Cuccurese is almost completely fluent in Italian.
She is growing her national Read Through the Bible Challenge — a six-month or year long task to complete and discuss the book online with readers across the states.
And after accepting a pastoral position at James River Church Inc. in November, she’s put on pause her own organization, Backpacker Church LLC, which led humanitarian trips to Italy and Israel, on pause. Instead, she’s helping arrange the Designed for Life Women’s and Stronger Men’s conferences, which attract over 18,000 people to the Springfield area.
“As much as I am for the global, my heart is also for the local,” she says.
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.
