The Alliance is now the Missouri Special Districts Association!
Welcome to Missouri Special Districts Alliance
About MoSDA
The Missouri Special Districts Association is an organization of the state’s local special purpose governments that altogether provide emergency response, critical infrastructure, and essential community services across the state.
Special district stakeholders created the "Missouri Special Districts Alliance" in July 2025 to directly address the likely impacts of property tax reform policies, educate lawmakers and community members on the importance of special districts, and to support the development of a statewide, all-districts association.
A group of Alliance leaders from across the state, dubbed the “Missouri Special Districts Council,” has been meeting over the course of months to steer development of an association that fosters networking, governance education, and advocacy resources for districts of all types.
With the groundbreaking efforts of the Alliance and leadership of the Council, the Missouri Special Districts Association (MoSDA) was incoporated on December 31, 2025.
Our Mission: connecting, educating, and advocating for Missouri’s special districts to ensure strong, trusted, local governance and resilient public services.
MoSDA Principles
1. Strength in numbers and community for leaders of all types of special district services across Missouri.
2. Filling governance education and resource gaps to ensure leaders have tools and knowledge for good government.
3. Uniting Missouri’s most common voice in local government through guiding policy priorities that steer association initiatives.
4. Educating communities and raising awareness on the importance of special district services.
Special District Members
Antonia Fire Protection District (Jefferson Co.)
Barry-Lawrence Regional Library District (Barry, Lawrence Co's.)
Boles Fire Protection District (Franklin Co.)
Cape Girardeau Library District (Cape Girardeau Co.)
Carthage Public Library (Jasper Co.)
CC Links (Christian Co.)
De Soto Fire Protection District (Jefferson Co.)
De Soto Library District (Jefferson Co.)
Developmental Disability Advocates (Jefferson Co.)
Developmental Disability Services of Jackson County (eitas)
Ebenezer Fire Protection District (Greene Co.)
Hillsboro Fire Protection District (Jefferson Co.)
Jefferson County Library District
Johnson County Fire Protection District
Joplin Library District (Jasper Co.)
Kirkwood Public Library (St. Louis Co.)
Linn County Ambulance District
Little Dixie Regional Libraries (Monroe, Randolph Co.'s)
Marshall Public Library District (Saline Co.)
Missouri River Regional Library District (Cole, Osage Co.'s)
Nixa Fire Protection District (Christian Co.)
Northern Reynolds County Fire Protection District
Osage Valley Fire Protection District (Benton Co.)
Pleasant Hill Fire Protection District (Cass, Johnson Co.'s)
Saline Valley Fire Protection District (Jefferson Co.)
Scenic Regional Library (Franklin Co.)
South Metropolitan Fire Protection District (Cass Co.)
Springfield-Greene County Library District
St. Charles County Ambulance District
St. Joseph Public Library (Buchanan Co.)
Stone County Library District
Strafford Fire Protection District (Greene, Webster Co.'s)
Trails Regional Library District (Johnson, Lafayette Co's.)
Union Fire Protection District (Franklin Co.)
Warren County Ambulance District
Business & Organization Partners
Local Government Partners
Jefferson County R-VII School District
Northwest R-1 School District (Jefferson Co.)
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Join the Missouri Special Districts Association
Funding for the Alliance is pooled through small financial contributions to cover production and coordination of advocacy activities. Learn more and join the Missouri Special Districts Association here.
Association Management
Special District Strategies, L.L.C., coordinates the Alliance’s resource development, advocacy activities, and meetings. For more information, please contact Cole Arreola-Karr, Special Districts Strategies, L.L.C. Founder/Principal, at cole@karradvocacy.com or (417) 861-7418
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The Missouri Special Districts Alliance is a service of Special District Strategies, L.L.C.
Contact: Cole Arreola-Karr, SDS Founder/Principal
cole@karradvocacy.com | (417) 861-7418