About 100 Missouri communities want to be on the state dream team—and it has nothing to do with sports. The DREAM initiative asks communities to tell state officials what they’d like to do to revitalize their downtown areas. It’s not of matter of the state giving big-money grants to the communities—it’s more a matter of providing coordination and information that will help communities form partnerships for private re-development of downtowns. DREAM stands for Downtown Revitalization and Economic Assistance for Missouri. State economic development director Greg Steinhoff says other programs have helped several communities redevelop downtown. But he says a lot of smaller communities lack resources and expertise. He says the state has experts that can help a community develop public-partnerships that can make major changes in their downtowns. The applications will be screened by officials of the department of economic development, the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Missouri Development Finance Board. Six to ten winners will be announced late next month. But all of the communities will get some technical help and will be able to send representatives to a special state seminar on downtown re-development.(Below is a list of the towns that had applied as of 5:15 p.m. Wednesday)City of Ash GroveCity of AugustaCity of AuroraCity of BismarckCity of Blue SpringsCity of BransonCity of BrookfieldCity of BucknerCity of ButlerCity of CaboolCity of CaliforniaCity of CantonCity of Cape GirardeauCity of Carl JunctionCity of CarthageCity of CaruthersvilleCity of CharlestonCity of ChillotheCity of ClintonCity of ColumbiaCity of CottlevilleCity of Creve CoeurCity of CubaCity of East PrairieCity of Excelsior SpringsCity of FarmingtonCity of FergusonCity of FestusCity of GainesvilleCity of GalenaCity of GladstoneCity of GlasgowCity of Grain ValleyCity of GrandviewCity of GreenfieldCity of HannibalCity of HermannCity of HolcombCity of IberiaCity of IndependenceCity of JeffersonCity of JenningsCity of JoplinCity of KennettCity of KirksvilleCity of LathropCity of Lee’s SummitCity of LibertyCity of LouisianaCity of LudlowCity of MaconCity of MaplewoodCity of MaryvilleCity of MoberlyCity of Montgomery CityCity of NeoshoCity of NevadaCity of New HavenCity of NormandyCity of Oak GroveCity of O’FallonCity of OsceolaCity of OzarkCity of PalmyraCity of ParkvilleCity of Pilot GroveCity of PlatteCity of Poplar BluffCity of PortagevilleCity of RaytownCity of RollaCity of SalemCity of SalisburyCity of SedaliaCity of SikestonCity of SpringfieldCity of St. JosephCity of Ste. GeneieveCity of SteelvilleCity of StellaCity of StraffordCity of Sweet SpringsCity of TiptonCity of TrentonCity of UnionvilleCity of University CityCity of UrichCity of WarrensburgCity of WarrentonCity of WarsawCity of WashingtonCity of WaverlyCity of WaynesvilleCity of Webb CityCity of WellsvilleCity of West PlainsCity of WillardCity of Willow Springs