Poplar Bluff Region

Missouri Partnership Expands Business Recruitment and Legal Support Team

Missouri Partnership announced today that Kim Gerlt has been hired full-time as Business Recruitment Manager and Legal Specialist. In this role, Gerlt will further business attraction projects across Missouri by providing ... Read More

From COVID Vaccines to Telemedicine, Missouri’s Health Innovation Industry Leads the Way

Over the past year, Missouri has been hard at work combatting COVID-19. And in fact, Missouri played a key role in developing the successful COVID-19 vaccine. In December 2020, Pfizer announced ... Read More

Missouri’s Food Solutions Industry Is Leading the Way

Hungry to expand your customer base? Look no further than Missouri. Missouri’s robust food solutions industry includes nearly 400 companies and almost 100,000 farms, with the capacity for many more, due ... Read More

Missouri is a World Leader in Financial & Professional Services

Missouri is a world leader in the financial and professional services industries. Across the state, industry leaders are thriving. For example, St. Louis has the second highest concentration of financial securities ... Read More

Missouri’s Energy Solutions Industry Is Powering the World

Missouri is home to leading developers and producers of batteries for the defense, space, automotive, and consumer industries. Our batteries power NASA’s space program, including NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is currently ... Read More

Missouri is The Global Leader in Agtech

Missouri’s agtech industry is leading the way with innovative technology and research in plant science and animal health that is transforming agriculture. Across Missouri, leading agtech organizations including the Danforth Plant Science ... Read More

Missouri: A Center for Advanced Manufacturing Excellence

What do the best-selling trucks and vans in the U.S. have in common with fighter jets? They are all made right here in Missouri! Missouri is a center for advanced manufacturing ... Read More

Missouri Receives National Recognition for Economic Development

Missouri is a leader in economic development and business attraction in the U.S., and that leadership has been on display recently.  The state has won multiple awards from leading economic development ... Read More

Missouri Colleges & Universities Work Toward “Big Goal” for Higher Education

The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) has been steadily tracking progress toward the “Big Goal,” a pledge initially adopted in 2011 for 60 percent of working-age adults ... Read More

Missouri: Top State for New & Completed Apprenticeships

Missouri ranks second in the U.S. for completed apprenticeships according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Labor. More than 3,800 people completed apprenticeships in Missouri during fiscal 2019, ... Read More