Yearly Archives: 2014

KC named in ’10 high-tech cities you’ll want to call home’

A survey ranks Kansas City as a top 10 city to launch a high-tech career, PC magazine reports. According to the survey, a major selling point for the Kansas City region ... Read More

Two Missouri bars named “Best Frozen Cocktail Bars” in the U.S.

Two Missouri bars named “Best Frozen Cocktail Bars” by Paste Magazine. Snow and Company in Kansas City is ranked at No. 1, and Tropical Liqueurs in Columbia is ranked at No. ... Read More

Leading Locations for 2014: 6 Missouri metros ranked in top 50% for economic and job growth

Six Missouri cities are ranked in the top 50 percent of Area Development’s 2014 Leading Locations study. The list includes: Columbia at No. 23; St. Joseph at No. 69; Kansas City ... Read More

Truck terminal will add 63 jobs in south KC

CenterPoint Properties has broken ground on a new truck terminal that will add 63 new jobs at CenterPoint-KCS Intermodal Center in south Kansas City. Neovia Logistics, based in Irving, Texas, will ... Read More

Boeing to create 700 St. Louis jobs for 777X parts production

Boeing will build parts for its 777X commercial aircraft in St. Louis, a silver lining of sorts after the region lost out on production of the plane itself to Washington state ... Read More

New Company to St. Joseph To Make Investment and Add New Jobs

Schütz Container Systems, Inc., a German-based packaging company with locations worldwide will locate in St. Joseph. It will be the company’s 10th facility in the United States. “We are pleased to ... Read More

Missouri auto jobs to reach nearly 14,000 by 2015

The number of jobs in Missouri’s automotive sector will rise to 13,959 by 2015, nearly doubling in three years due to recent investments by General Motors in Wentzville and Ford in ... Read More

Two Missouri restaurants named best breakfast spots in the U.S.

Good news for early birds in Missouri, Travel + Leisure magazine has deemed two Missouri restaurants some of the best breakfast spots in the U.S.: Chez Elle Creperie and Coffeehouse in ... Read More

Columbia named a “Top 20 College Town”

Columbia, Missouri, is ranked No. 8 overall in the American Institute for Economic Research’s list of the top 20 college towns in the U.S., part of AIER’s 2014-2015 College Destinations Index. ... Read More

IT firm Huber & Associates expands in Jefferson City

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) will join Huber & Associates, a Jefferson City-based information technology company, to celebrate an expansion of the company’s mid-Missouri headquarters on October 16th. The ... Read More