Monthly Archives: April 2021

Missouri Powered Mars Rover Snaps Aerial Photo with First of Its Kind Helicopter

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took a photo hovering above the surface of Mars. The photo was taken during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. The Ingenuity Mars ... Read More

Harris-Stowe State University, Claim Academy Partner on New Technology Training Program

St. Louis, Missouri-based Harris-Stowe State University is teaming up with Claim Academy, a coding boot camp, to launch a new technology training program. The program is available to both current Harris-Stowe ... Read More

Casey’s General Stores Opens New Distribution Center in Missouri

Missouri is a top investment destination for companies that need a prime location for their distribution centers. The state has seen a tremendous amount of success in logistics and distribution, welcoming ... Read More

Hunt Midwest SubTropolis Is Growing Underground

Hunt Midwest recently announced plans to build-out an additional 700,000 sq. ft. of Class-A space in SubTropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex located near Kansas City, Missouri. This expansion provides ... Read More

U.S. Department of Commerce, Missouri Boost Training for Missouri’s Growing Workforce

Construction is ready to begin on the Ranken-Ashland Skilled Trade Training Facility, a construction trade and medical services workforce development training center, in Ashland, Missouri. The completed project is expected to ... Read More

Multiple Missouri Cities Named Among Most Livable in U.S.

Three Missouri cities have been named among the most livable small cities in the U.S. in 2021 by SmartAsset. O’Fallon, St. Charles, and Lee’s Summit, Missouri, all made the annual list. ... Read More

U.S. Navy Blue Angels Fly Missouri-Made Fighter Jets For 35 Years

Missouri’s workforce makes many impressive products across several industries – from the best-selling trucks and vans in the U.S. to innovative products that are reshaping animal health. But one that soars ... Read More

Missouri-Made Product Catches Big Fish on TV’s “Shark Tank”

StepNpull, a Springfield, Missouri-based innovator and manufacturer, struck a “wonderful” deal on network television. Investor Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, agreed to inject $300,000 into the business on a recent episode ... Read More

Anheuser-Busch Investing $100 Million In Innovative Renewable Company in Missouri

Global brewing company Anheuser-Busch recently announced that it will invest $100 million into a new innovative grain repurposing facility on its St. Louis brewery campus. EverGrain, an Anheuser-Busch backed company that ... Read More

Expansion Solutions Magazine: Shovel-Ready Sites Provide Plenty of Development Opportunities in 2021

Economists at the Federal Reserve expect the U.S. economy to grow in 2021 by 4 percent and unemployment to decline to 5.5 percent. Investment banker Morgan Stanley predicts real GDP growth ... Read More