Columbia/Jefferson City Region

Multiple Missouri Companies Named Among Best to Work For in 2021 By Fortune

Three Missouri Companies were recently ranked among Fortune’s 100 best companies to work for in 2021. Edward Jones, Veterans United Home Loans, and World Wide Technology all made the list. St. ... Read More

Swift Prepared Foods Announces Plans to Build $200M Facility in Missouri

Swift Prepared Foods, a leading global food company, announced today that Columbia, Missouri, has been selected for its new Italian meats and charcuterie production facility. For the past several months, the ... 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

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

Missouri Is the Logistics & Distribution Center of North America

When it comes to business expansion and new site selection, location is one of the most important factors. Centrally located in the Midwest, and in the center of North America, Missouri is ... Read More

Governor Parson Establishes National Agriculture Week in Missouri

Missouri is the global leader in agtech. To highlight the state’s tremendous innovation and success in this field, Governor Mike Parson proclaimed this week National Agriculture Week in Missouri. Governor Parson ... Read More

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