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National project will push exporting in Kansas City area

By the end of the Brookings Institution’s Global Cities Initiative, Kansas City will join ranks with 27 other areas as a major metropolitan exporter. The Global Cities Initiative, a program funded by ... Read More

Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum named one of the 10 best baseball pilgrimage sites

Looking for a place to take dad for Father’s Day? Check out Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which was recently named one of the 10 best baseball pilgrimage sites outside ... Read More

Construction begins at Kawasaki

Construction is well under way at the Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A. plant, where crews are continuing to pour a massive 12-inch-thick ceramic concrete floor for what will soon become a ... Read More

Three Missouri companies’ CEOs among highest rated of 2015

Three Missouri companies’ CEOs have been announced as winners of Glassdoor’s annual Employees’ Choice Awards for the Highest Rated CEOs in 2015. Glassdoor split the ranking between large companies—having 1,000+ employees—and ... Read More

Ferguson Municipal Public Library named 2015 Library of the Year by Library Journal and Gale

Recognized for Outstanding Courage, Service and Commitment to Community in Crisis Dilip Vishwanat | St. Louis Business Journal Ferguson Municipal Public Library of Ferguson, MO has been named the 2015 Library ... Read More

Three St. Louis business centers make list of top 100 coworking spaces

Three St. Louis business centers were named to Symmetry50’s list of the top 100 coworking spaces in the U.S. T-Rex is ranked at No. 18, CIC is ranked at No. 37 ... Read More

Tech giant Cisco reveals more details about Kansas City’s “smart city” plan

Silicon Valley giant Cisco revealed more details about its agreement with Kansas City, Missouri, as well as information about the companies helping it implement its “Smart+ Connected Communities” and “Living Lab” ... Read More

8760 Service Group expands in Sedalia, creating 40 plus new jobs

SEDALIA, Mo.—The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that 8760 Service Group, a local manufacturer, will increase its workforce and relocate to a larger facility in Sedalia, making this ... Read More

St. Louis attracts third Israeli agtech company in seven months

Forrest Innovations selects St. Louis for U.S. headquarters ST. LOUIS – June 5, 2015 – BioSTL, the St. Louis organization advancing regional prosperity by cultivating the bioscience and innovation ecosystem, announced ... Read More

KC signs ‘smart city’ deal with Cisco, Sprint

Kansas City on Thursday signed a “smart city” agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. and Sprint Corp. The more than $15 million plan aims to upgrade infrastructure and promote technological innovation in Downtown, ... Read More