St. Louis, now more than 2.8 million residents strong, earned its reputation as a central Midwestern hub on the Mississippi River in Mark Twain’s river stories.
It continues to be a logistics haven with great water access. Kansas City, deep in the Midwest farm belt, is located on Interstates 70 and 35, making east-west and north-south access easy, and is also a major rail hub that hosts an international airport. St. Louis recently ranked No. 21 and Kansas City ranked No. 35 in Global Trade’s “Top 50 Cities for Global Trade.
Missouri’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) totaled over $284 billion in 2014 according to advanced data estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Missouri GDP increased by 2.8% in current dollars ... Read More
Kansas City was recently named the best place to live in the U.S. according to LookyLocal. St. Louis also made the list, ranking at No. 10. “A big plus about Kansas ... Read More
Fortune Magazine just released its first “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials” list and four Missouri-based companies made the cut. According to Fortune, the four companies where Missouri millennials should start submitting ... Read More
Stadia Ventures, the Sports Innovation Hub, announced the launch of Stadia Accelerator, a business development accelerator for sports-related startups. They expect to invest $10M over the next 5 years to help ... Read More
Two Missouri amusement parks were recently named to Buzzfeed’s list of the top “26 Underrated Amusement Parks to Visit Before You Die.” Kansas City’s Worlds of Fun, a combination amusement park ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) recently announced Digital Monitoring Products’ (DMP) plans to expand its Springfield operations, creating 65 new jobs in the area. The company’s expansion is associated ... Read More
Gov. Jay Nixon recently announced that Bull Moose Industries, a subsidiary of UK-based Caparo Group, founded by The Rt. Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, will expand its North American headquarters in St. Louis and create up ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that Ameritas Investment Corp., an affiliate of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (Ameritas), has opened a public finance office in Kansas City and ... Read More
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
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