Columbia/Jefferson City Region

Swift Prepared Foods Opens New Meat Production Facility in Missouri

Swift Prepared Foods, a leading food solutions company, cut the ribbon on its new $68 million facility in Moberly, Missouri. The new facility will produce ready-to-eat, fully cooked bacon, and it’s ... Read More

#ThrowbackThursday: Veteran United Sees Unprecedented Growth in Missouri

Columbia, Missouri-based Veterans United Home Loans (VU) is the nation’s leading full-service VA mortgage lender, and has seen tremendous growth in Missouri in recent years. In 2020, VU announced plans to ... Read More

Missouri Partnership Celebrates Economic Development Week 2021

Communities across the globe spent the past few days participating in the 2021 Economic Development Week, which was created by the International Economic Development Council. The goal of Economic Development Week ... Read More

Advanced Manufacturer Invests in Missouri With Continued Construction

Quaker Windows and Doors recently announced construction has begun on the third phase of its facility in Eldon, Missouri. Quaker aims to complete the expansion project by early 2022, which will ... Read More

Missouri S&T Celebrates 150 Years, Programs Rank Among Best in U.S.

The Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is celebrating its 150th anniversary as it programs rank among the best in the U.S. Missouri S&T was founded in 1870 as ... Read More

Tax Foundation Ranks Missouri 10th Best State for New Firms; 4th for New Manufacturing

The Tax Foundation, in collaboration with KPMG LLP, today released a new report called “Location Matters.” This comprehensive study ranks state corporate tax costs across multiple industries nationwide. “We are thrilled ... Read More

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