Kansas City Region

In Missouri, Even Our Penguins Enjoy Going to Museums

While businesses across Missouri are beginning to reopen, Missouri’s award winning zoos are still closed. But that didn’t stop a group of penguins from taking a field trip to one of ... Read More

Fast-Growing Missouri Company Announces Plans to Add Hundreds of New Jobs in Kansas City

Missouri Governor Mike Parson recently unveiled his ‘Show Me Strong Recovery’ program that focuses on broad economic recovery and job creation for Missourians. Spring Venture Group, a direct-to-consumer distributor of Medicare ... Read More

Missouri Automotive Manufacturing is Getting Back to Work

For years, Missouri talent has driven automotive manufacturing into the future with significant investment from Ford and GM. Whether it’s Ford’s award winning F-150’s and Transit vans built in Claycomo, Missouri, ... Read More

Professional Services Company Announces Plans to Hire 700+ In Missouri

Charter Communications, a Missouri-based cable and communications company, announced plans to hire more than 550 workers in the St. Louis region. Additionally, Charter is filling 185 jobs at its mobile call ... Read More

Kansas City Companies Take Advantage of World-Class Talent as Missouri Begins to Reopen

Missouri is open for business. That is the message Missouri is telling the world, as today marks the first day of Governor Mike Parson’s “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan, and businesses ... Read More

Missouri Getting Back to Business Under First Phase of “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan

On April 27, Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan outlining how Missouri will reopen economic and social activity following the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read More

Kansas City, Missouri Selected For COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Testing is underway in Kansas City, Missouri, for an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, a health innovation company, is partnering with The Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City to test ... Read More

Missouri Accelerator Takes Aim at Businesses That Can Help in the Fight Against COVID-19

Missouri’s newest business accelerator is aimed at finding and building up companies that can help with the coronavirus crisis. The Black & Veatch IgnitedX COVID-19 Response Accelerator is a venture of ... Read More

Health Innovation Company Unveils New Biocontainment Systems to Help Fight COVID-19

MRIGlobal, a health innovation company based in Kansas City, Missouri, has unveiled two new mobile labs that could help with the COVID-19 response. The new mobile laboratories, which combat biological and ... Read More

Missouri Company Has COVID-19 Testing Device for the Air

InnovaPrep, a Drexel, Missouri-based health innovation company, has found a solution to the problem faced by many states around the U.S. in fighting the coronavirus: a shortage of testing kits. The ... Read More