Kansas City Region

Missouri City Named Among National Geographic’s Best Trips For 2019

National Geographic Traveler recently named Kansas City, Missouri, as one of its “Best Trips 2019.” The magazine published its list of the 28 most exciting destinations for the year ahead, and ... Read More

Site Selection: 21st Century College, 21st Century City

Kansas City is quickly becoming known as one of the leading “Smart Cities” in America, and University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) is educating the innovative talent needed to move ... Read More

Missouri Governor Signs Foreign Direct Investment Proclamation

Missouri Governor Mike Parson made history recently by signing the state’s first Open Investment Policy statement, declaring that Missouri’s economy is stronger because of its successful attraction of foreign direct investment, ... Read More

Missouri Cities Rank Among Top In U.S. For Jobs

St. Louis, Missouri, was recently ranked the second best city in the nation on Glassdoor’s 2018 list of “Best Cities for Jobs,” while Kansas City, Missouri, came in at number 11. ... Read More

Five Missouri Companies Among 100 Fastest Growing Inner City Businesses In U.S.

Five Missouri companies recently ranked among the nation’s 100 fastest-growing inner city businesses, according to a new report published by Fortune. Missouri companies on the list include Vazquez Commercial Contracting, LLC (6th), ... Read More

Missouri Cities Among Top In U.S. For Clean Energy Jobs

St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, were ranked among the top 50 cities in the U.S. for clean energy jobs, according to a new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs, a Washington, D.C.-based ... Read More

Professional Services Company Expands Underground In Missouri

LightEdge, a premier cloud hosting and colocation provider, announced plans to expand their Kansas City data center within the Hunt Midwest SubTropolis. The 20,000 sq. ft. expansion is slated to begin ... Read More

Professional Services Company Expands In Kansas City, Missouri

Lincoln Rackhouse, a division of Lincoln Property Co., recently announced that it has acquired a data center campus in Kansas City’s AirWorld Center covering nearly 260,000 sq. ft. According to the ... Read More

Distillery Announces Expansion In Missouri, 30+ New Jobs

J. Rieger & Co. Distillery recently announced plans to expand in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms neighborhood. The expansion will help the distillery quintuple production to meet growing demand, and expects ... Read More

Burns & McDonnell Announce HQ Expansion, Add 200 Jobs In Missouri

Burns & McDonnell, a Missouri-based architecture, engineering and construction firm, announced plans to begin work on a new $42 million expansion of its Kansas City headquarters campus. Additionally, the company announced plans ... Read More