R&D

Site Selection: Joplin, A Portrait in Resilience

When an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin and killed 161 people on May 22, 2011, some wondered whether the city of 52,195 people in Southwest Missouri would ever fully recover. Eight ... Read More

Seven Missouri Counties Earn Work Ready Status

Seven Missouri counties recently earned Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. Webster, Stone, Monroe, Oregon, Benton, Marion and Lewis counties each earned the designation. CWRC is an American College Testing (ACT) ... Read More

Kansas City Region Wins Huge USDA Investment and 500+ New Jobs

“The Kansas City region has proven itself to be a hub for all things agriculture and is a booming city in America’s heartland,” US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Purdue said. “[The] ... Read More

Missouri Partnership Expands Business Recruitment Team in Kansas City

Missouri Partnership announced today that Kylee Garretson has been promoted to Director of Business Recruitment & Capacity Building. In this new role, Kylee will manage business attraction projects for Missouri, provide ... Read More

Two Companies Announce Expansion $34+ Million In Investment In St. Joseph, Missouri

Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading supplier of animal health products for pets and livestock, and LifeLine Foods, a food solutions company, both recently announced plans to expand in St. Joseph, Missouri. The ... Read More

Missouri-based Agtech Incubator Selects First Group Of Startups Focused On Sustainable Solutions

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), recently announced it has selected ... Read More

Health Innovation Company Expands With New $236 Million R&D Facility In Missouri

Pfizer Inc., a health innovation company, announced the opening of a new 295,000 sq. ft. research and development facility in Chesterfield, Missouri. The site will house Pfizer’s BioTherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences group ... Read More

Missouri Partnership Announces Subash Alias as Permanent CEO

MISSOURI – Missouri Partnership announced today that their full Board of Directors has named Subash Alias as CEO, effective immediately. Alias had been serving as Interim CEO since March 1 and ... Read More

Missouri Community College Expanding With $41 Million Health Innovation Facility

St. Louis Community College is expanding with a new $41 million health sciences building at its Forest Park campus in St. Louis, Missouri. The facility, which is nearing completion, is meant ... Read More

Agtech Company Chooses Missouri As Location For Headquarters

Benson Hill Biosystems, an agtech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, recently announced its plan to make St. Louis, Missouri, its official headquarters. The company is undergoing rapid growth ... Read More