St. Louis Region

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

Missouri Agtech Company Innovating New Ways to Produce Rubber from Sunflowers

A Missouri agtech company is finding new ways to produce rubber – from sunflowers. Edison Agrosciences, based in St. Louis, Missouri, recently received a $1 million grant to research the crop’s ... Read More

Washington University in St. Louis Set to Begin Study of COVID-19 Vaccines in Children

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, is preparing to study the effects of COVID-19 vaccines on children and has launched an online registry for families who want to ... Read More

Missouri Cities Ranked Among Best in Midwest For High Salaries & Low Cost of Living

Those looking for an inexpensive place to live with a high salary shouldn’t have any trouble finding one in Missouri. St. Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri, were recently ranked among the ... Read More

Missouri Is the Logistics & Distribution Center of North America

When it comes to business expansion and new site selection, location is one of the most important factors. Centrally located in the Midwest, and in the center of North America, Missouri is ... Read More

Governor Parson Establishes National Agriculture Week in Missouri

Missouri is the global leader in agtech. To highlight the state’s tremendous innovation and success in this field, Governor Mike Parson proclaimed this week National Agriculture Week in Missouri. Governor Parson ... Read More

Boeing Delivers Missouri-Made F-15EX Fighter Jet to US Air Force

A new Missouri-made jet was recently delivered to the United States Air Force. Boeing, a global aerospace and defense company, was awarded a $1.2 billion contract for Missouri-made F-15EX fighter jets ... Read More

Missouri Partnership Expands Business Recruitment and Legal Support Team

Missouri Partnership announced today that Kim Gerlt has been hired full-time as Business Recruitment Manager and Legal Specialist. In this role, Gerlt will further business attraction projects across Missouri by providing ... Read More

From COVID Vaccines to Telemedicine, Missouri’s Health Innovation Industry Leads the Way

Over the past year, Missouri has been hard at work combatting COVID-19. And in fact, Missouri played a key role in developing the successful COVID-19 vaccine. In December 2020, Pfizer announced ... Read More

Missouri Company Analyzes Data… From Mars

We recently covered how NASAs Perseverance rover, which landed safely on the surface of Mars in February, was powered by batteries made in Joplin, Missouri. But that isn’t Missouri’s only connection ... Read More