Economic Development

Boeing promises the project will create at least 500 jobs.

The International Institute of St. Louis is launching a program to attract people from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua arriving in the U.S. The Latino Outreach Program will provide housing and employment connections services to newly arrived immigrants.

The R&R Marketplace includes centers for career development and training, co-working and innovation, addiction treatment, and early childhood education, as well as a restaurant and a bank.

Dozens of Dutchtown residents and Cleveland graduates gathered Wednesday night to hear developer Chris Goodson’s ideas for the former high school and ask questions or offer feedback about the project.

The Rolla-based company that makes chemicals used in the production of computer chips increased the size of its 10-year-old facility at the Rolla airport by 50%.

The existential threat from flooding is also an economic one for the cities and towns that hug the country's major rivers. In total, flooding in 2019 along the Mississippi and its tributaries caused an estimated $6.2 billion in damage, including millions in the St. Louis region.

The St. Louis Development Corporation began directing federal coronavirus relief funds to small businesses in April 2022. The program is now complete, with funds going to 900 recipients across St. Louis.

“There’s not a scarcity of resources right now. We have this ability to be a great economic hub because of the attributes we have in this region and the development that is happening today,” one elected leader said.

Joplin Republican was the only person ever to serve as Missouri House speaker and Senate president pro tem.

Last year’s event drew around 102,000 people to the venue over the course of the weekend, and nearly 60,000 for Sunday's main event. That’s comparable to a major playoff game in any other major sport.