To Protect and Defend
The
world's most advanced aircraft - and the world's most advanced dog. No
place in the world but West Central Missouri can lay claim to both. Sam
Van Arsdale who ran the Hotel Ruff in Marshall, Missouri during the
1920s and 30s was the proud owner of Jim the Wonder Dog, a Llewellyn
setter who, it is claimed, could pick out a car by its license plate or
identify a person by his occupation.
That was then. But today, the
thriving region west and south of Kansas City is home to Whiteman Air
Force Base, where the nation's fleet of B-2 Stealth aircraft is based
and where 7,500 military and civilian personnel are employed. The base
adds more than $529 million to the local economy and is a magnet for
many companies in the area.
Among the major employers in the
four county region are EnerSys Power Products in Warrensburg, the
company that makes the batteries that power the nation's nuclear sub
fleet. Also in the power sector is Pro Energy Service in Sedalia, a
maker of gas-fired and bio energy power plants.
Sedalia, home to
the Missouri State Fair, is well-situated on US 50 and US 65, just
south of I-70. Over a quarter of the community's economy revolves
around manufacturing with companies like Waterloo Industries making
tool boxes for Sears and Lowe's, Duke Manufacturing producing stainless
steel restaurant fixtures and WireCo WorldGroup making steel cables,
including those that hold up the Golden Gate Bridge.
The
University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, State Fair Community
College in Sedalia and Missouri Valley College in Marshall provide
ample higher education opportunities for the region's 147,000 residents.
Central MO Economic Development Alliance
Tracy Brantner, CEcD
300 N. Holden Street, Suite 301
Warrensburg, MO 64093
660.747.0244
www.choosecentralmo.com