Missouri Resources
Recent Project Announcements
Blevins Asphalt Expands Mount Vernon, Missouri, Maintenance Operations
Winland Foods Expands St Louis, Missouri, Production Operations
TREKK Design Group Expands Springfield-Fenton, Missouri, Operations
Dakota Bodies Expands Liberty, Missouri, Operations
Hertzog Meat Expands Butler, Missouri, Operations
Metrobloks Plans Liberty, Missouri, Data Center Operations
Van-Am Expands St. Joseph, Missouri, Operations
Forge Construction Relocates-Expands Kansas City, Missouri, Headquarters Operations
GRVTY Plans Tysons, Virginia, Headquarters Operations
Hudson Industries Expands Appleton City, Missouri, Operations
Beckwood Press Expands Fenton, Missouri, Headquarters Operations
AECI Utility Solutions Plans Boonville, Missouri, Distribution Operations
Hudson Industries-Green’s Welding and Sales Expands Appleton City, Missouri, Operations
Lambda Plans Kansas City Missouri, AI Operations
Recent Features
America’s Aerospace Reboot
Once dominated by legacy clusters, aerospace site selection is evolving rapidly as companies prioritize speed, workforce specialization, and strategic proximity.
New Rules for the Cloud Rush
What developers need to know about how states are regulating data centers—and utilities are shifting the cost burden.
St. Louis Aerospace Sector Takes Flight with $5 Billion in Investments and New Task Force
Mound City emerges as a hub for aerospace investments and jobs.
Innovation Corridors Have Economic Assets Driving Business Growth
By actively putting together the resources needed for innovative companies to survive and thrive, innovation districts and corridors have found a recipe for success.
2021 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards Recognize State and Local Economic Development Efforts
Although 2020’s global pandemic resulted in some projects being stalled or canceled, the annual Shovel Awards recognize many other new and expanded facilities plans that are on track and expected to created thousands of jobs and billions in investment.
2021 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards Project of the Year: Accenture Federal Services’ St. Louis Facility to Offer AI, Cyber Solutions
Some 1,400 employees at the technology and consulting company will serve federal agencies from this new facility.
What’s Driving Record Industrial Real Estate Demand
A boom in e-commerce and shifting population densities as well increasing transportation costs are making industrial real estate a “can’t miss.”
Vocational Training Alliances in Tough Times
Companies and communities must continue to invest in and destigmatize vocational training in order to bridge the manufacturing skills gap.
Finding and Valuing Top Talent
Martha O’Mara PhD. Principal, Place Strategy Partners, LLC, spoke with Area Development about how companies can diversify out of high-cost locations while still accessing talented labor pools after her presentation at our 2019 Houston Consultants Forum.
2020 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards Recognize State and Local Economic Development Efforts
While the current COVID-19 crisis may put some development on “pause,” our annual Shovel Awards recognize states that garnered large job-creating and investment projects over the course of the previous year.
