/news-rss?filter=economic_development MO.gov News Feed: Department of Economic Development Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:32:23 +0000 en-us https://ded.mo.gov/content/state-announces-projects-creating-272-new-jobs-missouri 8511 at https://ded.mo.gov Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:53:17 +0000 June 15, 2018JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Today the Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that five companies are expanding in Missouri with plans to create 272 new jobs at a total capital investment of $32,175,000. “We worked hard alongside our partners to help these companies create new jobs in Missouri,” Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development Rob Dixon said. “It’s exciting to see that work pay off, and we look forward to building a relationship that leads to further growth and job creation in the future.” https://ded.mo.gov/content/ded-releases-may-jobs-report 8506 at https://ded.mo.gov Wed, 13 Jun 2018 10:59:58 +0000 June 13, 2018Jefferson CityMissouri’s unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent in May, and total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 400 jobs. Missouri’s smoothed seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has been 3.6 percent since March and was 3.7 in May 2017. The estimated number of employed Missourians was 2,937,194 in May, while the number unemployed was 108,288.  The jobless total has been edging down since January. https://ded.mo.gov/content/energy-bulletin-may-25-2018 8501 at https://ded.mo.gov Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:43:00 +0000 https://ded.mo.gov/content/25-million-financing-available-energy-improvements 8476 at https://ded.mo.gov Wed, 16 May 2018 09:39:10 +0000 May 15, 2018JEFFERSON CITY— Local governments, public and private higher education institutions and public and private not-for-profit hospitals will be able to apply to receive low interest energy loans from May 15 through July 15, 2018. https://ded.mo.gov/content/state-partners-launch-initiative-reset-workforce-development-strategy 8471 at https://ded.mo.gov Tue, 15 May 2018 10:51:47 +0000 May 15, 2018Jefferson CityToday, the Hawthorn Foundation, the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri Department of Higher Education launched Talent for Tomorrow, an initiative that will fundamentally reset Missouri’s approach to meeting the state’s workforce needs.   https://ded.mo.gov/content/ctc-genomics-selects-st-louis-establish-its-commercial-development-pipeline-us 8456 at https://ded.mo.gov Mon, 07 May 2018 09:52:56 +0000 May 7, 2018Brazilian Ag Bio Firm Specializes in Sugarcane https://ded.mo.gov/content/leading-financial-services-company-square-expand-missouri-creating-300-new-jobs 8446 at https://ded.mo.gov Mon, 07 May 2018 08:09:10 +0000 May 7, 2018St. Louis (city)Square Inc., a leading financial services company located in the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis, Missouri, is doubling its footprint and creating an additional 300+ new jobs.  Square is a cohesive commerce ecosystem of payments, hardware, and software that helps sellers start, run, and grow their businesses. The company first established their presence in St. Louis in Cortex’s @4240 Building in September 2015 with 200+ new jobs to support their growing mobile payments company.  https://ded.mo.gov/content/spanish-engineering-firm-chooses-missouri-us-hq-creates-20-new-jobs 8436 at https://ded.mo.gov Thu, 03 May 2018 10:12:39 +0000 May 2, 2018Hexa Ingenieros, a Spanish engineering services company focused on designing and implementing automation process control and industrial computing services, is entering the U.S. marketplace and establishing its U.S. headquarters in Missouri. The company will operate as Hexa Engineers in the U.S. Hexa Engineer’s U.S. HQ will be located in the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in St. Louis, Missouri, and they will create 20 new programming and engineering jobs, with hiring beginning in Summer 2018. https://ded.mo.gov/content/spanish-company-moves-us-hq-california-missouri-1 8426 at https://ded.mo.gov Thu, 03 May 2018 10:08:35 +0000 May 1, 2018JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—BH North America Corporation, a Spanish-owned premium fitness equipment, bicycle and garage cabinetry company, is relocating its US headquarters from California to St. Charles, Missouri. The move brings 50 new jobs to the region. https://ded.mo.gov/content/disaster-recovery-moving-expedited-pace-missouri-communities-1-year-anniversary-historic 8411 at https://ded.mo.gov Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:51:30 +0000