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  • Ethan Koenig, 20, welds a steel T-joint at the Center for Workforce Innovation at St. Louis Community College.

    Local Manufacturers look to schools as a way to recruit new workers

    This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on Feb. 13, 2023.  Facing a worker shortage, companies in the St. Louis region are working in new ways with…

  • Emerson Electric St. Louis headquarters building located in Ferguson.

    Emerson Electric decides to keep Headquarters in St. Louis

    This article originally ran on St. Louis Business Journal on Feb. 8, 2023.  Ferguson-based Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) will keep its headquarters in St. Louis, the company said Wednesday. Emerson’s…

  • $40 Million Grant Opportunity to Develop Megasites in Illinois

    This article originally ran in the Illinois.Gov on Monday, February 6, 2023.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ Governor Pritzker today joined state and local leaders, along with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity…

  • Construction site at Westport Commerce Center in Maryland Heights, MO. Photo by Christin Tannous

    Maryland Heights construction begins as demand for local warehouses increase

    This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on February 5, 2023.  The Page and 141 area of Maryland Heights saw no development for decades. Within a span…

  • Rebuild Illinois sign in front of dump truck.

    Illinois Infrastructure investments add to revamping the state’s transportation system

    This article originally ran in the Site Selection Magazine in January.  In August of 2022, Governor Pritzker announced that under Rebuild Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation, had made more…