2010 Governor’s Conference on Economic Development
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 Posted in Events
52nd Annual Governor’s Conference on Economic Development
September 15-17, 2010
Hyatt Regency Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.
Latest: Due to a scheduling conflict, University of Missouri President Gary Forsee will now be the opening speaker on Thursday, Sept. 16, and Alan Mulally, President & CEO of Ford Motor Co., will give his keynote address immediately following [Click Here]
Missouri Technology Expo 2010
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 Posted in Events
October 7, 2010
Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
University of Missouri campus • Columbia, Mo.
People innovate ways to solve problems every day. Too often these dreams go unrealized. The challenge lies in connecting the innovators with those who have the resources and the business sense to bring dreams to fruition. The Missouri Technology Expo will create a [Click Here]
Free Rural Small Business Opportunity Workshops
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Events, News & Events
The nation’s top small business resource providers are joining together to hold a series of free small business opportunity workshops across parts of Missouri that may have been especially hard hit by the recent economic recession. Each resource provider will talk about their programs and services, discuss the impact that the American Recovery & Reinvestment [Click Here]
Nixon: MO economy not where we want it to be, but outpacing other states
Friday, August 27th, 2010 Posted in News, News & Events
By: Ryan Famuliner, Missourinet
It’s slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Governor Nixon applauds business investments in the towns of Houston and Cuba this week, adding 85 and 37 jobs in those towns, respectively. That adds on to announcements for hundreds of jobs in recent weeks.
“Over the last six weeks or so we’ve seen IBM come to [Click Here]
Now it’s official. Fulton’s Callaway Energy Centre is one of only five elite state-certified industrial sites in Missouri.
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in News, News & Events
By: Don Norfleet, The Fulton Sun
Now it’s official. Fulton’s Callaway Energy Centre is one of only five elite state-certified industrial sites in Missouri.
David Kerr, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, presented a plaque Tuesday morning to Tom Howard, general manager of Callaway Electric Cooperative, the owner of the industrial site.
The industrial site is [Click Here]
$85 Million Investment in Rural Broadband
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in News, News & Events
Two more partners working with the State of Missouri to expand the availability of broadband Internet will invest $85 million to connect 660,000 homes and businesses across northern Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon has announced. This investment includes $66.3 million in competitive funding awarded under the federal Recovery Act.
BlueBird Media will use its grant of $45,145,250 [Click Here]
IBM to hire 800 for Columbia, Mo., IT center Read more: IBM to hire 800 for Columbia, Mo., IT center
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in News & Events
IBM plans to open a new technology service delivery center in Columbia, Mo., that will create up to 800 jobs for technical professionals, the company said Monday.
The company said it will begin hiring for the new center this summer, and the facility will be operational this fall and fully staffed by the [Click Here]
Plant science center started in Mexico, Mo.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in News, News & Events
St. Louis Business Journal
The state of Missouri is providing about $7.5 million in funding to construct a new plant science center in Mexico, Mo., in Audrain County, about 40 miles northeast of Columbia.
The Missouri Plant Science Center (MPSC) is a joint venture of the state-chartered, nonprofit Missouri Technology Corp.; the University of Missouri System; and [Click Here]
Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in News & Events
All service changing to Regional Jets in April 2010
March, 2010
(Columbia, MO) Delta Air Lines upgraded to jet service for one flight out of Columbia in February and has already announced another round of upgrades for the Airport. Beginning April 6, Delta will switch all aircraft at Columbia Regional Airport (COU) from 34-seat Saab 340’s to [Click Here]
Columbia makes list of best college towns
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 Posted in News & Events
By Justin Willett, Columbia Tribune, September 8, 2009.
The Great Barrington, Mass.-based American Institute for Economic Research has ranked Columbia the No. 9 college town in the nation.
In its 2009-2010 College Destinations Index, the institute identifies the 75 best places in America to attend college. The institute organizes the nation’s metropolitan statistical areas into four population [Click Here]