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has ranked Missouri first in the North West Central Region for the 2013
Governor’s Cup awards, Gov.
Jay Nixon recently announced. The rankings found that more than 125
businesses either expanded their facilities or opened new facilities in
Missouri during 2013, an increase of 57 expansions over the previous year.
In addition to
Missouri, the North West Central Region includes Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, and North and South Dakota. Nebraska was the 2013 runner-up with 109
businesses announcing expansions, followed by Kansas with 106 expansions.
“This first place
ranking demonstrates that Missouri’s low taxes, trained workforce and excellent
quality of life continue to make the Show-Me State a top destination for
growing companies,” noted Gov. Nixon.
Last year, employment
in Missouri grew faster than its neighboring states of Kansas, Tennessee,
Oklahoma, Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska and Arkansas. Missouri has also been the
fastest-growing state for technology job growth in the nation for the past two
consecutive years.
Already in 2014, the
state has attracted numerous investments from expanding companies, including 3M
in Nevada, GAF
Roofing in Moberly, Janesville
Acoustics in Warrensburg, Cerner
Corporation in Kansas City, LMV
Automotive Systems in Liberty, and many more. Click here to check out the
full list of Missouri expansions to date since 2013.
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