Annual Report
FY 2026
[ HIGHLIGHTS ]Another Standout Year for Missouri Partnership
Wins & Celebration
Several companies announced Missouri as the winning location for their new facility, and we helped them maximize exposure of their new investment. Read more.
Capacity Building
Our Capacity Building program focused on preparing communities for future site visits from business attraction projects. Read more.
Marketing Missouri
From custom mailers to creative World Cup advertisements, we reached our target audience with key messages that kept Missouri in the spotlight. Learn more.
Outreach
Our team attended trade shows, hosted foreign officials, and even traveled the world to engage with prospective companies. Learn more.
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Project Green and Project Spade aim to deliver $25 billion to one rural Missouri county
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IKO Breaks Ground on $120-Million Granule Facility in Missouri
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Bass Pro Shops acquires Hobie
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Heritage Wood Mills Plans Glasgow, Missouri, Production Operations
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Americold Invests $120M+ in Missouri
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America’s Heartland Packing holds open house
[WINS & CELEBRATIONS ]Wins & Celebrations
1,219 New Jobs
$33.9B CapX
$98.2 M Annual Payroll
In addition to our overall wins, we had an incredible year with multiple record-setting investments in Missouri with the data center wins including AWS, Google, and Nebius with tens of billions of dollars in investment, hundreds of direct jobs and thousands of construction jobs. We were very involved in all of these projects as well as our overall strategy for landing the data centers in light of increasing NIMBYism and other challenges.
FY 2026 Wins
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Acculevel
Sarcoxie, MO
41 Jobs
$2.9M Capital Investment
$107K Annual Avg Wage
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Acculevel
Smithville, MO
41 Jobs
$2.9M Capital Investment
$107K Annual Avg Wage
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AECI Utility Solutions
Boonville, MO
6 Jobs
$7M Capital Investment
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Amazon Web Services
New Florence, MO
400 Jobs
$10B Capital Investment
$36M Annual Payroll
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Elevator Spaces
St. Louis, MO
2 Jobs
$8M Capital Investment
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Front Line Safety
Kansas City, MO
21 Jobs
$1.7M Capital Investment
$1.2M Annual Payroll
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Google
New Florence, MO
300 Jobs
$15B Capital Investment
$23.1M Annual Payroll
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Lambda, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
12 Jobs
$764.6M Capital Investment
$1.7M Annual Payroll
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Metrobloks
Liberty, MO
77 Jobs
$1.4B Capital Investment
$7.4M Annual Payroll
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Nebius
Independence, MO
130 Jobs
$6.6B Capital Investment
$11.1M Annual Payroll
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Sunspace Modular Enclosures
Truesdale, MO
45 Jobs
$6.9M Capital Investment
$2.1 Annual Payroll
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White River Marine Group
Lebanon, MO
62 Jobs
$28.5M Capital Investment
$2.8M Annual Payroll
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Wilson & Cousins
Maryland Heights, MO
10 jobs
[ MARKETING]Marketing
Celebrating Success
In FY2026, Marketing played a key role in elevating Missouri’s economic development story by coordinating and supporting 13 investment announcements through press releases, events, video and photography, and social media promotion. These efforts helped spread the word that Missouri continues to attract companies across a wide range of industries while driving new job creation and investment in communities throughout the state.
Missouri’s Food & Beverage Strengths
Marketing advanced Missouri Partnership’s food and beverage targeting by leveraging materials from the Harvest at the Lodge event and launching a personalized outreach campaign to top prospects. The team sent a three-part mailer featuring heart-shaped, Missouri-themed candy boxes, cards, and gifts to priority companies, then extended the effort by sending Valentine’s Day candy boxes to top site selection consultants. This personalized approach helped Missouri stand out from other states and made a memorable impression on key prospects and consultants.
Missouri on the World Stage
An opportunity to promote Missouri's business story during the world's biggest sporting event? Marketing made the most of it. To reach a high-value audience already experiencing Missouri's quality of life firsthand, the team showcased the state's strong business climate through advertising at Kansas City International Airport and on roadside billboards throughout the Kansas City region. The airport campaign ran throughout June and July, including KCI's busiest travel day on record, maximizing visibility during a period of exceptional passenger traffic.
Social Media Growth
Marketing reached a major social media milestone by growing Missouri Partnership’s LinkedIn presence to 10,000 followers. As the organization’s primary social media platform, LinkedIn enables Marketing to reach business leaders and site selection consultants daily with messages about Missouri’s business advantages. This growing audience expands the reach of Missouri’s story and helps ensure more decision-makers recognize the state as an excellent location for business investment.
[ OUTREACH ]Outreach
SelectUSA
Missouri Partnership continued to strengthen relationships with corporate decision-makers, site selection consultants, and industry leaders through several high-impact outreach events. SelectUSA was one of our most significant business development efforts, providing valuable opportunities to connect with companies exploring expansion and investment opportunities in Missouri.
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup also created a unique opportunity to showcase Missouri. On June 20, we hosted 25 guests in the Governor's Suite in Kansas City, strengthening relationships with key consultants, business leaders, and economic development partners.
Harvest at the Lodge
Another standout success was Harvest at the Lodge at Big Cedar Lodge, where we hosted site selection consultants for two days of networking, hospitality, and engagement with Missouri agriculture and transportation experts, as well as Missouri Department of Economic Development Director Michelle Hataway. The relationships strengthened during this event ultimately helped contribute to Missouri winning a project.
Working in Partnership
None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support of our outstanding partners and the strong relationships we have built with organizations and communities across the state. Their collaboration continues to be critical to Missouri's economic development success.
FY 2026 Events
Meat Processing Expo (Kansas City, MO)
SEDC Annual Conference (Oklahoma City, OK)
Animal Health Summit (Kansas City, MO)
MEDC Governor’s Conference on Economic Development (Branson, MO)
Next Gen Talks: Life Sciences (Research Triangle, NC)
Consultant Mission: Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Chicago VIP Event (Chicago, IL)
Harvest at the Lodge (Branson, MO)
Pack Expo International (Las Vegas, NV)
Consultant Mission: Cleveland / Pittsburgh (Cleveland, OH and Pittsburgh, PA)
IPT Sales Tax Symposium (Indian Wells, CA)
Site Selectors Guild Fall Forum (Indianapolis, IN)
Consultant Mission: New York / New Jersey (NY and NJ)
Area Development Women in ED (Chicago, IL)
Dallas VIP Event (Dallas, TX)
Consultant Mission: Dallas (Dallas, TX)
WinED (Gregson & Co.) (Savannah, GA)
Area Development Executive Summit (Jupiter, FL)
Insight MO (St. Louis, MO)
IPT Credits and Incentives Symposium (Arlington, TX)
Economix (Orlando, FL)
Area Development Consultants Forum (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Site Selectors Guild Partner Winter Summit (Naples, FL)
Consultant Mission: Atlanta/Greenville (Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC)
MEDC Economic Issues Summit (Jefferson City, MO)
Next Move Group Mardi Gras Economic Development Conference (New Orleans, LA)
Area Development Workshop Forum (Charlotte, NC)
Site Selectors Guild Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA)
Consultant Mission: Chicago (Chicago, IL)
IAMC (Little Rock, AR)
Consultant Mission: Columbus / Indianapolis (Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN)
SEDC Meet the Consultants (Arlington, TX)
Next Gen Talks (Columbus, OH)
SelectUSA Investment Summit (Washington, D.C.)
GEOINT (Aurora, CO)
I-70 Series (STL) (St. Louis, MO)
Site Selector's Guild Partner Summer Summit (Savannah, GA)
WSJ Global Food Forum (Chicago, IL)
Area Development Consultants Forum (New Orleans, LA)
MEDC Summer Conference (Lake of the Ozarks, MO)
FIFA World Cup Events (Kansas City, MO)
I-70 Series (KC) (Kansas City, MO)
Farnborough Air Show (Farnborough, UK)
Harvest at the Lodge
Dallas VIP Event
SelectUSA Investment Summit
FIFA World Cup
Consultant Mission
MEDC Economic Issues Summit
[ CAPACITY BUILDING ]Capacity Building
Raise the Bar: Train
We held seven "Train" sessions across the state, including partners from Bootheel Progress with Partnership, Weldon Spring, Northeast Power, Monett, and three locations in Green Hills Regional Planning Commission's region. Raise the Bar: Train is a program aimed at readying communities to respond to RFIs and participate in projects led by Missouri Partnership.
Raise the Bar: Compete
In our Raise the Bar: Compete capacity building efforts, two additional sites were added as "Premier Sites" designees. "Premier Sites" are sites that have been evaluated through our partnership with Global Location Strategies to identify sites that are 200 acres or more, preferably rail served, and ideal for industrial development.
In further "Compete" activities, we have been active in discussions on how to best support designees as they work through suggestions resulting from the GLS evaluation.
Lasso RFI Response Technology
Though not technically part of our standard "Raise the Bar" efforts, one of our biggest accomplishments for partners support in FY26 was the launch of software platform Lasso. Lasso is an application that allows our community partners to submit RFI responses to us online, allows for recall of answers for future RFI responses, and automatically populates LOIS which is our primary site and building marketing tool. We onboarded this technology after surveying partners on their challenges with RFI response and a thorough evaluation of technologies available to help create efficiencies and support for the process. From January to June we made training available to partners and conducted a "practice project" to allow partners to engage with the system ahead of our official launch for project use, which occurred on July 1, 2026.
