100 Best places to live and launch
From CNN Money.com, April 1 2008
85 Lemay, MO.
Until recently, Lemay's older population and aging infrastructure made it a rather sleepy place to live and launch. But over the next few years, the community is going to wake up: Pinnacle Casinos chose the site for its $450 million River City Casino, which is expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs when it opens in 2009.
Lemay already boasts a 20,000 square foot startup incubator, a supportive county economic council, and a strategic location on the Mississippi River. The local economy is currently dominated by small manufacturers, but the influx of tourists should stimulate the retail and service sectors. -Mina Kimes
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From The ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, March 28, 2008
MISSOURI TRADE: China to study prospect of air cargo hub here
A Missouri trade delegation this week signed agreements with the Chinese government to further study the prospect of developing an international air cargo hub in St. Louis, said Gov. Matt Blunt.
The deal includes more visits to the region by Chinese aviation and trade officials and more detailed study by business and government groups both here and in China of the market and logistics of building an air freight, and possibly air passenger hub at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
The deals also included a goal of boosting exports from Missouri to China by 50 percent over the next three years.
