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ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) has once again been named one of the "Top 10 economic development organizations in North America", according to the just-released annual national ranking in Site Selection magazine. This is the 2nd consecutive year -- and the 3rd time since 1998 -- that the RCGA has been ranked in the Top 10. The publication's May issue, on newsstands nationally today, recognizes the RCGA's business retention, expansion, recruitment and job creation successes in 2007. April 10, 2008 ST. LOUIS - Brown Shoe Company, Inc., will join together employees from its Madison, Wis.-based Retail and St. Louis-based divisions to create a more connected footwear company, headquartered in St. Louis. March 26, 2008 BEIJING - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt today signed an agreement with the Investment Promotion Agency and the Trade Development Bureau, on behalf of the Ministry of Commerce, that could make St. Louis a new transportation hub for trade with China and increase exports between Missouri and China. The memorandum of understanding document was signed following a series of meetings with Chinese officials led by Gov. Blunt and U.S. Senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill. The governor and senators this week are leading a bipartisan delegation of government, business and civic leaders from the St. Louis area on a trade mission to China. March 18, 2008 ST. LOUIS (March 18, 2008) – Following a rigorous nomination effort led by the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA), the Denver-based National Civic League has announced that the St. Louis Region is a finalist for the 2008 All-America City Award, an honor considered the ‘Oscar’ of community recognition for civic progress and improvement. This award, now in its 59th year, is the oldest and most prestigious civic recognition in the nation. March 3, 2008 The St. Louis region's economic development successes continue to be recognized nationally. The March 2008 issue of Site Selection magazine ranks the St. Louis region #3 in the nation in 2007 for attracting new and expanded corporate facilities, for major metropolitan areas (populations of over 1 million). February 28, 2008 ST. LOUIS - Gov. Matt Blunt and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced an agreement today to build the landmark new I-70 Mississippi River Bridge. February 7, 2008 The government of the People's Republic of China (PRC), through the China National Office of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (HANBAN), has selected Webster University as the permanent site of the only Confucius Institute in the state of Missouri. January 25, 2008 St. Louis RCGA 171st Annual Meeting & Dinner Sponsors January 16, 2008 This is the last daily I-64 briefing. Beginning next Wednesday, January 23rd, briefings about traffic trends, construction alerts and “hot spots” will be issued weekly. |
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