A target is a lot easier to hit if you know exactly what it looks like.
People often have a general notion about something they want to accomplish.
But specific goals are necessary to achieve real success. At the Department of Economic Development we want to help make Missouri a better place to live and work. We want to retain existing businesses and help them expand. We want to attract new businesses to our state, and we want to create more and better paying jobs. We have gathered information through an in-depth study and traveled throughout the state to gather input from business and community leaders to discover the best places to focus our resources in the coming years.