According to the magazine, a world class manufacturing community is a metropolitan area that displays a high level of productivity and competitiveness, resulting in the attraction and creation of new manufacturing and the retention and expansion of existing manufacturing facilities. Based on the attraction of new manufacturing facilities and the expansion of existing facilities in the Kansas City, St. And these are just a few of the new facilities in these areas. Projects like these are occurring around the state. The recognition from Entrepreneur and Industry Week is important to us because it draws attention to two very important segments of economic development in our state.
Small businesses make a significant impact on employment throughout Missouri.
Seventy percent of Missourians work at businesses with fewer than 250 employees. And manufacturing provides some of the best paying jobs and largest amounts of investment in the state. We already knew that small businesses and manufacturing facilities were making invaluable contributions to our overall economy. But we are proud that these areas have received the national recognition they deserve. And that national recognition helps us let people and companies across the country and around the world know that Missouri is a great place to do business.