Welcome to the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Web site, your portal to quick and comprehensive information about our programs, services and other important functions.
The Department is Missouri's lead agency for economic, community, workforce and tourism development. Through our regulatory division, we also work to safeguard the public interest by ensuring just and reasonable utility rates.
As your partner for progress, we are eager to strengthen the public/private partnerships that have always united our great state – the partnerships that are critical in our efforts to move Missouri forward as a leading state in the 21 st century.
Furthermore, as director I am committed to improving the state’s business climate in support of economic and entrepreneurial growth. The practical business experience I have gained over the years as a private-sector business owner has prepared me to better understand and meet the challenges facing Missouri’s employers and entrepreneurs.
Under my leadership, the Department will work closely with Governor Blunt to chart a new course for economic development in Missouri: a direction that will create more new family-supporting jobs, improve Missouri’s competitive advantage, and produce better economic conditions across the state.