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ST. PETERS, MO – Today the Missouri Department of Economic Development joined the City of St. Peters and the St. Louis Regional Chamber to celebrate news that America’s largest online retailer, Amazon, plans to create more than 1,500 full-time jobs at a new fulfillment center. The fulfillment center will be more than 800,000 square feet and will hold tens of millions of products.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Missouri nonfarm payroll employment grew by 4,900 jobs in January from the revised December level, while the unemployment rate remained low at 3.7 percent.
The Department of Economic Development approved $4,703,248 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to assist 15 communities across Missouri to tackle serious challenges facing their communities.