Business & Workforce in East Central Missouri              

County Offices

Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Montgomery
St. Charles
St. Francois
Ste. Genevieve
St. Louis
Warren
Washington

In a fast-paced, ever-changing business world, call on University of Missouri Extension to ensure that your business remains competitive and prosperous, and to create more wealth for you and your community.

Regional Resources

• Labor education
   
• Small Business Development Centers
   
• Tackling the Tough Skills™: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work and Life (Revised Edition) A fun, innovative and highly interactive life skills curriculum that helps hard-to-reach adults or teens prepare for success in work and life. Also effective in teaching soft skills to hourly employees and managers in the workplace.

Missouri-wide Business Resources

• Missouri Small Business Development Centers (MO SBDC): providing business counseling, workshops and many online resources that help both existing and start-up businesses
  › Start a Business - information on starting a business
  › Existing Business Resources - resources that will help you improve your business
• Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers selling to federal, state and local government entities
• Missouri Federal and State Technology Partnership (MoFAST): government R&D (SBIR/STTR) awards
• Market Development Program: helps manufacturers find and use recycled materials in producing new goods
• Career Options dislocated workers and others can obtain information on occupations, financial aid and training
• University of Missouri Extension Business and Workforce main page
• Extension Publications Library on Request Search for business development information
• Missouri Value-Added Development Center Add profits to your products
• Missouri Department of Agriculture
• Missouri Department of Economic Development
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources

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