$4.6billion
invested
downtown
since 1999
St. Louis St. Louis

Redevelopment


REDEVELOPMENT

Brownfield Program– Provides financial incentives for the redevelopment of commercial/industrial sites that are contaminated with hazardous substances and have been abandoned or under utilized for at least three years.

Work Force Enhancement Programs

  • Missouri Customized Job Training Program
    Missouri Customized Job Training Program is designed to assist new and expanding businesses in recruiting, screening, testing and training workers, and to help existing employers retain their current work force when faced with needed upgrading and retraining. On-the-job-training is also available, with up to 50 percent of trainee wages being reimbursable.
  • Missouri Community College New Jobs Training Program
    Missouri Community College New Jobs Training Program provides training funding for new and expanding companies that create new jobs. Services include: customized training, adult basic education, on-the-job training and employee recruiting services. Funding is based on number of new jobs created and the average annual salary of the new jobs.

Foreign Trade Zone
The St. Louis Region has two foreign trade zone sites (Foreign Trade Zone #31 and Foreign Trade Zone #102) and four sub-zone sites located conveniently close to truck, rail and air access.

  • Foreign Trade Zone No. 31 is a public/private sector venture operated by the Tri-City Regional Port District, providing 423,000 square feet of flexible warehouse/industrial space, with excellent multi-modal transportation access. FTZ 31 will soon have a total of six FTZ sites totaling nearly 8,000 acres.
  • Foreign Trade Zone No. 102 is situated at the Red Arrow Corporation warehouse and distribution facility near Lambert St. Louis International Airport. It provides 8,100 square feet of bonded warehouse space for foreign trade use.





















 
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