May 9, 2014 By Robert Kelly St. Louis Post-Dispatch RECOGNITION Tim Nowak, executive director of World Trade Center St. Louis, and Rhonda Broussard, president of St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, were named as 2014 USA Eisenhower Fellows as part of an international business leadership program. The 2014 Missouri Trucking Association’s annual SuperTech Competition champion is […]
April 29 The St. Louis American Two St. Louis professionals are among nine recipients nationwide of U.S. Eisenhower Fellowships. Rhonda Broussard, president of St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, and Tim Nowak, executive director of World Trade Center St. Louis, will travel on an intensive, four-to-five week, personalized professional trips. They will meet with experts in […]
July 20, 2016 St. Louis Economic Development Partnership By Matt Segal World Trade Center St. Louis Executive Director Tim Nowak answered questions following an innovation delegation in July of 2016. The seven-day journey, which included more than 30 St. Louis community and business leaders, featured visits to Lyon (France), Dublin (Ireland) and Galway (Ireland). Click […]
St. Louis Post Dispatch by Tim Logan Missouri companies continued to sell more products overseas in the first half of 2012, despite the cooling global economy. Exports from Missouri grew to $7.5 billion in the first six months of the year, up 5.8 percent from the same period in 2011,according to new data from the […]
ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The World Trade Center St. Louis (WTC) on Thursday signed an agreement in China, Nanjing, to increase trade, investment, and people-to-people relationships between the two cities. Signed by the WTC and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the agreement outlines the commitment to increased trade, investment and […]
World Trade Center St. Louis signs trade agreement in Nanjing, China (12-6-12 St. Louis Business Journal) by Matthew Hibbard The World Trade Center St. Louis (WTC) signed an agreement in Nanjing, China to increase trade, investment, and people-to-people relationships between the two cities. The agreement was signed by the WTC and the China Council for […]
by Robin Carnahan These days in Washington it’s hard to find bipartisan agreement on much, with one notable exception: America’s immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. How our nation moves toward a comprehensive solution to this complicated issue is the focus of attention in Washington. But a fix will only happen if […]
6-21-13 St. Louis Business Journal by Vince Brennan The goal: Make St. Louis the fastest growing U.S. metro area for immigration growth by 2020. It’s a lofty goal that the Immigration and Innovation Steering Committee has set, considering St. Louis is ranked 19th out of the 20 largest metro areas in the country, with 4.6 […]
3-24-13 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Tim Logan For a year now, local business leaders have been making the case that if the St. Louis region hopes to grow its economy, it needs to attract more immigrants. Largely left out of the conversation so far, though, has been a key question: How? The answers will begin […]
More immigrants seen as economic boon (7-3-13 St. Louis American) by Rebecca S. Rivas More immigrants mean a stronger economy, and the St. Louis should take active steps to invite more immigrants to the region. That’s basically what several St. Louis city and county leaders told the community on June 27 when they announced the […]