May 14, 2015 By Nicholas J.C. Pistor St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS • Mayor Francis Slay is in Europe this week on a trade mission designed to improve St. Louis’ image abroad. Slay said St. Louis’ geography, deep in the heartland, prevents it from gaining the notoriety and attention like places on the coasts. He […]
May 10, 2015 By Camille Phillips St. Louis Public Radio Much of St. Louis’s top civic and economic brass traveled to Europe over the weekend. A trade delegation led by the St. Louis Regional Chamber, World Trade Center St. Louis, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis County Council Chairman Pat Dolan are in […]
May 1, 2015 By Wayne Pratt St. Louis Public Radio A new partnership will focus on training and business development in the St. Louis region’s immigrant entrepreneurship community. Mayor Francis Slay and U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet have formed a strategic alliance to boost area businesses launched by people born in other countries. […]
September 17, 2016 By Tim Nowak St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri’s economy is recovering, but there is room for improvement. One way to boost recovery is to increase exports — overseas sales can make up the shortfall in local demand, putting foreign dollars to work creating jobs we need. Yet just when exports matter most, Congress […]
September 30, 2014 By Mark Sutherland TECHLI St. Louis One week prior to the historic Independence Referendum in Scotland, the senior diplomat of the Scottish Government in the US will make the first Scottish diplomatic visit to St. Louis. Donnie Jack, the Scottish Affairs Counsellor to the Americas, will visit St. Louis from Sept. 11-13. […]
September 4, 2014 By Joe Holleman St. Louis Post-Dispatch Next week, Scotland’s senior diplomat in the U.S. will visit STL, beginning Sept. 11. Donnie Jack, officially the Scottish Affairs Counsellor to the Americas, will go to a Cardinals’ ballgame, attend the World Trade Center St. Louis’ annual meeting and speak publicly at 5 p.m. Sept. […]
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 […]