Cities can play a crucial role in ensuring that the policy environment concerning immigration does not undermine economic growth or erode community cohesion. New York, December 3, 2013—In the absence of forward movement on comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. House of Representatives, the job of improving the legal, business, and human rights environment for […]
Poster initiative represents one piece of the St. Louis Mosaic Project, which aims to Make St. Louis the fastest growing U.S. metropolitan area for immigration by 2020. ST. LOUIS, MO., September 13, 2013 As the nation prepares to celebrate National Welcoming America Week September 15 – 22, 2013, the Bi-State Development Agency is introducing new […]
2-28-13 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bill Lambrecht WASHINGTON — As business leaders from the St. Louis region see it, growth and innovation are stifled by a shortage of immigrants that puts the area at a disadvantage competing with other cities. In an initiative that might have been unthinkable not long ago, the St. Louis business […]
6-27-13 St. Louis Beacon by David Baugher When Jason Jan came to the United States, he traveled a bit, even spent some time in California. But when it was time to settle down and found his own company, the native Malaysian knew just where he wanted to do it. “I got my bachelor’s in finance […]
6-27-13 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Tim Logan CREVE COEUR — If St. Louis wants to attract more immigrants, it needs to do a better job telling its story — to itself and to the world. That was the common theme of a two-hour summit Thursday morning that served as a launch party for the St. Louis Mosaic […]
6-27-13 Associated Press by Jim Salter ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis lags behind many other U.S. metropolitan areas in attracting immigrants, but a new effort is underway to change that. The St. Louis Mosaic Project was formally launched Thursday with an ambitious aim to make the St. Louis region the fastest-growing metropolitan area for immigration […]
5-31-13 St. Louis Business Journal by Daniel Bauman In 2005, St. Louis-based fixture maker idX Corp. established a presence in China as demand grew from retailers. Four years later, the company opened its first wholly-owned plant in Wujiang City, China. Its fixtures are fully or partially manufactured in China and shipped worldwide to be installed […]
5-13-13 Wall Street Journal by Mark Peters and Jack Nicas ST. LOUIS — Worries over immigrants potentially taking jobs from native-born Americans run high in parts of the nation, but some U.S. cities are taking a different view: Wooing immigrants can reverse long-term declines in population. Cities, mostly in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic states, are […]
4-16-13 St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Bill Lambrecht WASHINGTON — Missouri’s senators reacted with caution to the unveiling today of new immigration proposals but the head of a business coalition viewed it as a step toward curing St. Louis’s stagnant population growth. Joe Reagan, president and CEO of the St. Louis Regional Chamber, said he is pleased that Dick […]
3-26-13 St. Louis Business Journal by Amir Kurtovic Over the last year there has been a lot of talk about boosting immigration to St. Louis in an effort to attract new talent and new blood to an area with an aging and shrinking population. St. Louis officials yesterday put a face on that effort when they […]