Missouri Partnership — Northeast Missouri

Northeast Missouri gave birth to and inspired the “father of American literature,” Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Today, Twain’s Hannibal and the rest of Northeast Missouri produce outstanding artisans and productive employees, as talented in their fields as Twain was in his. Excellent schools, multimodal transportation infrastructure, high-speed data access, affordable housing, low-cost business locations, and reliable utilities produce a strong business climate in the region Twain called home.

Today, Northeast Missouri supports thriving companies with international ties: German-based BASF, Mexican-American joint venture Hannibal Bio-Tech, General Mills, Poet Bio-refining, Onshore Technologies, and Cardwell Lumber — which makes barrel staves for wine and whiskey producers in the U.K. and Australia — to name a few. Major highway upgrades are underway providing high speed links between St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Paul, Minnesota, between Chicago and Kansas City, and between I-70 and I-80. Mississippi River transportation is as important today as it was in Twain’s time — now provided by the Mid-American Port Commission.

Northeast Missouri has five institutions of higher education: Truman State University, A.T. Still Medical University, Culver-Stockton College, Hannibal–LaGrange College, and Moberly Area Community College (MACC). MACC has branch facilities in Kirksville, Edina, Hannibal, and Mexico, Missouri.

If your company seeks a U.S. location, Northeast Missouri should be on your “must see” list — not just for our history, but for our access to markets, affordable sites and buildings, productive employees, low utility costs, and pro-business climate. When you call us, you’ll find a knowledgeable business development team ready to help you write your own unique story where Mark Twain wrote his.