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Randy Schilling speaks at the St. Charles County STEM Awards Breakfast St. Charles County takes a significant stride in advancing STEM education with a groundbreaking commitment from local entrepreneur and STEM advocate Randy Schilling and his wife Sibby. By pledging $100,000 over the next decade to the Randy Schilling STEM Educators Grant program, the

Randy Schilling speaks at the St. Charles County STEM Awards Breakfast St. Charles County takes a significant stride in advancing STEM education with a groundbreaking commitment from local entrepreneur and STEM advocate Randy Schilling and his wife Sibby. By pledging $100,000 over the next decade to the Randy Schilling STEM Educators Grant program, the

Mercy Healthcare is embarking on a groundbreaking $650 million project to construct a state-of-the-art hospital in Wentzville to accommodate ongoing growth in St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties. This 75-bed facility, which will be located near Interstate 64 and Interstate 70, aims to serve over 520,000 residents in the region pending approval this

Mercy Healthcare is embarking on a groundbreaking $650 million project to construct a state-of-the-art hospital in Wentzville to accommodate ongoing growth in St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties. This 75-bed facility, which will be located near Interstate 64 and Interstate 70, aims to serve over 520,000 residents in the region pending approval this

For the past four years, the EDC has collaborated with local entrepreneur and STEM champion Randy Schilling and other sponsors to award teachers in St. Charles County with grants of up to $1,000 to fund STEM-related classroom materials. Launched in 2021 as an EDC public policy initiative, the Randy Schilling STEM Educators Grant is open to K-12 teachers at

Welcome to St. Charles County, Blue Bell Creameries! The Texas-based ice cream favorite recently opened a 16,000 SF distribution center in St. Peters that will supply stores throughout the St. Louis metro, along with parts of Central Missouri and Southern Illinois. As no products are produced on-site, the location includes a cold storage space that houses

Welcome to St. Charles County, Blue Bell Creameries! The Texas-based ice cream favorite recently opened a 16,000 SF distribution center in St. Peters that will supply stores throughout the St. Louis metro, along with parts of Central Missouri and Southern Illinois. As no products are produced on-site, the location includes a cold storage space that houses

The EDC of St. Charles County is pleased to welcome Credit Analyst Ricardo Andrade to its award-winning Business Lending team. In this role, Andrade will assist small business owners in securing fixed-asset financing through the EDC's SBA 504 loan program. His responsibilities will center around credit risk analysis, loan underwriting, and loan processing.

Amenities at this Class A distribution center in the buzzing Premier 370 Business Park include: 37’ clear height 27 loading docks 2 drive-in bays 6,000+ SF of office space The space can be flexibly demised with negotiable rates. A full diamond interchange provides quick and efficient interstate access. The site is just 15 minutes from the

For the third consecutive year, St. Charles County has set a new record for major development projects of 20,000 SF or higher. In 2023, the County saw 7.2 million SF of major developments that opened or were in some stage of construction, a 12% increase over the previous record of 6.4 million SF set in 2022 and a 40% increase over 4.8 million SF, which

The EDC of St. Charles County has again landed at the top of the St. Louis Business Journal's ranking of the largest SBA lenders in the St. Louis region. With $18.51 million in total annual loan production, the organization nearly doubled its 2022 output. The EDC's SBA 504 loan program provides affordable fixed-asset financing for qualified small business

General Motors had a big year in St. Charles County! The automotive giant completed a $1.5 billion investment in its Wentzville facility, the largest private investment in Missouri history. It then closed out the year with an exciting announcement from MotorTrend—the 2024 Truck of the Year (announced in late 2023) is the Chevy Colorado, made at GM