This report was prepared by the staff of the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC) as part of the annual Missouri Economic Report. In this annual review of the Missouri economy, changes in gross state product, personal incomes, civilian labor force, unemployment, and employment are analyzed for the current period and more broadly over the last ten years.

Property-Assessed Clean Energy funding, an increasingly popular tool for financing commercial energy upgrades, may be coming to agriculture.

Plans for a new agriculture-focused park in central Columbia received a $50,000 grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts.

Renovate America, the largest provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the U.S., has hired Missouri-based executives to lead the expansion of the company's HERO PACE Program into the state, working with the Missouri Clean Energy District.

The Mexico City Council authorized the issuance of approximately $12,500,000 in Chapter 100 industrial development bonds to provide funds to pay the costs of constructing an approximately 300,000 square-foot distribution center in Mexico, Missouri.

A Kansas City group is attempting to collect the 1,700 signatures needed to force a public vote on its proposed reform ordinance that would limit property tax abatements and property tax diversions via tax-increment financing to 50 percent for all Kansas City projects for which incentives are being considered.

Gov. Jay Nixon highlighted Missouri's increased investment in start-up companies and the dividends that investment is paying for Missourians and the economy during a visit to BioGenerator Accelerator Labs, which provides access to collaborative lab and state-of-the-art equipment for start-ups.

October 13-14, 2016
The 2016 annual conference will include sessions on the following topics: Missouri Legislative Update and Forecast for 2017, Urban Renovation – Economic Impact of Universities on Redevelopment, Update on Changes to Reporting Requirements for Municipalities, How to Make Community Improvement Districts Work, The Latest on Tax Increment Financing, and Workforce Attraction & Development.

Join CDFA in New Orleans, Louisiana for the 2016 National Development Finance Summit! Hosted by the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (LPFA), the CDFA National Summit brings together the leaders and dealmakers in the development finance industry to discuss best practices, trends, and project financing solutions.

CDFA is pleased to announce the release of the Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of 2015 Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends. The report provides complete data of the use of volume cap and the issuance of cap-subject private activity bonds nationwide and is featured in The Bond Buyer. Read the Annual Volume Cap Report and explore CDFA's interactive and searchable National Volume Cap Map.

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