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PUTTING
THE REGION'S BEST FOOT FORWARD: NATIONAL SITE SELECTION CONFERENCE
MARKETS THE REGION
The 2003 Gateway Site Selection Conference, presented by the RCGA,
focused on opportunities to locate and expand advanced manufacturing
firms to the region. This year’s event was held September 3 to 5.
In attendance were 13 national site selection consultants who are
considering St. Louis for their corporate clients, as well as a
number of individual and relocation prospects who are in the final
stages of making decisions.
2004
GATEWAY SITE SELECTION CONFERECE
GROUP
PHOTO AT THE MISSOURI GOLF-CLUB
Row
I [front row] (left–right): Lee “Trip”
Grant, M+W Zander; Blake Anderson, The Staubach Company;
Sharon Morrison, The Staubach Company; Haunani Reilly,
Deloitte & Touche; Bill McGinnis, Diabetogen Biosciences;
Hamza Suria, Diabetogen Biosciences
Row II: Jodi Krantz, Missouri Department of
Economic Development; Jim Cairo, The Dial Corporation;
Dennis McAndrew, Silverlode Consulting; Jason Yakelis,
Delta Development Group; Coleen Terry, Delta Development
Group; Lynda Andrews, RCGA
Row III: Jim Alexander, RCGA; Rick Finholt,
Missouri Research Park; Jason Rifkin, Scheer Partners;
Subash Alias, RCGA
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The Site Selection Conference is part of the RCGA’s and our state
and local partners’ continuing national economic development marketing
of the St. Louis region. The RCGA and its Greater St. Louis Economic
Development Network partners assembled an impressive line-up of
St. Louis area business, civic and elected leaders, a sampling of
whom include: General Motors Corp. Wentzville Plant Manager Mike
Camp; Bank of America-Missouri President Patricia Mercurio (both
of whom are also members of the Greater St. Louis Economic Development
Council; Saint Louis Zoo President Dr. Jeffrey Bonner; KMOX radio
“Morning Meeting” host and KETC-TV’s “Donnybrook” regular Charles
Brennan; City of St. Louis Executive Director for Development Barbara
Geisman; St. Louis Cardinals Chairman Fred Hanser; and St. Louis
Business Journal Publisher Ellen Sherberg, a member of the Executive
Committee of the RCGA Board of Directors and a member of the Greater
St. Louis Economic Development Council.
MIKE
CAMP
plant
manager, General Motors Corp. Wentzville addressed
group on St. Louis advantages
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In addition to a helicopter tour of the region, the group visited
Nike IHM Inc., a subsidiary of Nike with offices and a manufacturing
facility at the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles County; Forest
Park and the Saint Louis Zoo; the Gateway Arch; and other venues.
The three-day Site Selection Conference was capped off at a Cardinals
vs. Cincinnati Reds game in the owner’s suite hosted by Fred Hanser.
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