Ingram's Magazine: August 2025 and Destination Missouri 2025 – Your Guide to Investing in Missouri


Ingram’s August 2025 Digital Edition

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Entertainment and Culture

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Nestled between the vibrant energy of St. Louis and the modern allure of Kansas City, Missouri unfolds as a treasure trove of arts, entertainment, and adrenaline-pumping sports. Here, world-class performances, championship athletics, and breathtaking attractions come together…more

Hospitality and Tourism

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Big-city refinement in visual and performing arts. World-class chefs, brewers, distillers and bakers. Forests laced with biking and hiking trails. Lake boating and fishing; white-tailed deer and wild turkey beckoning to hunters. Professional and college sports. Historical…more

Quality of Life

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 What if we told you there’s a place where vibrant city life meets serene natural beauty, where affordability doesn’t mean compromise, and where every season paints a new adventure? Look no further than Missouri—a state that doesn’t…more

Leading Industries

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Is Missouri a manufacturing powerhouse? Let the numbers answer the question. In 2024, Missouri’s real GDP reached $356.7 billion, and manufacturing kicked in $50 billion of that. The sector employs 287,000 people—nearly one in eight private-sector jobs…more

Business Climate and Economic Conditions

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 If you’re looking for an ego boost, might we suggest standing in the middle of the Mark Twain National Forest? From that vantage point in Wright County, you may consider yourself the center of attention in a…more

Missouri’s Workforce: Talent, Training, and Value

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Companies in Missouri benefit from a strong and supported workforce, offering several advantages, including: • Access to a large and diverse talent pool: Missouri boasts a workforce of more than 3 million people, and it actively invests…more

Health Care and Community Services

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 A prime example of that in Missouri: The 2024 merger of St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare with Kansas City’s Saint Luke’s Health System. It’s perhaps the most significant change in Show-Me State health-care delivery in the past decade,…more

Education and the Work Force

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Picture this: a state where rolling hills and vibrant cities converge to create a haven for learning, drawing nearly 318,000 college-aged students to its dynamic campuses each year. In Missouri, education is not just a pursuit, but…more

Real-Estate Values

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 As the U.S. housing market continues its uneven recovery in mid-2025, sellers still command near-peak pricing from the pandemic boom—despite interest rate fluctuations—while buyers face a tough calculus: wait for potential rate cuts or buy now before…more

Cost of Living

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 In the sports-fan’s world, rarely heard is the chant “We’re Number 4! We’re Number 4!” But in the world of business operations and finances, that’s a pretty good place to be as a state. And Missouri has…more

Prime Location

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Missouri’s seven major economic development regions have traits unique to each area, but all share some key aspects. The regions include the northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast and central sections of the state, along with the areas surrounding…more

Transportation and Infrastructure

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 It was talked about for years in the halls of state government. It lingered as a dream for decades at transportation companies crossing Missouri. And it’s been cursed—for eons, it seems—by drivers traversing the state from St.…more

Welcome to Missouri

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Looking for an affordable place to thrive, with big-city opportunities and small-town charm? Missouri delivers—whether you’re launching a business, raising a family, or chasing adventure. From its low cost of living to its booming economy, here’s why…more

Silent Ascent

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Beneath the iconic Gateway Arch in St. Louis, a different kind of ascent is underway. Forget Wall Street buzz or Silicon Valley hype. In the heartland, Missouri is orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar aerospace revolution, transforming its legacy manufacturing…more

A Manufacturing Powerhouse

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Forget the Rust Belt narrative. Missouri is quietly dominating as a 21st-century manufacturing juggernaut, where legacy titans and agile startups leverage cutting-edge tech, strategic logistics, and a skilled workforce to build everything from fighter jets to F-150…more

Beyond the Wake

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 It’s not a city, but more than 92,000 people live there year-round. There are no nationally acclaimed museums, performing-arts centers or professional sports teams. And yet an estimated 2.5 million people from around the world make their…more

50 Missourians You Should Know

PUBLISHED AUGUST 2025 Todd Ahrens   Hannibal Regional Health System, Hannibal Young Todd Ahrens contemplated life as a physician before physics classes prompted a career reappraisal. That’s how this son of a Hannibal lawyer himself became a Hannibal lawyer. With…more