Missouri Department of Economic Development

Supports Missouri business and community growth through export promotion, broadband expansion, and workforce development initiatives.

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (MO DED) is Missouri's state economic growth agency, covering broadband expansion, export promotion, workforce development, business expansion, infrastructure, and community development. It uses grants, tax credits, bond financing, and federal pass-through programs, and its fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

The named routes span ARPA Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program, Global Market Access, MO STEP=UP, Military Community Reinvestment Grant, Missouri Veterans and Job Opportunity Grant, Cell Towers Grant, Missouri Works, the Historic Preservation Tax Credit, and BUILD. The department's work leans toward manufacturing, hardware, connected devices, and built-environment projects, which matches its emphasis on industrial attraction and infrastructure.

MO DED delivers many routes through partners such as the Missouri Development Finance Board, Missouri One Start, Missouri Housing Development Commission, Missouri Partnership, and regional planning commissions. Missouri Technology Corporation sits alongside the department as a separate public-private corporation, so founders should treat it as a different funding channel even when federal SSBCI money passes through the state.