STL 2030 Jobs Plan

“If you want to attract economic development to the area, one of the selling points is that we have talent for you to bring whatever your respective business, industry here,” one expert said.

Southwestern Illinois College and St. Louis Community College will open new facilities to train people in areas such as computer-aided design. Local business leaders expect advanced manufacturing to grow into one of the region’s critical industries.

The goal is to see what’s working well and apply it across similar districts that dot the St. Louis region.

The sector has become a pillar of business opportunity that leaders want to develop in the region.

Thousands of residents have weighed in on the plan since Greater St. Louis made a draft public in December. The updated version reflects some of those ideas.

Greater St. Louis is taking feedback on a draft of the new plan until the end of January. Some say there's a lot of work to do.