The Missouri Industries of the Future strategy, "delivers the
opportunities and accomplishments of the national IOF strategy to
the local level. The idea is not to recreate national efforts, but
to expand these opportunities and subsequent results to a larger number
of partners.
Specifically, the strategy creates a process by which state agencies
- in partnership with local industrial facilities, universities, and
research institutions - find common means to address the pressing
needs of local industry relative to technology, financial, regulatory,
environmental, and policy issues. The goals of these partnerships
are to enhance economic development and find a path to help keep local
industry healthy, productive, and prosperous in these times of growing
energy, environmental, and economic pressures."
