{"id":15799,"date":"2016-04-15T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=15799"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T18:10:48","slug":"25-million-investment-hiring-250-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=15799","title":{"rendered":"$25 Million investment, Hiring 250 More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Gov. Nixon at Grand Opening of <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Centene\u2019s New Ferguson Center<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday helped celebrate the grand opening of Centene Corporation\u2019s new Ferguson Service Center, a $25 million investment that is employing more than 250 people. Centene, a Fortune 500 healthcare company, initially announced plans to build the 45,000-square-foot claims processing center in Ferguson in early September of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCentene\u2019s commitment to build in Ferguson has been both compassionate and visionary,\u201d Gov. Nixon said. \u201cI want to thank the leadership of Centene for not only transforming the health of our communities through the work that will be done here, but also for making this incredible investment in jobs to create economic opportunities for Missourians from Ferguson and throughout the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To facilitate the company\u2019s expansion, the Governor\u2019s administration partnered with St. Louis Community College to provide targeted job training resources through the Missouri Works Training program. In order to receive the incentives from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the company must meet specific job creation and investment criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Works Training is offered through the Department of Economic Development\u2019s Division of Workforce Development in cooperation with local educational agencies, such as the community colleges and area career education schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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