Transforming
St. Louis
Cortex's Vision for Inclusive Economic Growth

With over two decades of economic triumph, we're evolving to tackle today's challenges head-on. Our mission? To create equitable economic impacts that resonate throughout the St. Louis region.

Cortex's Strategic Plan
Accelerating St. Louis' innovation economy

Grow Quality Jobs by Building and Operating a Welcoming Innovation District

Cortex will build or rehab 1M square feet in the District, mixed between residential, office and wet lab.
Cortex will facilitate at least 40,000 visitors accessing the District.
We will recruit companies that create at least 2,000 jobs.
We will recruit at least 10 new life science companies, and 15 general technology companies.
We will collaborate on innovation-focused initiatives across the St. Louis region.

Prepare a Diversity of Talent

Cortex will expand the number of entrepreneurs trained through our Square One series of programs and activate training partnerships that are both sector-specific and sector-agnostic. We will measure success by tracking skills learned, growth in the number of businesses started, and the jobs they created.
We will build talent-training partnerships that will graduate 1,250 individuals, with a majority of them receiving job offers.
70% of our entrepreneurship and workforce graduates will be women and/or people of color.
We will serve entrepreneurship and workforce participants from across the entire metropolitan region.

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