Making Connections:
Ameren’s Development
Team Brings Value to
Business Location Process
Uniquely positioned across a two-state region — including
central and southern Illinois, mid-Missouri, southeast Missouri, and
the St. Louis metropolitan area —Ameren’s economic development team provides professional development services to those
assisting the business expansion and site selection process. As the
people and infrastructure behind the delivery of electric and natural gas services across a diverse and dynamic part of the Midwest,
Ameren brings its breadth of knowledge and understanding of
service area resources, coupled with its ability to positively affect
the long-term cost competitiveness of its customers, to facilitate
business growth, expansion, and competitive sustainability.
Value-Added Programs Expedite the Search Process
Growing companies must be agile, strategic in their business
decisions, and prudent in their investments. Site selection decisions must be absolutely on target. Ameren’s economic development staff stands ready to help site selection consultants with key
value-added development services including:
• LocationOne Information System (LOIS), an online searchable community database that provides detailed information on
buildings and sites, as well as comprehensive community profile/
demographic data and geographic (GIS) mapping capabilities.
• Ameren InSite, a “shovel-ready” industrial site, with a
“ready-to-go” building plan designed to accelerate the construction process to meet today’s rapid product cycles. This
development tool pre-qualifies industrial sites in accordance with
site engineering and infrastructure criteria to remove the “
guesswork” from the site selection process. In combination with
licensed architectural blueprints and building specifications for a
60,000-square-foot (expandable to 200,000 square feet) steel or
tilt-up concrete building, Ameren-served communities are positioned to “jump-start” your development project.
• Partners in development: In keeping with the belief that
“prepared communities win in the site location process,” Ameren
brings technical services to local and regional development organizations to ensure communities are responding to the growth and
development needs of business clients. Through our proprietary
“Quality of Labor” survey database, Ameren can quantify and
qualify regional work force attributes ranging from worker reliability and productivity to work ethic and education — all to substantiate the consultant’s database through primary sources.
• Project management expertise: The Ameren team is there
well beyond the first turn-of-dirt in project construction. Backed by
the men and women of Ameren (over 9,500 strong), we serve as
an integral partner throughout construction to assist with infrastructure design/construction and work with local officials to coordinate project management details. The Ameren team is also
there to provide technical pricing, power quality, and energy management expertise to help customers maximize their energy value.
Ameren’s economic development team is focused on making
connections for your business clients throughout the bi-state
region. Built on a foundation of strong relationships and a common stake in sustainable community and regional development,
we bring a unique mix of resources, access to data, and contact
networks. Ameren is the ideal “first stop” in the site search
process for those looking for the right site for the right value.
Michael S. Kearney
Manager, Economic Development
Ameren Corporation
1901 Chouteau Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: 800.981.9409
Fax: 314.206.0182
E-mail: mkearney@ameren.com
www.ameren.com/EcDev
