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Business is booming in the St. Louis region as commercial industry expands its footprint, offering #AI services to government clients like NGA. 💼 Companies continue to expand and invest in this area, which is testament to the growing St. Louis geospatial community, with over 350 geospatial companies and organizations in the region, accounting for 27,000 employees and $5 billion in economic impact. 📈 NGA is proud to call St. Louis home – read more on the industry we’re helping grow here #NGAinSTL ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iTL9CW

St. Louis’ growing geospatial sector could receive a significant boost in its efforts to establish a geospatial workforce hub as the United States Senate has passed the National Geospatial Innovation Hub Advancement Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The U.S. House has already passed the NDAA, which now moves to President Biden for his signature. Here are the key takeaways: 📍 Program secured by U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt as part of National Defense Authorization Act 📍Millions in federal funds for workforce program could be administered by NGA West in St. Louis 📍Advances strategic priority of GeoFutures Strategic Roadmap to scale up geospatial talent and workforce 📍Read more from Greater St. Louis, Inc.: bit.ly/4giiAOM

📣📣Calling all students of #GEOINT!! Follow along as Jazzmine, a student at Harris-Stowe State University, attends and presents a poster at #GeoRes24 hosted by NGA and Saint Louis University. This could be you next year! Learn more 📰 ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h98BfK

📸 Geo-Resolution 2024 📍 Saint Louis University 🤝 Taylor Geospatial Institute x National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

"There's no place I'd rather be than in St. Louis, with such a strong #geospatial community." --Patrick Cozzi, Chief Platform Officer, Bentley Systems, and founder, Cesium Simulations, Gaming, and Augmented Reality Tools panel on stage at #geores2024 now!

📸 Women as Leaders Breakfast Series 🤝 United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) 📍 Greater St. Louis, Inc. #STLMade

Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt sets his sights on transforming St. Louis into the defense technology capital of the nation. 👀🤝 “There’s no reason to believe that St. Louis can’t become the geospatial hub of the country, and I’m working to accomplish that exact goal,” said Schmitt. NGA’s new campus in north St. Louis and the National Geospatial Innovation Hub Advancement Act create this future #geospatial hub in the Midwest. 📰➡️ https://lnkd.in/eacVtgmB #NGAinSTL

NOW OPEN IN ST. LOUIS — Gateway Global is America's first and only center that offers national accreditation in #geospatial intelligence for high school students: bit.ly/4cpIIVm #STLMade

Only two months until USGIF returns to St. Louis on July 24 for the second part of our three-event "Woman as Leaders" series. Thank you to Greater St. Louis for hosting and to GDIT and Iron Butterfly Foundation for sponsoring. We can't wait to see you there! For more information and to register, visit: https://loom.ly/zi6rthU #WomenAsLeaders General Dynamics Information Technology Greater St. Louis, Inc. Iron Butterfly Foundation

“I haven’t been to a place like St. Louis where everyone is living and breathing geospatial – academic, industry, government and nonprofits.” - Nadine Alameh, CEO of Taylor Geospatial Institute St. Louis champions and geospatial trailblazers like Nadine are well-represented at the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam this week including Ronda Schrenk, CEO USGIF, Deb Davis, newly retired from GDIT, and Jeffrey Mazur of Taylor Geospatial Institute. Thanks to their leadership and commitment to developing the people, technologies, solutions, and communities that are powering the geospatial transition, St. Louis is at the center of the global conversation and an industry powering the world economy. #STLMade #GEOINT #GeoFutures General Dynamics Information Technology United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Taylor Geospatial Institute