Friday, June 8, 2007
Contact: Jessica Robinson, 573-751-0290
Blunt Touts Success of Quality Jobs Act with Opening of New Express Scripts Headquarters
ST. LOUIS – Gov. Matt Blunt participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the relocation of Express Scripts new headquarters on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
"This unique collaboration of private, government and university sectors has been a significant step in Missouri’s innovative approach to economic development and our Quality Jobs Act," Blunt said. "I am pleased the state could provide assistance in the creation of these new jobs and economic development in St. Louis."
Express Scripts will be the highest-ranking Fortune 500 Company with its corporate headquarters on a university campus. The location will promote collaboration between Express Scripts, one of the largest companies headquartered in St. Louis, and the region’s largest university. That collaboration was the first to utilize the Missouri Quality Jobs Act.
Express Scripts will continue to have a strong presence at its former headquarters in Maryland Heights. That facility will house Express Scripts’ customer-contact center and pharmacy operations.
"This is exciting news for the St. Louis region and the state of Missouri," Blunt said. "Our focus on helping employers and entrepreneurs create and retain good jobs is increasing opportunities for our working families."
Since January 2005 Missourians have created more than 93,000 jobs. Blunt has made helping employers and entrepreneurs create good, family-supporting jobs a top priority. Legislative changes he has championed such as litigation and workers’ compensation reform combined with innovative new proposals like his Quality Jobs Act have been cited by job creators as reasons for expanding or relocating to Missouri.
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