Quality of Life

• Cape Girardeau is located in southeast Missouri along the banks of the Mississippi River.
• Cape Girardeau is the regional center for industry, commerce, finance, medical services and education in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois.
• Cape Girardeau is easily accessible from Interstate 55 and other major state highways.
• Cape Girardeau is 100 miles south of St. Louis, Missouri, and 150 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee.
• The Cape Area offers an excellent intermodal transportation network consisting of an outstanding highway system, daily rail service, year-round river port, and a regional airport which provides daily service to the St. Louis International Airport.
• Cape Girardeau is developing a nationally competitive labor force based on a first rate educational system from kindergarten through a four-year university.
• The Cape Girardeau Area is an attractive location for new business and industry, aided by the favorable Missouri tax climate and local efforts to assist new and existing companies with many financial assistance programs.
• Over 1,000 industrial acres are available for new companies and future expansions. Several of the sites are served by rail and are fully improved with direct access to Interstate 55.

When it comes to development, the Cape Girardeau Area means business: Business Expansion, Business Retention and New Business.