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BLUE SPRINGS, MO
Located on Interstate 70, just 20 minutes east of Kansas City. Blue Springs offers cost-effective and competitive advantages for firms serving both local and national markets. Future growth potential exists along the Adams Dairy Parkway Corridor. More than 1,800 acres of prime real estate will be developed along the 3.5 mile Parkway Corridor. Designed and supported by an aggressive city government, the parkway will feature a combination of office parks, light industrial facilities and support activities unlike any seen in Missouri.

The community enjoys the benefits of nationally recognized schools, art and culture, and government services. These amenities provide the foundation of a quality lifestyle for its nearly 50,000 residents.

Blue Springs offers an excellent quality of life. Its superior schools, affordable housing, outdoor recreation opportunities, excellent health care, hiking trails, parks, central location are all included in the many reasons families choose to live in Blue Springs!

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EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
Blue Springs is part of Eastern Jackson County, Missouri. Eastern Jackson County is one of the 15 counties that make up the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The county's location has been a major economic factor since pioneer days. The Missouri River flows through the northern part of the county and it is bordered by the state of Kansas on the west and by Johnson and Lafayette counties on the east. The county is crossed by several interstates and is a motor freight hub; near vital airports; rail centers; river ports and has one of the largest transit mail centers in the nation.

Centrally located within the metro area, Jackson County has over 37 percent of the area's population within its borders. Approximately 42 percent of metro jobs and over half of the top employers (500 or more employees) are located within Jackson County. During 1998-99, major non-residential building construction projects in Jackson County totaled nearly 12 million square feet and represented $1,110 million in investment. Nearly 40 percent of the metro area's non-residential building projects during 1998-99 were in Jackson County.