
The Steadfast Sound
Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners is as much as a consulting firm as it is an “artist’s collective.”
It’s an intellectually free space where each player brings their own instrument and voice, where nothing is quite played the same, but each song’s multi-layered texture and exploration works. And in a moment’s time, it inspires additional space, time and creativity.

Steadfast City client, IKO, kicked off 2025 with a $120M investment in Bismarck, MO, bringing jobs, innovation, and a brighter future to south-east Missouri.
Learn about the benefits of economic impact studies and find out is one is right for your project and community.
In uncertain times, there is still hope for funding and growth resources for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations.
Steadfast City was sought out to be the next featured small business on Meg Ryan’s “Empowered” docuseries. The commercial and company documentary were shot in one day in a unique and rewarding experience in Boca Raton, FL.
More than ever, communities best positioned to win site selection projects for the foreseeable future will be ones that are both “deep regionally” and highly accessible globally.
The growing demand for distribution space and the related importance of freight logistics and a healthy supply chain have remained steady.
It’s not immediately apparent how all the things we do at Steadfast City fit together until you look at it from our develop better lens.
In economic and community development consulting, we are in the business of authenticity.
Steadfast City is like a metaphorical jazz band, melding together notes in new ways for a different sound and better result.