One hundred and forty new jobs are soon coming to Springfield. KSMU's Ryan Welch reports.
Gold Mountain Communications, a relatively new company in the Springfield area, is more than tripling its employee count from just three months ago.

The call centre began operations in April of 2009, and made its first official call in June, 2009 with 15 employees on staff.

Hank Seevers, president of Gold Mountain Communications, says this expansion was all part of the plan.
"It was kind of the vision when we started the company a little over a year ago in our small downtown office. We kind of envisioned this coming along at some point, and it really came along on schedule as we had planned…which is sometimes surprising,” Seevers said.

To accommodate this rapid growth, the company is investing nearly one million dollars and has moved from its downtown location to West Sunshine Street.

Seevers also says the Economic Development Team at the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce has helped his company apply for state tax credits.

“Having those tax credits prompted us to move a little bit sooner than we would’ve, and we’re very happy to have them,” he said.

The Missouri Department of Economic Development approved nearly 400 thousand dollars in state tax credits for Gold Mountain Communications under the Enhanced Enterprise Zone, because the company is creating jobs and making investments within the specified zone.