Following U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s show of support for two federal weather centers to retain their operations in Kansas City, Missouri, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that the both facilities will continue to operate in the city-maintaining good-paying jobs in the Kansas City region.

The upcoming closure of the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, which houses both NOAA’s National Weather Service National Logistics Support Center and the National Reconditioning Center, is forcing both centers to relocate. Today, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that beginning in spring 2014, it will help NOAA find new operating space in Kansas City, Missouri.

Earlier this year, McCaskill made the case in a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that retaining the two centers in the region is the best fiscal and strategic choice for the agency.

“Kansas City’s central location and highly skilled workforce makes retaining these facilities a fiscally responsible decision,” McCaskill said. “This will continue to provide good jobs for Missourians who are providing a critical service to their country by protecting Americans from severe weather.”