Major League Soccer franchise St. Louis City SC in recent months has expanded its real estate holdings in Downtown West, purchasing a pair of buildings just north of its CityPark stadium.
Dubbed 4 Hands on the Plaza, the brewery’s shipping container bar will be stationed in Kiener Plaza for the duration of Cardinals season, the company’s chief marketing officer Liz Swyers said.
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., the St. Louis-based toy retailer and entertainment company, has hired a new marketing chief and, separately, an entertainment and licensing consultant.
This group of executives and entrepreneurs represents companies from across the nation, including women who’ve launched their own companies and who’ve become Fortune 500 C-suite leaders. See which St. Louis executives made the list.
Announced cuts to Metro's Call-A-Ride service could be harmful the region's disabled population. Amy Wehmeier of Paraquad is calling for a delay in the changes "while people of goodwill from many sectors meet to find a solution that works for all of us."
The St. Louis region will add more than 81,000 jobs between 2020 and 2030, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Here’s a look at the highest-paying jobs with the most projected openings.
The network’s members set a goal of increasing the amount they spend this year on payroll and procurement in the 22 ZIP codes by 10%. Payroll is for Black and Hispanic residents and procurement for businesses owned by people of color. If that goal is met, it would represent a projected $50 million increase in direct investment, said Stefani Weeden-Smith, director of the Anchor Action Network.
The startup's software, which connects students with employees, wants to give students of all backgrounds the ability to path out their careers and engage with colleges, universities and the military.
The organization, founded in 2015, has proven to be so successful in its mission of broadening the reach of the construction industry that it’s now expanded to two other cities, Chicago and Phoenix, in programs that are customized for those cities.
Starting in 2025, the 800-megawatt project will be used by the city of Chicago to power its government buildings, O’Hare International Airport and Chicago Midway International Airport, and State Farm will purchase the equivalent in solar energy to what is used to power its corporate campus in Bloomington.
And then there were four.
We’ve reached the semifinal matchups in St. Louis Inno Madness, with four companies vying to be the 2023 Inno Madness champion. As with previous rounds, underdogs continue to excel in this year’s contest, with No. 20 HomeTraq and No. 27 VertiGreens advancing to the semifinal round. Top-seeded Arcadian Infracom remains in contention after winning in the first three rounds.
As a reminder, seeding in the bracket was determined based on the amount of funding raised by…
Voters could approve a use tax in order to responsibly expand the tax base and equalize the competition between online and physical stores, but they should not do so simply to grow municipal government revenues
Employers not only need workers with technical skills, they're now seeking employees who are "multi-skilled or multi-crafted," the president of Ranken Technical College says.
More four-year universities are stepping into the workforce training space, an area that historically has been more community college-focused, says St. Louis Community College's Phyllis Ellison.
Dennis Muilenburg is chairman of the board of directors of the nonprofit group, the St. Louis Regional Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMICSTL). The group is leading the project to make the St. Louis metro area a driver of research and development efforts to create new products, processes and materials.
St. Louis in recent years has placed a focus on growing through its growing technology sector, particularly in biosciences and geospatial technology. It’s a field that includes many roles that require advanced degrees and science expertise, but for it to grow, workforce development officials said they need to be focused on ensuring individuals know the barrier for entry isn’t always that high.
Lindenwood University has completed an acquisition of vocational school Dorsey College, a move that could be the first of several M&A deals pursued by the private university.
The use of travel nurses is down, local nurses are leaving the profession at less alarming rates and new employees are being recruited who have never worked in health care. But even if local health systems maintain the current rate of retention, projections show they’ll still employ only half the workforce they need over the next 20 years.
Leaders of the project to build a $55 million advanced manufacturing center in St. Louis say it will meet the needs of industry and potentially create hundreds of new businesses while providing "strong, diverse and equitable growth" for the region.
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