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Each of the startups will participate in a 12-week accelerator program and receive $50,000 in seed funding as well as mentorship.

Having returned to St. Louis during the pandemic, on a hunt for a site to start her own film production studio, Monica R. Butler noticed the now-vacant church where it had all started – Second Baptist Church – was for sale.

The law firm’s total headcount in Moscow is about 200, including 17 partners, said a spokesperson.

The Ferguson-based public company said it plans to provide $200 million over the next 10 years to support education equity programs and initiatives in St. Louis and other U.S. communities where it has facilities. One of region's top corporate philanthropists, it said the pledge marks the "next phase" of its charitable giving strategy.

Several years ago, the private dining destination had completed $1.8 million in renovation work at its current home.

Gyo Obata, the internationally known St. Louis-based architect who designed some of the most well-known buildings in St. Louis and around the world, died Tuesday at age 99.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday canceled 93 more games, including the St. Louis Cardinals home opener April 7.

So Hospitality Group, owned and operated by entrepreneur and chef Munsok So, will expand two of its restaurant concepts to Edwardsville by early 2023.

The site once housed a restaurant tied to ex-Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon. Now a developer wants to build 125 to 130 apartment units, with retail on the ground floor.

Lawmakers have advanced legislation funding an expansion of the downtown convention center but also adding money for a North County recreation facility.

The Maryland Heights-based distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, has agreed to buy a Colorado-based construction supply distributor.

The coffeehouse had been in the Old North neighborhood, across from Crown Candy, for 11 years. "The last couple of years have been really hard," its owner said.

The Tuesday evening event recognized the 10 up-and-coming companies named to St. Louis Inno’s recently published Startups to Watch list. It also featured a panel discussion including two of honorees sharing their experiences of growing their startups in St. Louis.

The bank, which says half of its 1,400 local employees remain downtown, said the move was part of company-wide effort to consolidate certain functions "to make everything as efficient as possible for resources and spaces."

Updated with comment from Normandy's Joint Executive Governing Board. The superintendent of Normandy Schools Collaborative will step down at the end of the school year. Marcus Robinson said he would step down on June 30 as the district continues to work toward full accreditation. Robinson cited the state's recent change to the district's provisional accreditation that will return some local control, years after the school was put under state control after losing accreditation. "Given the State…

Town and Country-based Precoat Metals, the largest independent metal coil coater in North America, is being acquired by a Texas-based public company.

The Downtown West restaurant and sports bar shuttered its original location at the end of January in preparation for the move to its new 2,500-square-foot space in Forest Park Southeast.

Companies are fighting for control of Ashley Energy LLC, which owns the Near North Riverfront power plant that provides steam to 70 downtown buildings and previously indicated interest in creating a nearby technology park.

Many of the St. Louis-based architecture firm's employees relocated to the western city during the pandemic, after years of serving the market from other locations.

This will be locally owned retailer's second St. Louis location.