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HR Awards 2022: At Weekends Only, Michelle Reckelhoff works to cultivate talent within company's own ranks
HR Awards 2022: Alison Kaspar helps Ronald McDonald House Charities avoid furloughs during Covid
The role of business in moving St. Louis forward once and for all
Despite years of programming and millions of dollars in investments, St. Louis continues to face a number of challenges to its growth and reputation.
Failing school systems, racial division and long-term inequities, high crime rates, declining population and a host of other issues are just a few of the challenges the region continues to struggle with.
But community and business leaders believe the region’s businesses can help overcome those issues with more intentional investments in the people…
HR Awards 2022: Dana Brodeur helps Mercy employ more individuals with disabilities
St. Louis Character: Kirk McDonald taps into the power of persistence
HR Awards 2022: CannonDesign's Bonike Akinsanya advances DEI efforts
Senior human resources manager Bonike Akinsanya has made it her passion to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the design profession —initiating the hiring of a dedicated diversity, equity and inclusion officer and establishing workplace support groups for women, minorities and LGBTQ+ staff at the St. Louis-based architecture firm.
HR Awards 2022: CBD Kratom's Jason Brandl puts a focus on diversity, work-life balance
HR Awards 2022: Lindenwood's Deb Ayres helps employees improve skills with new program
Deb Ayres, senior vice president of human resources at Lindenwood University, led faculty and staff leaders in an analysis of performance standards which, once set, were incorporated into each job description. Through collecting and analyzing data, self-evaluation scores, and performance feedback, leaders were better able to utilize the talents on their teams.
HR Awards 2022: Perficient's Andrea Lampert tackles STEM opportunities in underrepresented communities
Schnucks workers vote to approve new union contract
Delmar Loop Trolley to resume service this summer
The Loop Trolley will return to service this summer with a new operator.
Bi-State Development, which operates Metro Transit and MetroLink, confirmed Wednesday it plans to begin Loop Trolley operations on Aug. 4. In a statement, a Bi-State spokeswoman said the trolley will not run seven days a week and they still don't know if tickets will be free.
The trolley opened in November of 2018 after years of delays. On Dec. 29, 2019, it ended operations after low ridership.
The Loop Trolley had sold about…
Drebes: The winners of Missouri's new congressional map
Convention center delay, North County add-on to cost taxpayers extra $88M, official says
Cardinals President DeWitt rips state Senate's culture after sports betting fails to pass
Wine & Cheese Place sets opening for new retail concept, Spirit Wine & Craft
Attorney General seeks to shutter St. Louis movers
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking a state court to shutter a St. Louis mover over claims it refused to provide agreed-upon services unless consumers paid "significantly more" than estimates.
Schmitt's petition, in St. Louis County Circuit Court, identifies Ibrahim Secic as the top defendant, as well as 10 other individuals and four companies: United Relocation Movers, Eagle Eye Moving, Elite Moving and Storage and Road to Load Best Movers.
The other defendants in the case are Enes…
Maryland Heights-based contracting group UP Cos. makes leadership switch
Where the white-hot St. Louis warehouse market is headed
America’s love for home delivery coupled with continuing pressure throughout the supply chain have companies scrambling for more space to store their products and fulfill orders. That’s been great news for industrial warehouse property owners and investors across St. Louis, where vacancy rates sit at a historic low of 2.7%.
By the end of the year, the real estate services firm JLL predicts St. Louis will set a record with 8 million to 10 million square feet of industrial property absorption.
The…