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Family Business Profile: After 40 years in business, Barron Gymnastics and Barron Swim School dive into expansion

2 years 8 months ago
Barron Gymnastics didn’t start out as a full-time business. It began as a summer program to teach gymnastics to youth. In 1978, while teaching and coaching gymnastics at Windsor High School in Imperial, Diane Barron started what was initially called Windsor Gymnastics. By 1982, it expanded beyond its summer roots, becoming a year-round program. Today, members of the Barron family are doing more than handstands and cartwheels. They’ve also waded into the swim business, opening a swim school…
Nathan Rubbelke

'These regulations are about finding a balance': St. Charles a step closer to limiting short-term rentals

2 years 8 months ago
St. Charles is a step closer to placing limitations on short-term home rentals. That includes limiting the number of properties people can rent through services like Airbnb and VRBO. The city is also looking to zero in on homeowners who are sidestepping city policy. St. Charles knows its strengths. "We have a vibrant Main Street. We rely on tourism. Tourism is a large part of our economy,” Community Development Director Zach Tusinger said. "It's also a great place to live. There's a lot of people…
Brent Solomon, KSDK

How St. Louis became America’s comeback city

2 years 8 months ago
Bear with me. If you’re reading this, you might be checking to make sure you haven’t found yourself in an alternate universe. St. Louis is not America’s comeback city in 2022. But if we can get enough of the right heads together on the same page, it’s not out of the realm of possibility in the not-too-distant future. I believe the headline above and story of how it came to be has a distinct possibility of one day becoming national news. Forget the details. For now, let’s focus on…
Chris Krehmeyer

Dear Lou: Kendra Holmes (video)

2 years 8 months ago
Kendra Holmes has been selected as the next president and CEO of Affinia Healthcare and will assume her role later in 2022. Hear her thoughts on creating a stronger, more equitable and prosperous St. Louis and read her full “Dear Lou” letter at onceandforall.org.
Beyond Housing

Dear Lou: Ray Boshara (video)

2 years 8 months ago
Ray Boshara is a senior adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Hear why investing in our under-resourced communities is a way to create greater prosperity for the entire St. Louis region, and read his full “Dear Lou” letter at onceandforall.org.
Beyond Housing