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Missouri natives have big aspirations for Wentzville: an amusement park for people of all abilities to enjoy. It's years away, but the park already has people buzzing. The renderings are beautiful: a large lake, giant greenhouse, barn and carousel. For now, it's a dream, but a board of 11 St. Louisans are working to turn it into reality. The founder of Spirit of Discovery Park, Jamie Peniston Vann, says they are close to finalizing a deal for land in Wentzville. The park would be similar to Morgan's…

Horseman Group, a St. Louis-based retirement advisory firm with $991 million in assets under management, has been acquired by bigger competitor Allworth Financial of Folsom, California.

PlaBook, a 2021 Arch Grants winner, has been chosen as a semifinalist in the 2022 GSV Cup, a pitch competition for pre-seed and seed stage educational technology startups.

As the firm figured out the best way to plan for the future, national architecture firms made offers to buy the company to serve as a St. Louis office. It was a time for company officials to decide what they wanted the firm to be.

The new sushi-focused restaurant, Sado, is set to open in fall of this year at 5201 Shaw Ave., home of now closed Giovanni’s On The Hill.

St. Luke's Hospital, a nonprofit, independent health care provider, has named an interim CEO as its current leader has resigned.

Two locations of an Arizona-based fast-casual restaurant chain known for its build-your-own Hawaiian poké bowls will open in the St. Louis area this summer.

The announcement marks the second time this week that workers from local branches of the coffee chain said they plan to seek union representation.

The Town and Country-based private university said the project, which will be about a five-minute drive from its main campus, is aimed at enhancing the college experience for its rapidly growing student body.

Missouri continues to be the cheapest state in the country to get gas according to AAA, even as gas prices remain high. The average price for a gallon of gas in Missouri was $3.77 this week, that's 45 cents below the national average. Of all the metropolitan areas in the state, Joplin was the cheapest at $3.61 and Columbia and Cape Girardeau were the most expensive at $3.89. St. Louis averaged $3.83 this week. The average price of gas in Missouri this week is about 8 cents below the recent peak…

Demolition is starting for a $101 million mixed-use development that will revamp a key site in downtown Clayton with apartments, retail and restaurants.

Lots of folks over the last two years have purchased motor homes. The pandemic certainly raised the interest in such acquisitions.

“Everyone deserves a place to call home and that goes to our core of what we do on a daily basis, providing homes in areas where it’s needed most for everyone,” says David Nargang, President, McCormack Baron Management. The McCormack Baron development process centers on equity and inclusion. Recognizing the importance of a robust community engagement strategy in transforming neighborhoods, we seek resident and stakeholder input from planning and design, through construction, and in the ongoing…

I feel badly for people who study important topics that are nonetheless beyond the ability of most people to understand. Try striking up a cocktail party conversation with an average person about supersymmetric dark matter or recombinant uncertainty and you’re likely to find your conversational partner suddenly in need of a refill. Conversely, I study humor in the workplace. Literally anyone who has ever worked in an organization has an opinion on the topic. Many observations about humor have…

The Business Journal surveyed 578 members of our audience as part of the research behind Advance STL. He's a look at where they're from, their job titles and the sizes of their companies.

When the St. Louis Cardinals welcome fans back next week for Major League Baseball’s 2022 season, fans will experience new features at Busch Stadium, including new and expanded ways to order concessions, added food and beverage options, and an array of new promotional giveaways.

Many St. Louisans see this region as being tantalizingly close to embarking upon its own successful turnaround story. A new project by the Business Journal will attempt to advance the dialogue on the obstacles impeding that narrative.

A St. Louis Business Journal survey of readers sought to identify the biggest obstacles preventing St. Louis from growth. Here's what we found out.

Trademark registrations are public records and can be searched by the general public. Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous companies that monitor U.S. trademark registrations and send out letters to the registrants with offers to renew the registration. Trademark registrations must be maintained to keep them in force. The registrant must file a declaration of use between the fifth and sixth years after registration. The registration must then be renewed between the ninth and 10th years after registration…

A commuter airline based in St. Louis has been acquired by a Palm Beach, Florida-based company, one of the nation's largest commuter carriers.