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This story is part of a series looking at the impact of St. Louis' Arch Grants startup investment program after 10 years. For more, go here. Arch Grants founder Jerry Schlichter says he’s noticed plenty of nonprofits that “wither on the vine” after they’ve launched. The reason: fundraising. Many nonprofits face a tension between trying to balance their annual budgets and pursuing their long-term ambitions, Schlichter said. He wanted Arch Grants to chart a different path. Since its founding…

The St. Louis food scene is getting international recognition this week. The World Food Championships crowned their winners Tuesday evening in Dallas, and two St. Louis-area restaurants took home top prizes. Hi-Pointe Drive-In beat the competition to win the title of burger champion with a vegan take on its classic cowboy burger. Along with the title, Hi-Pointe owner Mike Johnson and executive chef Adam Pritchett also received a $7,500 check. “Shout out to the burger man himself, Executive Chef…

The new executive will focus on boosting its customer base by targeting its ingredients products in markets beyond the U.S.

The grant to the Danforth Center will help support the new Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Innovation Center, also known as the JJK FAN—I Center.

The trade association, which reported $3.9 million in revenue in its most recent fiscal year, has formed a search committee to find a successor CEO.

“To make partner at our firm, you really had to have been acting like an owner of our business before you became one," said Ryan Davis, managing partner of the St. Louis office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Ola Ayeni's launch of Claim Academy provides an example of an Arch Grants founder that has pivoted to a new St. Louis startup since winning a grant from the nonprofit.

Fady Hawatmeh's tenure in St. Louis short-lived. He provides an example of an Arch Grants company that has relocated elsewhere after moving operations here because of the $50,000 grant.

Part of the 2019 Arch Grants class, TCARE is an example of a startup that made its way to St. Louis through the nonprofit organization and remained in the region.

Geneoscopy provides an example of a homegrown St. Louis startup that has remained in St. Louis and continued to grow after winning funding from Arch Grants.

Ten years ago, Arch Grants began awarding $50,000 in equity-free grants to startups that would agree to move in St. Louis. Most are still in business and have operations here, though the nonprofit is tweaking its programming as it aims to make a bigger impact.

The period from 2010 to 2019 saw big improvements for the region's nearly 200,000 veterans, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.

The deal includes two fully-leased warehouses totaling 1.1 million square feet of industrial space.

Jerry Jost, owner of St. Louis-based Jost Chemical, writes that federal energy regulators must allow the Spire-owned pipeline to remain in operation. If not, the region's business community will face "far reaching consequences."

In 1999, Randy Sims received a double lung transplant after a childhood cystic fibrosis diagnosis. Now, he's a business owner, speaker and author, celebrating his 23rd year with his new lungs.

Proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours are required to get into the Enterprise Center and Stifel Theatre for events. Now you won’t have to go far to get a last-minute test free of charge. Ballpark Village is teaming with Empire City Laboratories to provide free, rapid Covid-19 tests for people planning to attend events at either venue, as well as to the public. The new testing site will be on the north side of Ballpark Village, near Bally Sports Live. The clinic will…

A restaurant that has operated in The Hill neighborhood for two years will shutter permanently this month. The owner said no one issue led to the closing.

Alamo Drafthouse started construction this week on the dine-in cinema chain’s first St. Louis location at City Foundry, overcoming financial setbacks during the pandemic that could have jeopardized the project.

With the NCAA college basketball season tipped off, an annual event is closer to returning to St. Louis after a pandemic hiatus. The 2021-22 NCAA college basketball season, which began Tuesday, will include the return of the annual Braggin’ Rights men’s basketball game to Enterprise Center on Dec. 22. The long-standing event features a game between the University of Illinois and University of Missouri. Mizzou hosted the 2020 Braggin’ Rights game, which was relocated to Mizzou Arena from…

Ask a mom how her family has managed child care over the past 19 months and prepare for an earful. Already a stressful issue for families pre-pandemic, child care has only become more onerous through the various phases of the Covid-19 crisis. The lockdown era was pure chaos, moms say: everyone under the same roof, attempting to work, learn or play. Once life began to open up, parents had to do Covid risk assessment, finding the child care or after-school care scenario they were most comfortable…