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North County Labor Club’s 33rd Annual Golf Tournament set for May 4

1 year 2 months ago
From Labor Tribune:  North County Labor Legislative Club is preparing to host its 33rd Annual Golf Tournament May 4 at Florissant City Golf Club. The tournament will begin at 7 a.m. with registration and an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Florissant City Golf Club is located at 50 Country Club Lane, Florissant, Mo. 63033. The tournament’s […]
Kacey Crawley

Why Happiness is the Secret Ingredient of Worker Safety

1 year 2 months ago
From Safe Start:  Safety is one of the most reliable outcomes of employee engagement, which is really worker happiness in disguise. Happy employees are better at keeping themselves and their colleagues out of harm’s way for reasons both conscious and subconscious. Six aspects serve as examples of the mechanisms that translate happiness into incidents prevented. […]
Kacey Crawley

Questions About Job Quality Shoot Down Midas Request for Tax Abatement

1 year 2 months ago
From Labor Tribune:  Midas Hospitality’s request for tax incentives for its planned development of the former Wells Fargo campus in St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood was nixed by an aldermanic board March 26, potentially killing the project, for now. The vote followed a hearing of the City’s Housing, Urban Development and Zoning (HUDZ) Committee at which […]
Kacey Crawley

Novus Receives Preliminary Approval In Rezoning For Housing Development

1 year 2 months ago
From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  The Des Peres Board of Aldermen on March 25 gave preliminary approval of rezoning 6.51 acres at Dougherty Ferry Road and Highland Avenue, giving Novus Development another green light on its planned development of nine duplexes and one single-family residence, with access off Highland Avenue. The plan must still go through the […]
Kacey Crawley

Habitat for Humanity Pitches its Biggest Housing Development in St. Charles County

1 year 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  After more than two years of preparation, Habitat for Humanity is set to begin construction here on the biggest housing project in the local chapter’s history. The $8 million, 46-home subdivision has already garnered the backing of key city officials, including the city planning and zoning board, and it’s slated for […]
Kacey Crawley

P&A Drywall Supply Celebrates 50 Years in Business

1 year 2 months ago
P&A Drywall Supply, a longstanding family-owned drywall supply company, is celebrating 50 years of business this summer. Since 1974 P&A Drywall has been a consistent provider of quality drywall products that cater to contractors, builders, and the public. P&A Drywall was founded by John Bender, and the company’s namesake, Patricia Ann Bender. Over the past […]
Dede Hance

Complete AAP Certification Through Contractor Portal by July 1, 2024

1 year 3 months ago
On Monday, April 1, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) opened the Contractor Portal for the 2024 Affirmative Action Program (AAP) certification period: April 1 – July 1, 2024. We urge covered federal contractors to begin certifying their AAP compliance through the portal today to meet the July 1, 2024, deadline. Covered federal […]
Dede Hance

Helmkamp Welcomes Austin Cichon as New Safety Director

1 year 3 months ago
Helmkamp Construction Co. proudly announces the appointment of Austin Cichon as Safety Director of the company. With this strategic hire, Helmkamp continues its dedication to maintaining the highest safety standards across all its projects and client markets. As Safety Director, Cichon will be responsible for overseeing and enhancing safety protocols, implementing best practices, and ensuring […]
Dede Hance

Missouri Realtors Brace for Changes After Settlement Over Commissions

1 year 3 months ago
From NPR:  A recent legal settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors leaves Missouri realtors unsure of what the future holds. The association, which represents about 1.5 million realtors nationally, announced March 15 that it will settle several antitrust lawsuits, pending court approval. The industry group denied any wrongdoing, but it will pay […]
Kacey Crawley

St. Louis Convention Center Redo Gets $15M From City Hall

1 year 3 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Aldermen on Friday approved a plan to put another $15.3 million toward finishing a convention center expansion beset by bureaucratic delays and cost overruns. The money won’t be enough to cover all the outstanding needs of the America’s Center project, which has been billed as critical to keeping it competitive with […]
Kacey Crawley

Voters Approve MSD, School District Project Funding Measures

1 year 3 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Voters on Tuesday passed many of the bond issues and ballot measures to fund major construction projects by St. Louis-area municipalities, school districts and fire districts. The biggest project – the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s continued bond issues to fund the $7.2 billion Project Clear program – was favorably […]
Kacey Crawley

City Shows Off Changes to Downtown Streets to Reduce Speedy Drivers

1 year 3 months ago
From First Alert 4:  While St. Louis politicians continue to consider changing laws to make the streets are safer, the City of St. Louis is also looking to change how these are designed to naturally slow down drivers and give pedestrians more space to move about. One of those plans includes downtown. Since 2020, many […]
Kacey Crawley

St. Louis-Area Voters Approve Big Money for Sewer Improvements

1 year 3 months ago
From NPR:  St. Louis-area voters have approved two Metropolitan Sewer District ballot measures. 79% of voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County voted yes on Proposition W, which authorizes a $750 million bond issue to pay for federally mandated sewer improvements. Prop W will allow the MSD to sell bonds and spread out the […]
Kacey Crawley

The Future Of Work Needs More Apprentices

1 year 3 months ago
From Forbes:  It’s been an unprecedented time for workforce investments and the future of work. Bills like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHiPs Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act all provide much-needed funding to develop the nation’s manufacturing capabilities, boost our climate resilience, and more. But there’s a central question on everyone’s mind: where will […]
Kacey Crawley

Midtown Beat the Wreaking Ball, Became STL’s Buzziest District

1 year 3 months ago
From RFT:  When Jassen Johnson was an undergrad, he drove through Midtown St. Louis so much that it changed his entire life. At the time, Johnson was studying architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but he was working on a project in East St. Louis, and to prevent a long commute back and […]
Kacey Crawley

Lawmakers Still Waiting for CDC Review of Cahokia Heights Sewage Exposure

1 year 3 months ago
From NPR:  It’s been over three months since U.S. lawmakers for southwestern Illinois requested a federal public health assessment in Cahokia Heights. But government efforts to understand the possible health effects have not yet begun. Residents say a health assessment is long overdue because their exposure to sewage started decades ago. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin […]
Kacey Crawley

Condos May Replace ‘Old Town’ Clayton House

1 year 3 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A developer plans to demolish one of the oldest homes in Clayton and replace it with four luxury condominiums, dismaying its former inhabitants and some of the home’s neighbors. The 118-year-old house at 139 N. Bemiston Avenue, sits atop a hill overlooking a handful of stately, tree-lined streets that many call […]
Kacey Crawley

Yinger Withdraws Rezoning Request for Several Alton Properties

1 year 3 months ago
From Riverbender.com:  A public hearing regarding a request from Zach Yinger to rezone several Alton properties has been canceled after he withdrew his request on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The Alton Plan Commission hearing was canceled just six days before it was set to begin on April 9, 2024. Deputy Director of Planning & Development […]
Kacey Crawley