From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: In honor of National Historic Preservation Month, three preservation and design awards from the city’s Historical Preservation Commission (HPC) were handed out Tuesday to residential and commercial properties in town. Jennifer Wilkins, commission chairperson, gave an overview. “The awards are aimed at recognizing property owners, contractors, architects and local organizations for […]
From West News Magazine: A mixed-use development proposed for Town Center in Wildwood has gotten mixed reviews. Greenberg Development Company has proposed 189 multi-family units and 11 single-family homes on an 11.8-acre tract of land at the intersection of Taylor and Manchester roads. The developer is seeking a request for the modification of the Town […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The Sears, Roebuck & Co. was more than a department store for north St. Louis residents. It was a place where people met their future spouse. Neighbors can recall the names of the first Black store managers. Children at St. Roch School got their uniforms there. After Sears started opening […]
From Ozark Radio News: The Missouri Department of Transportation’s road construction season is kicking into high gear. Ed Hassinger, MoDOT’s deputy director, said Missouri is prepping for one of its busiest road construction seasons in the history of the department. He said the agency has more than $3 billion of work under contract. Drivers can […]
From Mid Rivers News Magazine: Major road improvement projects often take years to go from idea to design to preparation to construction. The regionally significant “I-70 bottleneck” in Wentzville at the Norfolk Southern Railroad bridge is one of those projects and is managed by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). After several years of discussion […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis-based developer Lux Living has sued a Kansas City developer, arguing that it breached an agreement to timely sell properties in KC’s Crossroads Arts District for an apartment project. However, an attorney for 3D Development said it already was preparing to take Lux to court, citing the St. Louis […]
From Mid Rivers News Magazine: According to the city of O’Fallon, the intersection of routes K and Route N is one of the worst performing intersections in the city. The Missouri Department of Transportation had approached O’Fallon about improving that intersection. In turn, the city started planning for the project and applied for external funds […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: A state agency is questioning invoices totaling more than half a million dollars submitted by a nonprofit group under contract to St. Louis County — an amount significantly larger than originally reported. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, which conducted a review of records from about 170 […]
From STL Partnership: FOCUS ST. Louis hosted their 26th Annual What’s Right with the Region Awards on May 11, 2023. Each year, the event honors individuals, organizations and initiatives that are making a positive impact within the St. Louis region. This year, St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) and Greater St. Louis Inc. accepted […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Thousands of vacant properties have pockmarked St. Louis for decades. City officials say a new initiative — and the infusion of federal funding — could start solving the problem. The city has awarded a two-year deal worth up to $500,000 to the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative to address St. Louis’ 24,000 […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The region’s leading private business and economic development organization has hired the chief of Missouri’s economic development arm as its new point person on business attraction. Greater St. Louis Inc. announced Monday that Maggie Kost, acting director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, will take over as the group’s chief […]
From Riverfront Times: The Missouri Department of Transportation may permanently close the southbound I-55 ramp at Cherokee Street as drivers feel unsafe merging there. According to MoDOT’s website, the ramp at Cherokee Street was made during a time when vehicle traffic did not move as quickly or “aggressively” as it does now. The ramp’s tight […]
From Yahoo News: One of the East St. Louis Housing Authority’s oldest housing complexes, Orr-Weathers, needs significant work. That was the message from a group of about a dozen activists from United Congregations of Metro-East and a longtime Orr-Weathers resident who gathered Tuesday morning outside the housing authority administrative offices for a demonstration. Housing Authority […]
North County Inc. has honored IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sylvester Taylor with a 2023 Leadership Award. Taylor has had a long tenure of service to the North St. Louis County region, including treasurer of the Hazelwood School Board and he has served on the board of the Black Jack Fire […]
From KSDK: Heavy downpours and a thick snowpack in the Western mountains and Upper Midwest have put communities in several states at risk of flooding this spring – or already under water. Flooding is the costliest type of natural disaster in the U.S., responsible for about 90% of the damage from natural disasters each year. […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The children’s zoo area at the St. Louis Zoo has been reimagined and will be rebuilt as a place where children and families can interact with and be inspired by animals: whether they’re “popping up” next to a prairie dog, splashing on one leg with Chilean flamingoes or climbing through tunnels […]
HDA Architects, one of the nation’s leading architectural, interiors and master planning firms, is nearing completion on one new Love’s Truck Solutions facility in Natalia, TX, while another location in Brigham, UT, is just beginning. Due to the firm’s design acumen that exceeded budget and timeline expectations on Love’s Natalia facility, HDA was selected to […]
Construction industry companies looking for secure, easy computer recycling and data destruction services can now do so at no cost, while supporting the work of Construction Forum. Phoenix Solutions and Construction Forum announced that they have entered into a social good marketing partnership. Construction Forum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: CRG, long the development division of construction firm Clayco, has changed its leadership structure to add its first CEO and establish itself as more of a standalone enterprise. CRG President Shawn Clark has been named the firm’s first CEO, while Chief Development Officer Chris McKee has been promoted to president. […]
From The New York Times: When President Biden told a crowd of union workers this year that every American should have a path to a good career — “whether they go to college or not” — Tyler Wissman was listening. A father of one with a high school education, Mr. Wissman said he rarely heard […]
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