Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann are among the top Missouri and St. Louis area governmental leaders to publicly support the upcoming 2023 Investment in Infrastructure Expo being hosted by the SITE Improvement Association on February 28 at […]
From Fire Engineering: St. Louis officials hope to better manage the cityâs roughly 9,000 vacant buildings and 15,000 empty lots with a new strategy to prioritize buildings for demolition and rehabilitation. The St. Louis Community Development Administration earlier this month published a request for proposals for a citywide vacancy strategy. It contemplates spending as much as $500,000 […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Five low-income housing projects will receive direct grants from the cityâs allocation of pandemic aid money. The projects were chosen by the St. Louis Development Corp., which is administering $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act money for affordable housing production. SLDCâs board approved the allocations of between $500,000 and $750,000 Thursday. Some […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Â The regionâs transit agency on Friday released a map revealing four new MetroLink expansion alternatives, all extending from north St. Louis into north St. Louis County. Each route would begin at Natural Bridge Avenue and North Grand Boulevard, the terminus of a planned route that would go to the new National […]
From The Hill: In his State of the Union address this month, President Biden hailed a new Intel semiconductor project in Ohio that will create 10,000 jobs. âJobs paying $130,000 a year,â he said, âand many donât require a college degree.â Can any American hope to earn $130,000 without a college degree? Education pays, as the federal Bureau of […]
From Bob Clark Beyond:Â The concept of working from home has been a hotly debated topic over the past few years, and some institutions have (falsely) claimed that remote work is the new normal. As someone with a long history of workplace strategy expertise and success, I can say without a doubt that moving from traditional […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Officials at the St. Louis Development Corp. hope a new team of 10 âneighborhood managersâ will better connect local organizations and residents with resources in the cityâs economic development office. SLDC has for years contemplated a team of place-oriented specialists meant to better understand and connect neighborhood associations, community development corporations, businesses […]
From St. Louis Housing Authority:Â A long-awaited transformation is on the horizon for the Near Southside. The St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) recently announced the selection of Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH) as the master developer of the historic Clinton-Peabody Apartments. âRedeveloping the Clinton-Peabody Apartments is a key priority for the St. Louis Housing Authority,â […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Scott Green first called the city about his broken sidewalk about a decade ago. Tree roots were pushing up some of the slabs and turning them into trip hazards, and he wanted it fixed. Every year since, heâs called the city to remind them of his request. And of his elderly […]
From PBS News Hour: Itâs been eight years since Doug Griffin lost his 20-year-old daughter Courtney to a fentanyl overdose. Her story, and Griffinâs loss, were featured during President Joe Bidenâs Feb. 7 State of the Union address as he spoke about the toll of the opioid crisis in the United States. Griffin, the president said, is not […]
From KMOV4:Â A $350 million development project in the heart of St. Charles is underway as the first major tenant of the Riverpointe development begins construction. Kansas City-based Chicken N Pickle, an expansive pickleball and restaurant entertainment complex, is currently under construction just east of Streets of St. Charles. The piece of land nestled between Streets […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  St. Louis County has already spent nearly $2 million to come up with ideas to replace or repair its aging government building. Now the county executiveâs administration wants to spend millions more on detailed plans. The county paid $300,000 in 2020 to a group of consultants tasked with developing ideas. It has […]
The St. Louis Chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) has appointed Susan Miller as its new Chapter Executive. SMACNA is an international trade association representing 3,500 signatory contracting firms with more than 100 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and Brazil. A lifelong St. Louis resident, Susan graduated from […]
Contegra Construction Co. opens a new chapter in its growth with news that the firm has finalized the sale of the company to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The firm was launched 20 years ago in Edwardsville, Ill. from a single construction trailer and has grown to become one of the St. Louis regionâs […]
Editorâs Note: Recently Dodge Construction Networkâs Civil Quarterly interviewed Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri AFL-CIO on his take on recent changes that have taken place in efforts directed at the mental and physical health of construction workers. Here are a couple of the questions which Dodge asked Dr. Gaal. Dr. […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Charles County took a step to advance the $350 million Riverpointe riverfront redevelopment this week by turning over control of a county park to the city of St. Charles. Construction began last year on Riverpointe. Over the next five years, backers of the project expect the mixed-use development with houses, retail, […]
From Leader Publications:Â What had been the Flipside gymnastics center at 516 Bailey Road in Crystal City will soon become a wedding and event venue called Marquee on Main. Nicholas Smith, 43, of Pevely is renting the 6,700-square-foot building and is busy renovating it to accommodate weddings and other celebrations. He admits the name is somewhat […]
From Saint Louis Public Radio: Ideas for development along parts of the St. Louis riverfront have become more common in recent years. From the scores of proposals, two projects are now moving forward after receiving approvals from the St. Louis Port Authority and tax incentives from the cityâs Board of Aldermen. Developers of Lighthouse Point plan to […]
From Yahoo Finance:Â Aptitude Development is set to develop The Marshall St Louis, a 508 bed development across from St Louis University. The Marshall St Louis will be the 10th ground up development for Aptitude since its inception in 2014 and the 7th iteration of its Marshall brand. Construction will begin this spring and be […]
From Business Wire: (BUSINESS WIRE)–Core & Main Inc. (NYSE: CNM), a leading specialized distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, and related services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Landscape & Construction Supplies LLC, a full-service provider of geosynthetics products, with two locations in the Chicago […]
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