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$50M in Permanent Supportive Housing Development Grants Awarded

7 months 1 week ago
From RiverBender:  The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) announced the conditional award of more than $50 million in state and federal funding to spur the development of permanent supportive housing throughout Illinois. These critical investments will enable the construction or rehabilitation of seven developments, creating 129 units of affordable housing integrated with comprehensive services to […]
Rachel Finan

Dierbergs Plans 73,000-Square-Foot Store as Anchor for St. Charles Retail Development

7 months 1 week ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Plans are underway for a new 100,000-square-foot retail development that’s to include the latest location of a St. Louis-based grocery store chain. The newest location of Chesterfield-based Dierbergs Markets is planned for New Town Boulevard in St. Charles, near the Missouri Route 370 interchange. The 73,000-square-foot store will be the […]
Rachel Finan

$30M Renovation Transforms Century-Old DeBaliviere Place Apartments

7 months 1 week ago
From St. Louis Magazine:  Following a three-year, $30 million renovation effort, a century-old apartment complex in DeBaliviere Place has a new name, modern amenities, and a high-profile tenant on the way. The Era Collective Apartments recently celebrated its grand opening, showcasing more than 8,000 square feet of updated amenities across four buildings on Union Avenue just north […]
Rachel Finan

How Design Promotes Better Mental Health for Children

7 months 1 week ago
From Bloomberg:  On film, mental health facilities designed for children are too often pale and plastic. Think of the linoleum-floored corridors of Girl, Interrupted, the institutional green trim of It’s Kind of a Funny Story. Behavioral clinics for youth are aggressive in their lack (of color, of amenity, of detail), underlining patients’ separation from the outside world […]
Rachel Finan

Copyright Licensing For AI Training Won’t Make Anything “Fair”

7 months 1 week ago
Afew weeks ago, the UK’s regional and national daily news titles ran similar front covers, exhorting the government there to “Make it Fair.” The campaign Web site explained: Tech companies use creative content, such as news articles, books, music, film, photography, visual art, and all kinds of creative work, to train their generative AI models. Publishers and […]
Glyn Moody

Prevent a Hostile Work Environment & Protect Your Workforce

7 months 1 week ago
From Construction Business Owner:  Construction leaders at all levels must be aware of the rising risks of workplace misconduct. Company principals should be prepared to promptly and effectively investigate all circumstances of misconduct in the workplace. This includes incidents both in the office and on jobsites. In today’s increasingly litigious environment, there can be no […]
Rachel Finan

NGA Set to Open St. Louis Campus in September Aiming to Boost Public-Private Geospatial Collaboration

7 months 1 week ago
From Space News:  The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is preparing to open the doors to its new “NGA West” campus just north of downtown St. Louis in late September, the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort to modernize the agency’s footprint in the Midwest. The $1.7 billion facility — the largest federal investment in St. […]
Rachel Finan

Mayor Cara Spencer Names Air Force Colonel as St. Louis COO

7 months 1 week ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Thursday named a U.S. Air Force colonel as the city’s COO, a key position that oversees government functions. Ben Jonsson, who’s been with the Air Force for more than 25 years, will take over from interim COO Robert Herleth on July 7, the mayor’s office announced […]
Rachel Finan

Festus Approves Tax Abatement Plan to Bring Hampton Inn to Town

7 months 1 week ago
From Leader Publications:  The Festus City Council has approved a deal involving tax abatements for a developer to build an approximately $16 million, 92-room Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in the Festus Commerce & Business Center on Shapiro Drive next to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. A similar deal was reached between the city and Crown […]
Rachel Finan

O'Fallon Teen Charged With Murder In Girlfriend’s Death

7 months 1 week ago
O’FALLON, Ill. — The St. Clair County States Attorney’s Office has charged 18-year-old Julian G. Holloway of O’Fallon with murder following the death of 17-year-old Cadence Eileen Prince on May 18, 2025. The incident occurred in the 300 block of Kyle Road in O’Fallon, where authorities say Holloway allegedly caused the death of his girlfriend, Prince. Holloway is currently held at the St. Clair County Jail awaiting further court proceedings. The O’Fallon Police Department expressed condolences to Prince’s family and community members affected by the loss. O'Fallon Police Director of Public Safety Kirk Brueggeman said the tragedy serves as a reminder of the dangers associated with teen dating violence and domestic abuse, urging families, schools, and community leaders to engage in conversations about healthy relationships and recognizing signs of abuse. The O'Fallon Police Department also provided resources for those experiencing abuse or

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Power-Hungry Data Centers Are Warming Homes in the Nordics

7 months 1 week ago
From Bloomberg:  When Finnish engineer Ari Kurvi takes a hot shower or turns up the thermostat in his apartment, he’s tapping into waste heat generated by a 75-megawatt data center 5 kilometers away. As its computer servers churn through terabytes of digital information to support video calls, car navigation systems and web searches, an elaborate […]
Rachel Finan

Local Musician Returns to Jerseyville on Midwestern Tour

7 months 1 week ago
JERSEYVILLE - Musician Mattie Schell will return to the Riverbend region on her Midwest Express tour with Jackson Stokes. From 7–11 p.m. on Friday, May 30, 2025, Schell and Stokes will open the free summer concert series Rock the Block at City Center in Jerseyville. Schell recently released her album “Everything Means Nothing,” and she looks forward to sharing new music with the Jerseyville crowd. “Oh man, it’s been such a cool ride,” Schell said. “It’s called ‘Everything Means Nothing,’ but it means everything to me that I can have that out.” A Jerseyville native, Schell is looking forward to taking her music on the road with Stokes starting next week. They will travel throughout the Midwest on the Midwest Express Tour, with stops in Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The Rock the Block concert is part of the tour. Schell explained that each show will feature an hour of her original music, followed by an

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