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AT&T Tower Revival on Hold After Incentives Die in Jefferson City

1 year ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The developer trying to revive the empty AT&T tower downtown said Friday his plans were in limbo after state lawmakers ended their session this week without approving a key subsidy. Charles Goldman, of Boston-based Goldman Group, said he would pursue all available options to finance the redevelopment project, but warned it […]
Rachel Finan

Lambert Seeks More Contractors for $3B Single-Terminal Project

1 year ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  St. Louis Lambert International Airport is seeking more contractors to work on its proposed $3 billion redevelopment into a single-terminal facility. The airport, via its owner and operator, the city of St. Louis, has put out requests for qualifications for construction, surveying and geotechnical work on the project. Responses are […]
Rachel Finan

How Political Friction at Federal and Local Levels Impacts St. Louis Area Problem-Solving

1 year ago
From STL.News:  Across the nation, and certainly relevant to residents in the St. Louis metropolitan area, patterns in political discourse at both federal and local levels are drawing scrutiny.  Observers and studies indicate that increasing partisan divides, procedural roadblocks, and focusing on symbolic actions can create significant hurdles to addressing substantive, long-term community issues.  While […]
Rachel Finan

Real Friends

1 year ago

Real Friends is an American rock band from Tinley Park, Illinois. To date, the band has released seven EPs and four studio albums. he band's early releases are known for […]

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Myranda Levins

$50M in Permanent Supportive Housing Development Grants Awarded

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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”

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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