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From Work Design:  The musician Prince once said, “What’s missing from pop music is danger. There’s no excitement and mystery.” Replace music with the corporate office landscape and the sentiment still applies: there is a formulaic strategy that is pervasive, even as designers strive to create destination workplaces. The amenities race has run its course, […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Construction has started on a new $15 million family entertainment complex in Fenton, according to the project’s general contractor. The Wow! Family Edutainment is being built by Arco Construction at a property south of Gravois Bluffs in Fenton, off Highway 141. The 26,875-square-foot facility at 130 Fiedler Lane will have […]

The nominees for the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are usually decided upon in January, and it's likely that someone will be disappointed when their favorite artist doesn't…

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A publicly held provider of invoice payment and information services based in St. Louis has acquired a freight-audit system from a Tennessee company.

The new tenant will occupy part of the first floor of the Creve Coeur office building.

EDWARDSVILLE - EXO Lounge isn’t just a nail bar, med spa and cocktail lounge; it’s an experience. Gianni Colucci, EXO’s Michelin-star Director of Culinary, invites the community to come out and try the new menu at EXO, which opened at 2 157 Center in Edwardsville in 2024. Colucci explained that he was working in Switzerland when he received a call from EXO owner Gina Gamblin with an offer he couldn’t pass up. “With this kind of energy, this kind of power, she went through the dream she had. She was really impressive about the dream and made me believe in the dream,” Colucci remembered. “I joined her and we started to go through the blueprint. So of course it is a beautiful experience, because we built everything from scratch.” As Gamblin built up EXO’s brand, Colucci knew he was in the right place. He had worked with similar companies that shared EXO’s “luxury flair,” and he loves creating menus around

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Alice Cooper is helping make folks’ dry January a bit tastier.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has teamed with WhistlePig Whiskey for a new limited-edition nonalcoholic cocktail, WhistlePig’s Sex,…

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by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

I have nothing new to say about this. I just want to endorse it 100%. The fact that Biden got 100 times more scrutiny for ending a failed war than any of his predecessors got for continuing it will never cease to infuriate me. https://t.co/FnIoP5vB5Z — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 2, 2025 Read the accompanying ...continue reading "Joe Biden was the only hero of Afghanistan"

There are no winners here. There are only varying levels of losses. The government sustains the most. As it should. When there needs to be an adult in the room, the government bears that responsibility, no matter how irritating the proverbial child might be. That means the most childish person will learn nothing from this […]

A new year brings a new schedule and an extra home game for the St. Louis Battlehawks.

From Missouri Business Alert:  Following a slow year in the U.S. housing market, experts expect that first-time homebuyers in Missouri may have greater access to financing programs and increased housing choices in 2025, though prices and mortgage rates may remain elevated. The U.S. housing market in 2024 experienced its slowest sales since 1995, when the […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The FBI now says the New Orleans truck attack acted alone when he drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers, killing 14 people. The driver had posted videos on social media hours before the early Wednesday carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and…

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The popular four-day St.Louis Auto Show opens next week. Billed as the city’s largest automobile event, it has a long history. This year the Auto Show at America’s Center and The Dome will feature over 25 manufacturers with more than 500 new vehicles on display. But according to Wikipedia it had more modest beginnings. The…

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GLEN CARBON - Glen Carbon Fire Chief Jason Whitaker confirmed that a residential fire on Butternut Lane resulted in a total loss of the home early Thursday morning, Jan. 2, 2025. The fire departments from Glen Carbon, Maryville, and Edwardsville responded to the scene shortly after 7 a.m., with Troy Fire Department covering Glen Carbon's station during the incident. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy flames coming from the garage, prompting an aggressive attack on the fire. "We attacked the fire hard and had it under control in the first 30 minutes," Whitaker said. Fortunately, the occupant of the home was able to escape unharmed before emergency services arrived. No injuries were reported, which Whitaker noted is "the most important part." The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The state fire marshal's office will provide the next step during the analysis, the chief said. Whitaker praised the collaborative efforts of the responding departments, saying,

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From MRN:  Work is underway on two St. Charles County bridge projects scheduled to start in 2024. The Augusta Bottom Road Bridge and Femme Osage Creek Road Bridge projects both entered the design phase in 2022 and both recently received bid purchase approval at the Nov. 12 County Council meeting. The Augusta Bottom Road bridge […]

From Work Design:  Have you ever found yourself in a space you couldn’t wait to get out of? Perhaps it was a noisy, bustling work environments with bold images and vibrant colors but no way to orient yourself. Or perhaps you were assigned to a spot in an open environment that was a sea of […]