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'Nightmare On State Street' Bringing Spooky Shopping Fun To Jerseyville

1 year 2 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Things are getting spooky in Jerseyville as local businesses and vendors welcome the Halloween season with a special “ Nightmare on State Street ” event on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 from 5 to 8 p.m. Throughout the evening, several Jerseyville businesses are joining in on the festive fun with discounts, specialty drinks, local vendors, photo opportunities, and more. The Jersey County Historical Society will host self-guided “Dearly Departed” tours at the Cheney Mansion from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitors can learn more about the funerary, mourning, and embalming customs of the city’s past for just $5 each (payable to a Historical Society volunteer upon arrival). With the rest of the mansion also available to tour, attendees can get an inside look at one of Jerseyville’s most historically significant homes. All proceeds will support the ongoing restoration of the Cheney Mansion. DJ's Pub & Grill will be serving a special fall-festive

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HRIF Awarded $30 Million for New Markets Tax Credits

1 year 2 months ago
Heartland Regional Investment Fund, LLC (HRIF), a subsidiary of St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership), was recently awarded $30 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) through the U.S. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Funds (CDFI Fund). Through the NMTC Program, the CDFI Fund allocates tax credit authority to Community Development […]
Kacey Crawley

Clayton Neighbors Complain of ‘Incomplete’ Look at New Office Development

1 year 2 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  Owners in a Clayton condominium building contend that the $250 million office tower complex next to them isn’t finished. Residents of the Maryland Walk condominiums, at 8025 Maryland Ave., sent a letter earlier this year to US Capital Development, the Clayton-based developer of the downtown Clayton office tower development previously […]
Kacey Crawley

Big Burgers to Raise Funds for Tiny Homes to Help Veterans

1 year 2 months ago
From West Newsmagazine:  When the inaugural Burgerfest kicks off at The District in Chesterfield on Oct. 27, organizers are hoping the event will yield big results in the form of tiny houses. Funds raised during the Burgerfest will support the local nonprofit Veterans Community Project (VPC)’s tiny house village, which aims to provide St. Louis’s […]
Kacey Crawley

A Fifth of Construction Workers Lack Permanent Legal Status. Can Next President Change That?

1 year 2 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Construction has an open secret when it comes to the number of workers lacking permanent legal status on jobsites. Immigrants entering the country illegally make up about 23% of the construction laborer workforce in the United States, according to a 2021 report from the Center for American Progress. A Pew Research Center […]
Kacey Crawley

Madison County Board Remembers Charles "Skip" Schmidt

1 year 2 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - During their regular meeting on Oct. 16, 2024, the Madison County Board took a moment to remember Charles “Skip” Schmidt. Schmidt was a board member who died on Oct. 3, 2024. Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler started the Oct. 16 board meeting with a moment of silence to honor Schmidt. “Schmidt was a retired school teacher and coach at the Ferguson Florissant School District for more than 25 years,” Prenzler said. “He coached various sports through the years, to include football, volleyball and tennis. In 1989, Schmidt and his wife Cindy moved to Edwardsville, where he got involved in the community and served on various boards and organizations.” Schmidt served as an Edwardsville Township trustee and a member of the Edwardsville Parks Board. He worked with local organizations like Faith in Action, the Metro East Humane Society, the Edwardsville YMCA, The Wildey and the Edwardsville Rotary Club. He was elected to the Madiso

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SPACE’s Tom and Shelley Niemeier Opine on Restaurant Design

1 year 2 months ago
From St. Louis Magazine:  Two decades ago, Tom Niemeier forged his own path in the field of architecture, launching SPACE as a small firm that became the go-to partner for design-conscious restaurateurs. Now, together with Shelley, his partner in life and business, the Niemeiers are preparing to take the next step in SPACE’s journey: They […]
Kacey Crawley

Clayton Bank Sues Green Street. Foreclosure Looms at the Armory.

1 year 2 months ago
From St. Louis Today:  The lender for the now-closed Armory entertainment venue in St. Louis is suing owner Green Street, alleging the development company owes the bank $24 million. A foreclosure could be next. The lawsuit from Peoples National Bank is the latest legal battle before Green Street, which owes over $1 million in real […]
Kacey Crawley

New Subdivision Proposed Along Mexico Road

1 year 2 months ago
From MRN:  The Kathleen Lask Trust owns 27 agricultural-zoned acres at 8265 Mexico Road, south and across from Barrington Drive, about a half mile east of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store. The property is currently used as farmland and has multiple outbuildings. McKelvey Homes has proposed rezoning the property from Agricultural to R-1/PUD (Planned Unit […]
Kacey Crawley

Bone-Like Concrete Developed by Researchers is Lighter and Tougher

1 year 2 months ago
From Princeton University: Inspired by the architecture of human bone’s tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton have developed a cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than standard counterparts. The bio-inspired design allows the material to resist cracking and avoid sudden failure, unlike conventional, brittle cement-based counterparts. In a Sept. 10 article in the […]
Tom Finan