From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: St. Charles is taking its first steps to redevelop the historic Frenchtown neighborhood, spending about $800,000 to acquire three properties that could become public parking lots — a key to attracting visitors, officials say. The real estate purchases are part of the city’s 20-year plan to attract private development to Frenchtown […]
From The Intelligencer: Now that the first phase of work on University Drive in Edwardsville is near or at completion, the public services committee turned its attention to the second phase. Committee members voted 3-0 to approve the second phase of work on March 28. The first phase of work involved milling and repaving a […]
From St. Louis Magazine: To be clear, St. Louis is not America’s comeback city at the moment. If we can get enough of the right heads together on the same page, however, then it’s not out of the realm of possibility in the not-too-distant future. I believe the story of how it could come to […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A number of housing units in the city of St. Louis are in line for at least $24 million in renovations that will be funded through bonds issued by a city board. The first project that could receive the bonds, Ridge Crest Apartments, is an 84-unit complex next to Interstate […]
From Area Development: For site selection consultants, planning expansions and launching new locations is all in a day’s work. The respondents to Area Development’s annual Consultants Survey live and breathe this stuff, with their finger on the pulse of this business every day of the year. It’s enlightening to not only examine their views on […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: As part of its expansion throughout the county, Madison County Transit has been working on a new trail in the city’s northwest corner. Known as the Yellowhammer Connector Trail, construction began last November with tree and scrub brush removal, earthmoving, piledriving, installing a pre-engineered bridge. Re-seeding and tree planting are next […]
The plan advanced Tuesday would ask voters to make constitutional amendments more difficult. But before that, voters would be asked about other things.
From St. Louis Business Journal: Paric Holdings, parent company of several design-build firms and one of St. Louis’ biggest privately held companies, has named a new CEO. The Maryland Heights-based company said Monday that Kyle Lopez, previously president and chief operating officer, has been named its CEO. He succeeds Joe McKee, who is transitioning to […]
Lincoln County's last-remaining Jane Doe has been identified after more than four decades. The breakthrough is thanks to a multi-agency collaborative effort utilizing forensic DNA testing as well as osteological and dental analysis.
From Politico: BOB CLARK, a Chicago businessman and Democratic donor, thinks the corporate world needs to step in to help eliminate student debt. He’s started a new program at his Clayco real estate development and construction firm to help employees clear their student bills. Ripple effect: “Student debt impacts our overall economy because the money […]
A basketball coach for MICDS was charged today with two counts of felony harassment for sending photos of men's genitals to minors. In addition to the two felonies, Lee Bogan Jr. was also hit with a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material to minors. Both of the minors are students at MICDS.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that state marijuana regulators were within their authority to deny a cultivation business license to a company that failed to include proper paperwork with its application.
Mo Cann Do Inc. applied for a cultivation license to grow marijuana in 2019. The company was denied when the state said it didn’t include a certification of good standing from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office in its application.
However, the company argues state…
From Construction Dive: St. Louis-based McCarthy topped out the first phase of the Galveston Elementary Campus Renovation Project in Chandler, Arizona, the builder announced on March 25. The total cost of the project is $32 million. Phase 1, which began in September 2023 and will finish in October, includes the construction of a 53,000-square-foot, two-story […]
From NPR: St. Louis business leaders Tuesday announced $350,000 in grants and other incentives aimed at attracting restaurants, retail stores and other businesses to the city’s downtown. Greater St. Louis Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation announced four initiatives. They include: Up to $15,000 per storefront for pop-up retail shops opening in vacant storefronts. […]
Dead & Company are spending some more time in Las Vegas. The band just added some new dates to their upcoming Dead Forever residency at Sphere Las Vegas.The band — Bob…
Apparently, the one thing that can unite Democrats and Republicans in 2023 is a shared desire to destroy the internet’s legal framework. Hillary Clinton is the latest to jump on the ‘Repeal Section 230’ bandwagon. It’s truly stunning how Section 230 has switched from being a crowning achievement of US tech policy to something that […]
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