From West Newsmagazine: The 96-acre Olia Village mixed-use project received mixed reviews at the March 25 public hearing held at the Creve Coeur Government Center. Detailed discussions regarding the 17-phase development have spanned some 18 months. It has filled many of the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission meetings, City Council work sessions and regular meetings. This […]
GDP and GDI are supposed to be identical: just different ways of measuring the same thing. But a gap opened up in late 2022 and has grown ever since. GDP is now about half a trillion dollars bigger than GDI. wtf?
From St. Louis Business Journal: Fox Run Golf Club, a private golf club in Eureka, is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation at its 18-hole course. The project comes as Fox Run moves forward under new ownership, with a group of members buying the club after its founder and former owner, David Ault, died in October 2022. […]
It's a question visitors and locals alike have: is the city spelled St. Louis or Saint Louis? According to Google Trends, people around the area have been asking that very question.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials on Tuesday tabled a decision on the use of eminent domain on downtown’s long-vacant Millennium Hotel. Zach Wilson, vice president of incentives for the city’s development arm, told the board that oversees real estate development that a blighting study, which is required, had not yet been completed. He asked […]
From Riverbender: The owner of multiple Alton businesses and the subject of disturbing allegations is requesting several properties in Alton to be rezoned so he can turn them into a parking lot. A public hearing on the matter is set for Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Alton […]
ARCA’s new Dellwood treatment center is its first large walk-in clinic outside downtown St. Louis. Rx Outreach’s pharmacy is its first brick-and-mortar location.
From St. Louis Public Radio: Alton will soon be getting 120 new family housing units in a downtown apartment complex — a project that city leaders and elected officials believe will attract new residents to the area. Dubbed “the Lovejoy” after Elijah Lovejoy, a famed 19th-century abolitionist who was assassinated in Alton, the apartment will […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The 150-year-old Concord Farmers Club will transform into a modern agricultural learning center for students in the Lindbergh School District if voters pass a ballot measure in April. Proposition R would cover $150 million in bonds for the district to renovate the site and make other improvements to schools including secure […]
The underdogs continue to rack up wins in St. Louis Inno Madness. Of the eight companies advancing to the Inno Madness quarterfinal round, six have seeds of No. 25 or higher.
From West Newsmagazine: The Gateway Region YMCA is moving forward on an $8.5 million expansion and renovation of the Chesterfield Family YMCA at 16464 Burkhardt Place. The facility is on land that Executive Director Tim Peters described as sitting in the middle of a cornfield when the Y opened in 1989. Today, however, it is […]
From Bluebeam Blog: The lack of data and insights has long been a challenge for the green building industry. The inability to track the impacts of green construction methods and materials has made it difficult to determine how successful those efforts actually are and demonstrate those benefits to stakeholders. But today, technology is revolutionizing the […]
Black students across the country have the aptitude for careers in science, technology, engineering and math, but they do not pursue them because they are most likely not exposed to the industry, according to a new report.
NASA says that it is better to be safe than sorry when it comes to using our phones to capture the eclipse. Smartphones are valuable devices, and exposing them to direct sunlight during such an event can cause irreversible damage. This caution extends to our eyes as well – staring directly at the sun, even through a phone's camera lens, can lead to serious eye damage.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Aldermen on Tuesday refused to grant tax breaks for a proposed hotel near the Wells Fargo campus in Midtown, likely killing the project. Developer Midas Hospitality boasted plans to spend $126 million building a higher-end hotel at Jefferson Avenue and Market Street. City projections said it would create dozens of new […]
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