From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City development officials on Tuesday approved a $500,000 contract to form a design plan for a northside jobs hub. The board of the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority signed off on the contract with St. Louis-based Christner Architects for the second phase of The Monarch on MLK, a city-backed workforce training […]
From Riverbender: Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, joined by state and local officials, marked the beginning of construction on the $19.9 million Air Mobility Drive extension in St. Clair County today. This project is part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital program, aiming to improve infrastructure statewide. The extension will add approximately a mile […]
From Construction Dive: St. Louis-based McCarthy, alongside Royal Oak, Michigan-based architect HED, will build a new athletic complex for East Los Angeles Community College, according to a July 2 news release from the contractor. The facility will cost $145 million, per HED. The 110,000-square-foot build, known as the Kinesiology, Wellness, and Athletic Complex, will act […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: City officials said Tuesday that they’ve taken steps to acquire downtown’s troubled Railway Exchange Building to clear the way for a long-awaited redevelopment. St. Louis Development Corp., the city’s economic development agency, said it sent a letter on June 28 to Florida-based owner Hudson Holdings seeking to buy the vacant 1.2 […]
The Kansas City Council gave homebuilders new rules last year designed to make housing easier on the environment. Those rules told them what kind of windows to install, how well the walls should be insulated and how efficient the heating and air conditioning systems should be. Developers now blame those rules for a construction slowdown […]
From Riverbender: The Alton Committee of the Whole preliminarily approved several items related to street improvement projects and one related to a redevelopment project in downtown Alton at their meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024. One of the items approved concerned a TIF (tax increment financing) project proposal from Steven Smith. The project consists of […]
The Saint Louis Science Center will welcome SUE: The T. rex Experience from June into September. SUE is the most complete, best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever discovered, and this special […]
Mick Fleetwood is the latest artist to pay tribute to British blues/rock guitarist John Mayall, who passed away Monday at the age of 90.Fleetwood was a member of Mayall’s band…
Two recent news stories aptly illustrate what Missouri children “at risk” of maltreatment need — and what they don’t. What they need is concrete help for their families, so their family poverty is not confused with “neglect” and they are not torn from everyone they know and love and consigned to the chaos of foster […]
Eckert’s Farm in Belleville, Illinois, has announced the return of its sunflower experience. During the Sunflower Farm Experience from July 25 to Aug. 4, guests can enjoy a field of […]
Artist Eve Bayer presents a new collection of paintings on wood, canvas and paper inspired by the drama of nature. An interdisciplinary artist, she works across mediums of painting, drawing, […]
The Atlanta Fed was right on target. GDP growth in Q2 clocked in at 2.8%: There's nothing special to report in the details. Personal consumption was up; investment was up: and government production was up. This is just a very nice, positive report.
ST. LOUIS - One child has died and others have sustained injuries from multiple accidents on eastbound Interstate 70 Thursday morning. According to police, just after 8 a.m., a Dodge vehicle collided with a tractor trailer, causing debris to travel into other lanes. This debris carried into express lanes, causing a crash involving three more [...]
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