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Skilled Labor, Ample Energy, and Speed to Market Take Priority

2 years 2 months ago
From Area Development:  Once again, the ability to source abundant skilled labor tops the charts as the most valuable asset to a community. Companies have struggled for five years or more to find solid, deep pools of talent to support their operations, and consultants really have to perform a lot of due diligence in this […]
Kacey Crawley

Public Sector Lifts Nonresidential Construction Spending

2 years 2 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Nonresidential construction spending ticked up 0.2% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.19 trillion, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. The rise in March signals a positive shift following two consecutive months of construction spending contraction at the beginning of 2024, according to […]
Kacey Crawley

The Eads Bridge is 150 Years Old. A New Exhibit Tells Its Story

2 years 2 months ago
From NPR:  The Eads Bridge is an architectural masterpiece. Built over the Mississippi River to connect Missouri and Illinois, it boasts a list of “firsts”: It was the first bridge in St. Louis, the first to use steel and the first in the U.S. to use caissons for its piers. The iconic bridge turns 150 […]
Kacey Crawley

Open Construction Jobs Plunge 40%, But Economists Question Data

2 years 2 months ago
From Construction Dive:  The number of construction job openings dropped by 39.9% from a month earlier to 274,000 on the last day of March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data measures the number of open positions for which contractors are actively hiring. March 2023 also saw a low number of job openings […]
Kacey Crawley

The Missouri legislature is cutting local governments’ power to pass their own laws

2 years 2 months ago

If Kansas City had its way, the local minimum wage would run $17 per hour, grocery stores would only use paper bags and you’d need to pass a background check to buy a gun in town. But politicians and businesses that see these policy ideas as threats to their authority or their bottom lines, shut […]

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Josh Merchant

Coloring STL

2 years 2 months ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in […]

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