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Worker Wellness Blog: Sports Gambling

2 years 3 months ago
by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]
Dede Hance

Paris Woods wants to help Black women take control of their labor and their funds

2 years 3 months ago
Paris Woods grew up watching her mother navigate her own finances while caring for seven children on a secretary's salary. Drawing from a lifetime of observations, her own financial challenges, and professional experience in the “college access” industry, Woods authored her book, “The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom,” to encourage fellow Black women as they take control of their finances and build confidence when dealing with money.

St. Charles Buys Land to Spur Frenchtown Revamp

2 years 3 months ago
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 […]
Kacey Crawley

Edwardsville Prepares for Phase 2 of University Drive Road Project

2 years 3 months ago
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 […]
Kacey Crawley

How St. Louis Could Become America’s Comeback City

2 years 3 months ago
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 […]
Kacey Crawley