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Learning how to garden a forest

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An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.
Kristina Rizga

When We Are Ruins, Dance on Us

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It’s been over a century since anyone has stepped foot in the former Supreme Court of Singapore. The building isn’t pleased.
M Jesuthasan

Peach Tree Phonics

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We recently made an unexpected find about long-ago downtown St. Louis . . . in a phonics textbook from 1860! In a lesson about “the obscure sounds of a, e, i, o and u,” a locally published phonics textbook told the following story: The partner of my father lives at the corner of Fifth and …
Brittany Krewson

St. Louis Workhouse Could Become Racetrack or Animal Shelter

2 years 2 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The old City Workhouse has sat empty for more than a year now. But one day, that silent mass of concrete could be replaced by open air, roaring engines, a cheering crowd and a checkered flag. A racetrack is one of several possible futures city officials are now considering for 23 […]
Dede Hance

⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2023-229-AM Edition

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⏳ STLduJour(nal) - 2023-229-AM Edition JW Thu, 08/17/2023 - 05:55

2023-229-AM

STL: Thursday, August 17, 2023

I napped early, woke up late and am going back to bed for another nap in a bit.

Here’s the news roundup.

Events 📆 BuySTL 👜
  • Missouri Botanical Garden and 1220 Spirits team up to launch a botanical gin - www.feastmagazine.com
  • 3rd Fields Foods store temporarily pauses business in the St. Louis area - KSDK
  • St. Louis grocer faces push for eviction at another location - KSDK
  • New details in redevelopment of riverfront area south of Gateway Arch - FOX 2
  • St. Louis Downtown Airport celebrates $5.4M upgrades to propel aerospace industry - FOX 2
  • Rail Tour Highlights Key Freight Transportation Assets Within the St. Louis Region’s Rail Freight Network - St. Louis Regional Freightway
  • Proper Brands Acquires N’Bliss Dispensaries and More - Riverfront Times
  • Southwest Airlines adding nonstop service from St. Louis to Los Cabos, Mexico - FOX 2
  • Starbucks workers at Maryland Heights store vote to unionize - KSDK
  • Union resistance stalls sale of blast furnaces at the Granite City Works - The Labor Tribune

Restaurants 🍲

  • Salsa Rosada is Pink Sauce Paradise - Good Food St. Louis
  • Three Little Monkeys Brings Great Pizza and ’80s and ’90s Vibes to Morgan Ford - Riverfront Times
  • French Creperie delivers mixed-culture dining - KSDK
  • Locoz Tacoz Is More Than a Delicious Taco Spot - Riverfront Times
Neighborhoods 🏡 DIY 🪓

Recipes 📇

Sustainability ♻️
  • Sustainability Proponent Elysia Russell Selected as City of St. Louis Sustainability Director - City of St. Louis - News
  • St. Charles reopens water treatment plant after ammonia-drop concerns - FOX 2
  • St. Charles restarts water treatment system after 2-day shutdown - www.stltoday.com
  • St. Charles water well no. 10 back up and running - FOX 2
Nature 🦝 STL99 😱
  • Major chess broadcaster cuts ties with St. Louis over sexual assault investigation - STLtoday
  • Neighbors frustrated with sidewalk squatters - FOX 2
  • Task force formed to help sidewalk squatters - FOX 2
  • Does St. Louis Have a Serial Stop Sign Slasher? - Riverfront Times
  • Hawthorn charter school for girls in St. Louis closes due to low enrollment - www.stltoday.com
STL100 💯
  • Apple picking season starts today at Eckert’s Farm - FOX 2
  • Pick-your-own apples now open at Eckert’s Farm - KSDK
  • St. Louis Zoo unveils new attractions - FOX 2
  • Hundreds get financial burden taken off at St. Louis County back-to-school event - KSDK
  • Mini-pitches to be installed around St. Louis region by CITY SC - KSDK
99MO 😱
  • Cannabis recall in Missouri: Dispensaries pulling 60K products - FOX 2
  • University of Missouri System data breach impacts thousands, investigation launched - FOX 2
100MO 💯 Crime 🗯
  • Case of St. Louis firefighter, charged with felony stealing, going to grand jury - www.stltoday.com
  • SLMPD Daily Crime Report SLMPD
DotGov 🏛

CityGov 🏛

  • Board of Aldermen Special Committee on Reducing Red Tape Meeting - City of St. Louis, MO
  • Ideas for future of former St. Louis jail known as ‘The Workhouse’ site narrowed - KSDK
  • The City of St. Louis Community Development Administration launches Vacancy Strategy Initiative - KSDK

LocalGov 🏛

  • Boeing Tax Breaks - The Big 550 KTRS
  • Plan to provide tax incentives for $1.8B Boeing project advanced by St. Louis County Council - KSDK
  • Multiple Jennings employees walk out of City Hall on Tuesday - KSDK
  • Multiple people quit within hours at Jennings City Hall - FOX 2
  • St. Louis County Council vote advances proposed Boeing development - FOX 2
  • St. Louis County Parks removes walk nights, carriage rides from Winter Wonderland - FOX 2
  • University City Bill Would Exempt Its City Hall Remodel from Its Own Energy Standards - Riverfront Times

MoGov 🏛

  • Missouri education board approves ‘innovation waivers’ for districts to opt out of state tests - Missouri Independent
  • Missouri AG could take nearly a year to turn over Sunshine records - FOX 2
  • Missouri Parents Can Be Jailed If Their Kids Miss Too Much School, Court Finds - Riverfront Times
  • Operations at 3 cannabis facilities suspended by Missouri regulators - KSDK

FedGov 🏛

  • Feds lean on Hazelwood firm to help pay for cleanup of Manhattan Project waste - www.stltoday.com
Covid19 Info 🦠 STLhelp ☎️
  • Where kids can get free after-school meals in the St. Louis area - KSDK
Jobs 📄
  • Career Central: SLATE hosts job fair for laid off Yellow and DHL employees - KSDK
  • Yellow Corp. shutdown leaves more than 500 St. Louis employees out of work - The Labor Tribune
  • St. Louis-area hiring is slowing and employers need to prepare for the long term, experts say - www.stltoday.com
History 🦕
  • Carlos Santana sought help from God for famed Woodstock performance - KSHE 95
  • Nearly 100 years ago, downtown St. Louis looked a lot different - KSDK
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