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Grain Belt Express takes first resistant Missouri landowner to court

2 years 8 months ago

A $2 billion wind energy project spanning the length of northern Missouri is for the first time asking a judge to force a resistant landowner to sell the company an easement on their land.  Grain Belt Express, a proposed high-voltage transmission line that would carry 4,000 megawatts of renewable energy from Western Kansas to Indiana, […]

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Lukas Vanacker

St. Louis Art Place Initiative offers artists a place to call home

2 years 8 months ago
When the St. Louis City Planning Commission adopted the Gravois-Jefferson Historic Neighborhoods Plan in 2017, it laid out the need for affordable housing stock for the artists who have long called the area home. Now, St. Louis Art Place Initiative, formed in 2019 by the Incarnate Word Foundation, Kranzberg Arts Foundation, and Regional Arts Commission to address that need, has completed the first of many planned homes in Gravois Park, and the first artist is finally home. We caught up with API director of operations Kaveh Razani to discuss the ins and outs of the project, and where it’s heading next.
Christine Jackson

Perspective: A Cancer Doctor's View of the Great Mask War

2 years 8 months ago

This winter was supposed to be better.

As a cancer doctor trying to navigate immunocompromised patients through a respiratory pandemic, I have seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 from the outset. And as a lifelong resident of a blood-red county, I have also witnessed the battles of The Great Mask War in grocery stores, businesses and schools in this divided community.

The introduction of mRNA vaccines last December offered hope for a truce in The Great Mask War.…
Dr. James Beattie

City Foundry to Open Toasted Ravioli Eatery in New Year

2 years 8 months ago

A love of toasted ravioli arguably runs in the blood of every St. Louisan and now, t-ravs will be honored with an eatery at City Foundry (3730 Foundry Way) dedicated to nothing but the unofficial official food of The Lou.

STL Toasted is the latest addition to the City Foundry’s bustling lineup, and it will feature a range of “artisan toasted ravioli with creative fillings,” according to a press release. Boasting flavors like a Lemon Blackberry Gooey Buttercake dessert filling and a savory buffalo chicken bite, the restaurant will make its debut some time in 2022.

“We chose to open our concept at City Foundry STL because we believe it represents everything we love about St. Louis,” founder Matthew Fuller says in a press release.…
Jenna Jones