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With Winter Coming in St. Louis, Spire Got Some 'Splainin To Do

2 years 10 months ago

With the ability to heat homes hanging in the balance, St. Louis is suddenly facing uncertainty about its access to natural gas for the winter. Last week, Spire Missouri warned in an email sent to more than 600,000 customers that there are "no guarantees" the company's key pipeline can operate beyond December 13.…
Danny Wicentowski

After more than 17 years, a free health care clinic in southern Missouri shuts its doors

2 years 10 months ago

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Mo. — It was already 1 p.m., and Sheri Noble’s Monday was just getting started. There were prescriptions to call into the pharmacy, times to coordinate for people to pick up donated supplies, and a schedule of about 30 patients she had to prepare for.  In many ways it was business as usual […]

The post After more than 17 years, a free health care clinic in southern Missouri shuts its doors appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Tessa Weinberg

Wugen and Balto Led Bumper Q3 of Venture Capital Funding in St. Louis

2 years 10 months ago
St. Louis startups have raised more than $250 million in investment in the third quarter, making it one of the strongest quarters in recent years for venture capital funding here. So far in 2021, St. Louis startups have raised $374.9 across 44 deals, according to a new report published Thursday by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association. Check out the full story by Nathan Rubbelke on STL Inno.
St. Louis Inno

Pi Pizzeria Founder Sells Another Startup

2 years 10 months ago

St. Louis fintech startup Accrue Technologies has been acquired by Nashville-based software development firm Core10.

Founded about a year ago by Pi Pizzeria's founder Chris Sommers, Accure Technologies has developed a lending and banking platform for community banks and credit unions.

The technology aims to curate core banking systems and functions on a single platform.

Check out the full story by Nathan Rubbelke on STL Inno.

St. Louis Inno

‘The market has been on fire’: Competition for St. Louis industrial property heats up

2 years 10 months ago

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 11, 2021. In October, Alfredo Gutierrez closed on a deal that he had never seen in his 30 years in commercial real estate. The founder of SparrowHawk, a Houston-based investor of industrial properties, worked out a bargain where a tenant agreed to move out of his company’s Sauget warehouse months early […]

The post ‘The market has been on fire’: Competition for St. Louis industrial property heats up appeared first on St. Louis Regional Freightway.

Jared Haynes

Good News! Landlord and Rehabber Training is back for 2022

2 years 10 months ago

Good News!  Our grant proposal was approved for the 2022 Landlord & Rehabber Training.  We will be collaborating with North Newstead Association and the Vacancy Collaborative on the delivery of this program.  The 2022 topics are:

  1. Mediation and other Practices to Avoid Eviction

  2. Funding Sources for RE Acquisition & Rehab

  3. Vetting & Hiring Contractors

  4. Creating a Healthy Home

  5. Housing & Utility Assistance Programs

  6. Marketing and Adhering to Fair Housing Laws

  7. Nuisance & Abandonment Lawsuits

  8. LRA, Tax Sales & Prop NS

  9. Leases & other Property Management Tools

  10. Missouri and Federal Tax Credits & Tax Abatement

The goal of this Collaborative Landlord and Rehabber Training Program is to stabilize our communities by building an eco-system of educated landlords, rehabbers, and small developers empowered to reduce vacancy and nuisance.  The program will enlist professionals from real estate, property management, law, accounting, preservation, & finance industries to share their knowledge on acquiring and developing real estate and implementing property management best practices.

Come to our trainings to learn, be empowered, and make a positive impact in our city.

This activity is funded by a HUD Community Development Block Grant via the St. Louis Community Development Administration.  We are grateful for their support.

Please direct speaker suggestion for any of these topics to dana@towergrovecdc.org.


Ella Gross

Children's COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Available This Weekend

2 years 10 months ago

We get it — you’re a parent, you’re busy, trying to balance all you can into your kiddo’s schedule, but you want to get them vaccinated against COVID-19. There are plenty of opportunities this weekend to get your kiddo the COVID-19 shot this weekend.

SSM Health offers five different drive-thru vaccine clinics on November 13 from 8 a.m. to noon.…
Jenna Jones