by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum This is a Thanksgiving story that has a little bit of everything: family friends, generosity, and hope. It centers around three young women, their efforts, their dreams, and their hopes for our future. For the last 14 months the Forum has been conducting a proactive exercise in introducing […]
A massive redevelopment plan in Chesterfield, including housing, retail, restaurants, and office space, could be approved by the Chesterfield City Council next month.
The holiday season is officially here. It's a time for festivity, relaxation, and spending time with loved ones, but it's also when many Americans "fall off the wagon" when it comes to their health.
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2021 Homeless Assessment Report, there are roughly 4,000 people experiencing homelessness in Missouri.
Have you sown seeds yet for Black-Eyed Susan, Catmint, Coneflower, False Indigo, Helianthus, Larkspur, Lavendar, Lupine, Milkweed, Primrose, Ratibida, Rudbeckia, Scabiosa, Soapwort, St John’s Wort? They need winter seed stratification. Kids might like this: old t-shirt garden tote craft project Did you ever plant seeds and they didn’t germinate? Some seeds need exposed to light, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →
ALTON - When the Riverbender Community Center closed last May, John Hentrich and his board of directors had the end goal of finding an entity or individual who would re-open the center under new management. For more than 10 years, the center had served thousands of teens and provided programs and meeting spaces for people of all ages from toddlers to seniors. The center focused primarily on middle schoolers, for whom the center was designed, to provide safe, fun recreation away from the lure of negative influences like alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. While Hentrich and his board had run a very successful operation, they were ready for someone else to take the reins. A year ago, Brigit Holt moved from Chicago to Alton with her middle-school son who discovered the Riverbender Center and really enjoyed the Friday night parties. “I learned the hard way that tickets to the parties sold out pretty quickly,” said Holt. “My son was really disappointed one week when I didn’t