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St. Louis Debating and Reforming its Development Incentives

The city of St. Louis is in the midst of an intense political debate—with mayoral consequences—on the subject of development incentives, which critics say just help the rich get richer.

February 13, 2017 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Historic Missouri-Illinois Bridge Completes Rehabilitation Funded by Recovery Act

Remember President Obama's 2009 economic stimulus program? Add another completed project to the program's successes: the restoration of the multi-modal 1874 iconic Eads Bridge connecting St. Louis and East St. Louis, Ill. over the Mississippi River.

October 19, 2016 - AASHTO Journal

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St. Louis Leading Large Metros in Immigration

Of the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the country, St. Louis had the largest percentage increase in foreign-born immigrants between 2014 and 2015.

September 21, 2016 - St. Louis Riverfront Times

Edward Jones Dome

St. Louis Spent $1.1 Million on Defunct Riverfront Stadium Plans in 2016

The gift of the NFL keeps on giving in St. Louis. What one writer calls a "sad saga" seems far from over.

September 2, 2016 - St. Louis

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Photo Series: St. Louis Highway Blues

Photographer Michael DeFilippo captures the striking, ironic, and often depressing ways in which highways cut apart the urban fabric of St. Louis.

August 31, 2016 - Huffington Post

Centene Clayton Campus Expansion

Details of the $770 Million Proposal for the Centene Clayton Expansion in St. Louis

The rare and elusive comprehensive planning review has been published by nextSTL.

August 19, 2016 - nextSTL

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Rustbelt Cities Continue to Make Play for Millennials

From St. Louis to Baltimore, the Rustbelt Cities are seeing a growing population of millennials as a possible cure to shrinking populations and stagnating economies.

August 2, 2016 - Stateline

Railroad Crossing

Faster Chicago to St. Louis Trains Likely to Increase Car Traffic

Next year, trains traveling at up to 110 mph will speed through grade crossings faster than the current trains traveling at up to 79 m.p.h, and motorists need to prepare for crossing gates that will stay down up to three times longer.

July 19, 2016 - The State Journal-Register

St. Louis Puts Renewed Effort Into Vacant Properties

St. Louis Public Radio explains the various efforts of the St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority.

June 19, 2016 - St. Louis Public Radio

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With Mayoral Support—What's Next for Proposed MetroLink Extension in St. Louis

The long-time mayor of St. Louis has announced his top priority for his final year in office, and it's good news for transit advocates.

June 16, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gateway Arch Rendering

Open Today: Renovated Riverfront Path Below the Gateway Arch

Part of a $380 million renovation project on the Gateway Arch grounds, a new riverfront path is built two feet higher above the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

June 2, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Invest STL's Community Development Efforts Have Regional Scope

The St. Louis region now has its first community economic development system. Invest STL, as its called, will work to create "a pipeline of place-based, neighborhood-led development projects."

April 21, 2016 - Next City

How Federal Housing Programs Built Segregation in St. Louis

St. Louis Public Radio details the work of a local researcher who says the segregation of today's St. Louis is the result of deliberate, decades-long federal housing policy.

March 15, 2016 - St. Louis Public Radio

Rainbow Crosswalk

Re-Examining the Safety of Colorful Crosswalks

There has been no shortage of responses to the story about St. Louis letting decorated sidewalks fade away after encountering federal policy that recommends more subdued colors.

February 13, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

St. Louis Rainbow Crosswalk

Painted Crosswalks Don't Pass Feds' Eyeball Test in St. Louis

St. Louis will end a program that allows groups to decorate crosswalks for the purposes of beautifying and branding neighborhoods. Currently decorated crosswalks can stay, for now.

February 9, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Finally Has a Developer for Long-Sought Redevelopment Project

The St. Louis City Council recently approved the initial steps for 1,800 acres of Maryland Heights floodplain. Plenty of hurdles remain, such as coming up with the money the developer wants to see the project through.

February 8, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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St. Louis Looks for Solutions to Stadium Debt in the NFL's Wake

The city, county, and state that the NFL's Rams once called home will continue to pay debt for the financing of the Edward Jones Dome. What other option to they have?

February 5, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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With the Rams Departing—What Next for St. Louis?

The St. Louis Rams will become the Los Angeles Rams. What now becomes of the city of St. Louis?

January 15, 2016 - The New York Times

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3 NFL Teams File Walking Papers

Three teams will attempt to leave town. Resolution of the contentious political situations could be coming very soon.

January 5, 2016 - ESPN

One Geologist Predicted Floods in St. Louis Months Before They Struck

Hindsight is 20-20, but so too sometimes is the foresight of geologists. That was the case prior to the flooding that struck St. Louis this December.

January 3, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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