The Midwest Manufacturing Leaders organization is hosting an event Focusing on Capabilities to Build a Resilient Sales Engine for Your Manufacturing Company. Friday March 14th, 2025 7:30 am – 9:00 am at the Lodge at Des Peres.  Click here to register. The event is free to attend, but registrants must meet registration criteria.  Registration is […]
From St. Louis MO-Gov: Today, Mayor Jones, along with the Community Development Administration (CDA), shared a new, interactive Neighborhood Transformation Investment Map to highlight over $250 million of investment in the City’s Economic Justice Action Plan [www.economicjusticestl.org] (EJAP) over the last four years. The map offers residents a transparent look at these efforts, which include substantial progress in housing, business […]
From The St. Louis Post Dispatch: ST. LOUIS — Downtown’s long-vacant Millennium Hotel will be demolished to make way for luxury housing, offices, an amphitheater, food hall and other amenities in a project officials say will transform the St. Louis skyline. The Cordish Cos., the firm that developed Ballpark Village with the St. Louis Cardinals, […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: Longtime St. Louis attorney and founder of Soulard’s John D. McGurk’s pub James “Jim” Holloran died Wednesday. He was 81. Holloran grew up in St. Louis’s Tower Grove Park with nine siblings. He obtained both an engineering degree in 1964 and a law degree in 1968 from St. Louis University. […]
From St. Louis Post Dispatch: ST. LOUIS — Federal agencies with employees in the St. Louis region had few answers Monday on what impacts — if any — they’ll face after the White House tasked its Department of Government Efficiency to curb waste. Renovation of the Old Courthouse, downtown, across from the Gateway Arch National […]
From The Intelligencer: One-fourth of all engineering degrees are currently awarded to women at the nation’s colleges and universities, and a Feb. 22 event in Edwardsville aimed to improve upon that number. Dozens of teenage girls interested in one of the most in-demand career fields attended Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at the Southern Illinois […]
From World of Asphalt: MILWAUKEE – Registration is now open for the World of Asphalt Show & Conference and the AGG1 Academy and Expo, running March 25-27 in St. Louis, MO. Following the unprecedented success of the 2024 show, which saw a record-breaking 38 percent surge in attendance, the 2025 World of Asphalt and AGG1 Academy & […]
From AFL-CIO: In recognition of the profound significance of International Women’s Day, the Missouri AFL-CIO will host the Missouri 9th Annual Labor Women’s Lobby Day on March 5, 2025, at the State Capitol in Jefferson City. Women’s Lobby Day provides a tremendous opportunity to bring the issues that matter to all working women to Missouri Legislators. […]
From PGAV Destinations: PGAV, a global leader in the planning and design of unique destinations, has announced the expansion of its ownership team, effective as of 14 January. Joining Mike Konzen and Mike Schaadt, who have been leading the firm since 2010, are Steve Cramer, Chris Davis, Ashley Edelbrock, Emily Howard, John Kasman, Diane Lochner, and Tom Marschner. This leadership team reflects the distinctive […]
From Bopp Chapel:Â Zavaglia, Gregory J., 86, of St. Louis, Missouri, died peacefully at home in the presence of his family on Thursday, February 13, 2025. Greg was born in Collinsville, Illinois to Italian immigrants Angelo and Theresa Zavaglia, the third of eight children, and grew to epitomize the American Dream. Greg graduated from Collinsville […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: The historic building housing much of the Sheldon Concert Hall and Art Galleries in Grand Center opened in 1912 as the home of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. The performance space is lauded for its perfect acoustics and adorned with beautiful stained glass. Even the adjacent building into which the Sheldon […]
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer: Despite the snowy and cold conditions, construction at Park North Golf Club has continued. According to Brad Fry, the director of sales and marketing for Park North Golf Club, Plocher Construction has been working through the winter. “The winter did now slow these guys down at all. They went straight through,” Fry […]
From The City Fix: Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road building, instead of reducing congestion, actually increases traffic. When travel time by car is reduced and convenience increased, coupled with the appeal of the private vehicle as a continued indicator of […]
From Citizens for Modern Transit: The Green Line Would Transform St. Louis By City of St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, St. Louis American, October 10, 2024 Proposed Green Line Would Move St. Louis Forward by D’Andre Braddix, Chair of CMT Board of Directors, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 25, 2024 Negative Impacts of Allowing Concealed Weapons on Transit […]
From Gray Design Group: Gray is proud to announce the growth of our team with the promotion of five exceptional team members to Studio Lead and Studio Director positions. The leadership changes reflect our firm’s growth, dedication to investing in leadership, mentorship and cultivating strong client relationships while continuing to shape dynamic, innovative spaces. The leadership […]
Justin Schmeltz, PE, M.S., senior bridge engineer at Parsons Corporation, has been named one of Parsons’ “Rising Stars” in its 2025 Engineering and Technical Excellence Awards. Schmeltz serves as co-chair of Construction Forum’s Emerging Leaders. He has been a dedicated volunteer in the Forum’s outreach to youth for almost a decade. The Engineering and Technical […]
From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: At its meeting on Feb. 13, the O’Fallon City Council proposed three bills that would obtain funding from St. Charles County for a trio of road projects. Design work has already started on all three projects. One project – for improvements to Tom Ginnever Avenue and N. Cool Springs – includes […]
Andre Alexander went from one bank to the next in 2016 to try to secure funding for his church’s nonprofit. After meeting with four banking institutions in the St. Louis area, Alexander finally secured a loan to fund the Tabernacle Community Development Corp. Alexander is the lead pastor of Tabernacle, a church in north St. […]
Alex Belkofer, CM-BIM, has been named to the Engineering News-Record’s national Top 20 Under 40 list of young innovators. As senior virtual design in construction director at McCarthy Building Cos., Belkofer is a technology pioneer and evangelist who’s striving to remain at the forefront of the construction industry’s digital transformation. Belkofer works closely with project […]
From Offsite Builder: Residential modular home factories have a looming problem that, if left unaddressed, will lower sales volume and take years to correct. The longer the problem festers, the more expensive it will be to fix. It’s also an insidious problem because it operates in slow motion, and because many factory owners and managers […]
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