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Lafayette Square is conveniently located. You can reach three different interstate highways, headed to who-knows-where, within a couple of minutes. If you want to access I-44 West, about 200 feet…

The St. Louis Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) will honor St. Louis American Publisher Dr. Donald M. Suggs with its Ernest and De Verne Calloway Award on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at the Marriott Grand Hotel,…

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, held her monthly telephone town hall Thursday evening, where she focused her remarks on housing justice.

The medical marijuana industry in Missouri is thriving. But accessing banking has proven a struggle for many dispensaries and even vendors doing business with them — even though their businesses are legal. St. Louis accountant David Smith explains why.

Ag-tech startup Benson Hill is now a publicly traded company worth $2 billion. Charlie Bolten of BioGenerator explains how BioSTL helped the St. Louis company get its start — and go public in less than a decade.

The new building will serve as a place for both growing mushrooms and customer pickup.

More money, more animals. Washington University scientist Solny Adalsteinsson explains how St. Louis topped the list in a recent study looking at the “luxury effect” across 20 cities — and why that’s not a good thing.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will host a public webinar on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. CT with a question and answer session on the re-designation of the Primary Highway Freight System (PHFS). Registration is required to attend this event. Please register here to join the webinar. The FHWA published a Notice of Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal […]

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The Deaconess Foundation is accepting proposals for up to $600,000 in community investment funding through its mission-related investments initiative.

In Pagedale, Goss’Up Pasta cooks up gourmet comfort food in a new food court space. Chef-owner Qiuana Chapple debuted her latest counter-service restaurant on July 31, offering her homestyle pasta dishes, breakfast, wings and soul food.

For the first time, Missouri's Teacher of the Year comes from the Ferguson-Florissant School District. James Young teaches music at the Johnson-Wabash 6th Grade Center and is the second African American to receive the honor.

The Missouri Historical Society recently received a donation of letters written to Charles DeHault Delassus that date from the 1790s and early 1800s. These letters pertain to the tumultuous time when Spain governed the Louisiana Territory, and the eventual Louisiana Purchase. The letters are now part of the Alonzo J. Tullock Louisiana History Collection in …

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Maplewood Police Officer Jason Schuster on Thursday sent an email to block captains, asking them to tell their neighbors about a recent increase in reported thefts from vehicles (catalytic convertors and break-ins) and property damage/graffiti. Schuster passed on information on catalytic convertor thefts that will be featured in the upcoming Fall/Winter Maplewood Newsletter: The St. […]

Gwendolyn Diggs has spent the past 26 years following her calling to work on education, educating children of all ages throughout those 26 years. She has worked in administration in Jennings School District, Ferguson-Florissant School District, and the National Institute…

A two-year-old initiative from the Regional Business Council aims to recruit, train and mentor kids for skilled labor jobs as early as high school. Leader Art McCoy discusses its impetus -- and the big payday for people who participate.

Author Suzanne Corbett discusses her new book detailing the “foodways and iconic dishes” of the Show Me State — and shatters some myths about famous St. Louis food innovations.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on October 5, 2021. A real estate developer is demolishing a closed manufacturing facility in north St. Louis County and building a speculative industrial warehouse in its place. St. Louis-based Summit Real Estate Group has closed on a purchase of a 14.35-acre industrial site at Interstate 170 and Page Boulevard […]

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This article was originally ran in St. Louis Business Inno on October 6, 2021. Three St. Louis-based innovation hubs are teaming up on a new initiative focused on advancing projects that pair together agriculture and geospatial technologies. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur said Wednesday it has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department […]

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