“Deck Chairs On The Titanic”: Ehlmann Blasts STL 2030 Jobs Plan
ST. CHARLES COUNTY EXECUTIVE STEVE EHLMANN is sharply criticizing a draft plan from a new business group in St. Louis that aims...
Six Things That “One Hundred” Tells Us
IN FEBRUARY, CONSTRUCTION BEGAN on the most ambitious residential project in St. Louis’s Central West End in nearly a century. The One Hundred building is a...
STL 2030 Jobs Plan: Text Of Steve Ehlmann’s Letter To Mark Wrighton
Mark S. Wrighton, PhDJames and Mary Wertsch Distinguished University ProfessorChancellor EmeritusWashington University in St....
The Brookings Institution Calls St. Louis A ‘Rising Star’ In Tech. Here’s Why.
THE ST. LOUIS METRO AREA comes out looking pretty good in a new report from the Brookings Institution, which calls attention to...
The TIF Trade: A Curious Case of Missing City Data
ON A SUNNY FRIDAY MORNING RECENTLY, the Southtown Centre strip mall in St. Louis was a moderately busy place. Delivery trucks from FedEx and...
The TIF Trade: The Treasurer, the Argyle Garage and a Huge Pile of Cash
"BUT WHERE WILL PEOPLE PARK?"
It’s a question for the ages in car-dependent towns like St. Louis, and it was one of the issues city...
Bill To Amend Argyle TIF Would Send Millions to City and Its Schools
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CITY HALL’S COFFERS and museums and libraries across the city would get a cash infusion this year totaling...
St. Louis and Its Schools Set For $46 Million From Expiring Tax Abatements
The year 2018 will bring some milestone anniversaries: 100 years since the end of World War I, 50 years since the assassinations of Martin...
Housing Costs In St. Louis City Remain Affordable, Poll Finds
HOUSING COSTS IN ST. LOUIS CITY are generally affordable, according to a February poll of likely voters.
About 79%...
St. Louis City Sees Brisk Growth in Real Estate Taxes
REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE in St. Louis City jumped by more than 5 percent in 2018 after several years of tepid growth, the latest...
