09.30.2009 4:06 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There’s a new boss at the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis.
The non-profit, which organizes and advocates for downtown, said Wednesday it has hired Maggie Campbell, who heads a similar group in Arlington, Tex., as its new president and CEO. She’ll…

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09.10.2009 4:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s becoming a regular occurrence.
Each month, the agenda of the Missouri Development Finance Board comes out. Each month, it includes no mention of Ballpark Village. In other words, the long-awaited project is still on hold.
MDFB must sign off on the…

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08.11.2009 10:19 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The scanners and registers began beeping and pinging this morning at the Schnucks market downtown.
By 9 a.m., people had jammed the front and many aisles at the new store, which is across Ninth Street from the Old Post Office.
After 25…

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08.07.2009 12:11 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In case you somehow hadn’t heard yet, Schnuck Markets is opening a new store downtown, the first full-service grocery store in downtown St. Louis in a quarter-century.
See Monday’s Post-Dispatch for a full story about the new store, what it means…

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07.09.2009 3:27 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Is our region’s recurring case of Chicago-envy on display once more in our newest civic monument?
That, in a sense, is what one prominent Midwestern urban affairs blogger takes away from the newly-opened City Garden. In a lengthy posting this morning, Aaron…

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06.19.2009 4:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Here’s a good-looking talk on Tuesday.
Blues owner (and Kiel Opera House reviver) David Checketts and Cardinals president (and Ballpark Village developer) Bill DeWitt III are headlining the annual luncheon of the Downtown St. Louis Partnership Tuesday.
Both will share their perspectives…

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05.15.2009 11:19 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A $74 million plan to rehab the Kiel Opera House has begun moving through the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
Board members introduced a plan Friday morning to help an investment group that includes Blues owner Dave Checketts and O’Fallon-based McEagle…

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