St. Charles and ShowMe Aquatics are proposing a $38 million recreation complex. Voters would have to approve a $30 million bond issue in the Aug. 5 election. The center would be located on an old Kmart site on the south side of Interstate 70 between First Capitol and Hawks Nest drives. Do you think St. Charles needs a community center?
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Loading ...St. Charles, mucho hoosiers and so irrelevant to the metro area. You guys are all fools there, moving there to avoid the blacks, shooting down metro link to avoid the blacks, moving there “for the schools” when all it was for was to avoid the blacks. Blasphemous fools all you hoosiers are. There is more to Bud Crap and Marlboro smokes you hoosiers.
Hey STLB -
Guess what? I am black. And I didn’t move here to get away from the blacks. I was born here. Along with the rest of my big, black family. Way to show your ignorance. Have a great weekend.
Oh ye of little knowledge!
Often times people are asked to invest in their respective communities. These investments create many returns that are not seen, at least not right away. When citizens get together and decide to make such an investment as a recreation center, everyone wins.
Example: The Rec-Plex has, for the past few years, hosted the MSHSAA State Swimming Championships. They have brought hundreds of swimmers and their families to St. Peters. They fill the hotels, spend $$$ in the restaurants and buy items at Mid Rivers Mall.
All of this generates REVENUE! Yep, that’s right! Sales tax revenue that allows the City of St. Peters to provide services WITHOUT having to raise taxes. Add to that the jobs created and one job, according to the National Chamber of Commerce, produces $7000 in ancillary revenue for the community in which it is located.
So you see, EVERYONE wins. Revenue goes up, property value goes up and the various communities gain in prestige which has a value that is tough to measure, but you know it exists.
Thank you Honesty for the logical thinking and stating of facts, not opinions and judgements. You are correct. Progress and investments are positive improvements for a community.
Wow! Lots of speculation and accusations in these comments. I live in St. Charles City and I’ve thought for a long time that we need a community center. I currently use the Rec-Plex, however I pay extra because I do not live in St. Peters. And yes, there are a lot of residents and non-residents that use the Rec-plex. I’m there almost every morning and sometimes in the evenings. The place is doing well. I don’t understand why all of you who do not live here care so much about how we spend our taxes??? I’m all for progress and I’d pay extra taxes to have better facilities to use. If everyone thought the way the commenters in this post think, we’d still be driving on dirt roads.