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A St. Louis plant in the works will hire 40 employees, including scientists, who will make $25 million worth of medical devices a year at full production. December 8, 2006 ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals Chairman and General Partner Bill DeWitt Jr., Senior Vice President and General Manager Walt Jocketty, and Field Manager Tony LaRussa, will be honored with the Right Arm of St. Louis Award at the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association’s (RCGA) 170th Annual Dinner and Meeting on Thursday evening, January 11, 2007, at the Chase Park Plaza, Khorassan Ballroom. December 6, 2006 The improvement in the quality of life in the City of St. Louis received international recognition when the World Leadership Forum awarded St. Louis its World Leadership Award in the category of urban renewal. November 16, 2006 Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, rebuts the annual ranking of crime rates, published by Morgan Quitno Press. November 9, 2006 With the passage of Amendment 2, Missouri business leaders are ready to stop talking about stem cell research and start shouting a new message: The state is open to biotech and anxious to get deals done. October 27, 2006 ST. LOUIS (October 27, 2006) – The announcement today of the agreement between the City of St. Louis, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cordish Company represents a significant net positive economic impact for the City of St. Louis and the bistate St. Louis region, according to an economic impact analysis by RCGA Chief Economist Bryan Bezold. October 25, 2006 ST. LOUIS - Financial-services firm Edward Jones, the State of Missouri, St. Louis County and the City of Maryland Heights are partnering to support a significant planned expansion of the firm's presence in the county that will add at least 500 jobs in the next five years. By 2016, the number of new jobs created is expected to total at least 1,000. October 20, 2006 ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals’ appearance in this year’s Fall Classic will not only bring baseball excitement and economic benefits to the St. Louis region, but the Series will shine the national and international spotlight on the civic and economic renaissance spreading throughout the City of St. Louis and bi-state metropolitan area, as well. October 11, 2006 ST. LOUIS - The celebrated St. Louis Cardinals have not only advanced to the “Final Four” of baseball in their opening series with the New York Mets, they also are teaming up with the region in telling St. Louis’ story, as well. October 11, 2006 For nearly two years, a coalition of scientific, business and civic leaders known as the BioFuels Working Group has been working under the sponsorship of the Regional Chamber and Growth Association. The group's mission was to develop a strategy designed to put St. Louis at the forefront of the national effort to bring economically viable, renewable and secure sources of energy to the marketplace. October 4, 2006 ST. LOUIS — The sale and redevelopment of St. Louis Centre, a nearly empty 540,000-square-foot enclosed shopping mall in downtown St. Louis, into a mixed-use retail and condominium complex is the latest step in that city’s decade-long downtown revitalization effort. But it is also one more reminder of an urban planning scheme that never quite lived up to its promise. September 5, 2006 St. Louis–The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced a $15 million gift from the Monsanto Fund to support the Center’s vision and mission: $7.5 million of the gift will support the Center’s “Campaign for a Green Future” while $7.5 million will go directly to efforts to develop high-yield crops for Africa. August 21, 2006 MADISON COUNTY - The area east of St. Louis, Missouri in Madison County, Illinois (near Edwardsville and Pontoon Beach) is becoming a player in the mid-west logistics market, with a fast rate of expansion going on at warehouse and distribution facilities. August 2, 2006 ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) today announced the results of a several-month-long national recruitment effort. James “Jay” DeLong, former President of Active Capital in Irvine, CA, has joined the RCGA as Vice President for New Ventures and Capital Formation. July 18, 2006 ST. LOUIS -(Dow Jones)- St. Louis is coming of age as a biotech center. July 14, 2006 This St. Louis company has quietly become the No. 1 car-rental agency in America -- here's how the Taylor family aims to keep it on top. May 31, 2006 ST. LOUIS -- Following a number of months of planning, civic leaders and the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) today announced that “Innovate St. Louis” has been established as a new 501©(3) organization. Chartered by business, civic, university leaders, and the RCGA, Innovate St. Louis is designed to enhance the region’s entrepreneurial environment and to catalyze the emergence of the St. Louis region as a global hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. May 17, 2006 All Things Considered, May 17, 2006 · In downtown St. Louis, the opening of the new Busch Stadium is the latest effort to beautify and improve an area that once was called an eyesore and a tragedy. May 11, 2006 ST. LOUIS — When Brad Fratello and his partner first moved into their downtown loft, the vista from their picture windows featured abandoned, graffiti-scarred buildings. Now, the sound of jackhammers rings out like a serenade as long-empty spaces are reborn as posh lofts and new neighbors walk streets that recently were desolate after nightfall. May 1, 2006 People dedicated to building better communities. April 14, 2006 Whether you're in town for a weekend or a week, with or without a car, there's plenty of shopping opportunities in and around the St. Louis area. Downtown are numerous shops, perfect for window shopping. A 10 to 20 minute drive west offers more conventional shops and malls. Within St. Louis' second downtown -- Clayton -- shoppers will find a variety of retail options. April 10, 2006 ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Opening Day is always cause for celebration in baseball-mad St. Louis, but Monday's opening of the new Busch Stadium created one of the most anticipated days in the city's recent history. April 10, 2006 ST. LOUIS (Dow Jones)--A sparkling new $365 million Busch Stadium will be in the spotlight Monday when the St. Louis Cardinals play their home opener. April 5, 2006 ST. LOUIS -- With the Cardinals projected to again attract more than 3 million fans in their inaugural season at the new Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) estimates that the positive economic impact of the Cardinal season on the St. Louis region will be approximately $227.3 million, according to a just-completed analysis conducted by the RCGA’s Chief Economist Bryan Bezold. This economic estimate does not include the added economic benefits of the planned adjacent Ballpark Village development. March 21, 2006 The Hilton in downtown St. Louis is so excited about its new neighbor it’s changing its name to the Ballpark Hotel and undertaking a $16 million face-lift. March 15, 2006 Some 40 years after St. Louis completed its soaring Gateway Arch, the region still is fighting to regain a competitive edge, while its trailing economy has kept commercial real-estate values grounded. March 15, 2006 Construction dust is clearing and foot traffic and tenants are returning to the Old Post Office, after a $45 million restoration of the 122-year-old landmark. March 10, 2006 Historic Restoration Inc. (HRI) started showing the model of one of its 131 apartments in the developer's Cupples Station warehouse building in late February. March 9, 2006 ST. LOUIS -- New regional job growth data released today shows a continued strong St. Louis regional economy. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that the bi-state St. Louis region added jobs during 2005 at a faster pace than initially thought. Annual average employment increased by 1.3%, or 17,000 jobs during 2005. Initial estimates showed regional growth of less than 1% in 2005. Non-farm employment in the St. Louis region began to grow in mid-2004, and the pace of that growth accelerated in 2005. January 2006 metropolitan area employment, estimated by the BLS at 1,328,600, increased 1.7% from January 2005, and exceeded the employment of level of January 2001. “This means that the region has now likely recovered fully from the 2001 recession and subsequent weak employment markets of 2002 and 2003,” noted St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA) Chief Economist Bryan Bezold. March 9, 2006 Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis civic leaders accepted a coveted national award Thursday night for a downtown renovation campaign referred to as one of the most impressive turnarounds in America. March 8, 2006 ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and his Downtown Now! partners, consisting of the City of St. Louis and its St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC), the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association (RCGA), the Downtown St. Louis Partnership, St. Louis 2004, and the non-profit organization Downtown Now!, are being honored in Washington, D.C., with the National Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award tomorrow evening, Thursday, March 9th, for the successful revitalization efforts in downtown St. Louis. February 16, 2006 ST. LOUIS – As the largest general science conference in the United States, the 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting brings thousands of the world’s leading scientists, educators, policy makers and journalists to St. Louis from some 60 nations at a time of unprecedented region wide renewal and as the region is marketing itself as never before throughout the nation and around the globe. |
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