Eric Schmid
Economic Development ReporterEric Schmid covers Economic Development for St. Louis Public Radio. He's primarily focused on examining policies and ideas to drive population and business growth throughout the St. Louis region.
He previously covered the Metro East writing about many topics in the Illinois counties adjacent to St. Louis, but regularly returns to stories about the environment, public policy, and the census and demographics.
Eric came to the station through Report for America in 2019 and was tasked to develop STLPR’s coverage east of the Mississippi. Before joining St. Louis Public Radio, Eric held internships at Fox News Channel, NPR-affiliate WSHU Public Radio and AccuWeather. He graduated from Stony Brook University in New York with a degree in Journalism in 2018.
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The company will manufacture the jets at its new $1.8 billion facility next to St. Louis Lambert International Airport. -
The company is seeking approval for $11 million in financing to help with liquidity as it moves through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. -
The Research Chefs Association conference at Union Station will cover topics on flavor dynamics, new products and technologies and emerging trends for consumer food products. -
The theater is part of the Marquette Homes project, which includes the rehabilitation of six buildings and construction of three others in the Gravois Park and Dutchtown neighborhoods. -
Some companies have established robust training programs because educational institutions and other local programs aren’t pumping out enough new workers. -
It’s a problem that metastasized over decades, making it unrealistic to expect a speedy solution to the roughly 25,000 vacant buildings and lots inside city limits. -
It would be a marked change for the prominent and iconic hotel site between the Gateway Arch grounds and Busch Stadium, which has sat vacant since 2014. -
He joins the center as an internationally distinguished plant geneticist and a member of the U.K.’s Royal Society and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. -
The company is developing diagnostic devices that can detect airborne pathogens in just minutes. -
There were 39,432 tech-related job openings last year, representing growth of 1.5% from 2023. -
St. Louis had $300 million and 16,000 ideas from the public on how to spend it at the beginning of this legislative session. A year later, the Board of Aldermen has made no progress. -
After a little more than two hours of discussion, members did not agree to perfect any bill, instead moving proposals to the board’s informal calendar.
