Economic Opportunity

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis received a $500,000 grant to help bring more professional development, job training and family assistance to women in the area.

The Staenberg Group has plans to redevelop the site into a “Downtown Chesterfield” with housing, retail spaces, restaurants and more. Developers expect it to be four years before people can start moving into new residential units.

Since April 2023, the project concentrated along the 3600 and 3700 blocks of Hebert Street has rehabilitated 10 homes and newly constructed eight.

The region is vying for a $160 million NSF grant to leverage existing neuroscience research prowess into new products and technology.

It’s a project that takes cues from similar ones built across the country in recent years in places like Austin, Dallas, Phoenix and San Jose.

The old paradigm in downtown St. Louis, that of a central business district with millions of square feet of office space, has faltered in recent years.

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis will use a $750,000 federal grant to help with renovations to its North St. Louis business plaza. The League plans to use the money to enhance retail and community services.

St. Louis business leaders announce financial incentives aimed at bringing businesses downtown. They say $350,000 in grants and other incentives could attract retail shops, restaurants and pop-up enterprises.

“Economic justice is a team sport. Government cannot do this alone," said Mayor Tishaura Jones. "When done in collaboration with our philanthropic civic and private sector partners, we can make a lasting difference for generations to come."

The R&R Marketplace includes centers for career development and training, co-working and innovation, addiction treatment, and early childhood education, as well as a restaurant and a bank.