LaShana Lewis

Newly formed economic development group Greater St. Louis recently released a draft of a plan that aims to boost jobs across the region. But some critics say it's leaving out voices from surrounding counties in Missouri and Illinois.

Critics Say New Metro Jobs Plan Isn’t Inclusive Of Surrounding Counties

Corinne Ruff

Greater St. Louis is taking feedback on a draft of the new plan until the end of January. Some say there's a lot of work to do.

Phyllis Ellison, who organized STL Startup Week, hopes to connect entrepreneurs with local resources like funding, which she says are more important than ever amid so much economic uncertainty.

Economy & Business

Cortex To Host Second STL Startup Week, Bringing Entrepreneurs Together Virtually

Corinne Ruff

The innovation community will host more than 60 free online panels and workshops throughout the week.

LaShana Lewis tells her story at a live taping of The Story Collider podcast in Oct. 2018.

Health, Science & Environment

A LaunchCode graduate makes it her mission to diversify the tech industry

Eli Chen

As a gay black woman with working-class roots, LaShana Lewis doesn’t look like a typical computer programmer.Lewis spent the better part of two decades…

LaShana Lewis poses for a portrait outside her old home in East St. Louis. Lewis initially didn't realize the extent of the flood's damage because her neighborhood often flooded during heavy rains.

Other

Generation Flood recalls growing up during the Great Flood of '93

Lindsay Toler

For people who were children and teenagers during the Great Flood of 1993, memories come like the river did then — murky, and in waves.As the 25th…