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Site of the NorthSide Regeneration Urgent Care, pictured in September 2019.

St. Louis Again Extends Deadlines For NorthSide Urgent Care Project

Kae M. Petrin

The St. Louis board responsible for the city’s real estate and financial decisions on Wednesday granted NorthSide Regeneration an extension on its…

Bill Laskowsky (left) and Darryl Piggee, representatives of the Northside Regeneration urgent care project, show renderings for the proposal.

Government, Politics & Issues

Aldermanic Committee Recommends Renewing Tax Incentives For McKee Urgent Care

Kae M. Petrin

An aldermanic committee voted Wednesday to extend deadlines and renew tax incentives for the developers behind Northside Regeneration’s slow-moving urgent…

Economy & Business

Stalled McKee Urgent Care Project Could Get Extension For Tax Incentives

Kae M. Petrin

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen will consider renewing a development agreement for Northside Regeneration’s long-stalled urgent care center, even as the…

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri will provide pro bono legal support to residents and neighborhood associations in Hyde Park, the West End, Old North St. Louis and Academy. The grant money will prevent residents and land owners from displacement.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Prepares To Launch 'Dollar House' Program

Shahla Farzan

St. Louis homebuyers will soon be able to purchase some city-owned properties at a deep discount.The going rate? One dollar.Beginning this month, the Land…

Hazy photo of the Mississippi River with a tugboat and the Gateway Arch in the distance.

Economy & Business

Port Authority seeks land and revenue beyond the banks of the Mississippi

The St. Louis Port Authority oversees 19 miles of riverbank including six thousand acres of land available for commercial and industrial development. But…

Economy & Business

SLDC pushes for new district surrounding future NGA site

Residents gathered Wednesday night at Vashon High School to hear about a proposal for a Special Use District surrounding the future site of the National…

SLDC launches town hall meetings on August 14, 2018

Economy & Business

St. Louis' development agency seeks community input for economic growth strategy

The St. Louis Development Corporation has kicked off a campaign of town hall meetings aimed at improving its public image.SLDC executive director Otis…

Before and after its facelift: Milque Toast Bar, 2212 S. Jefferson Ave., received a Community Development Block Grant to improve its facade.

Economy & Business

Million-dollar fund to give St. Louis storefronts a facelift

Leonard Johnson admits many run-down storefronts in St. Louis could use a facelift. He’d like to help “polish up” each and every one. But, for now, the…

Piles of concrete and brick line a fence separating the former Pruitt-Igoe housing development from the Gateway school complex. Parents and staff at the school say placing the rubble there stirred levels of dust high enough to sicken students and teachers

Education

NGA director talks to mayor about demolition work; debris near school to be moved

Ryan Delaney

Health problems at a north St. Louis school have gotten the attention of federal officials.That’s after many parents and teachers blamed respiratory…

Cenya Davis puffs on her inhaler earlier this month. The 8-year-old student at Gateway Elementary School in St. Louis has been to the hospital three times for breathing trouble starting in December. She now regularly uses the inhaler.

Education

After school nurse sent report, was city’s response to breathing illnesses enough?

Ryan Delaney

Original story from June 14; updated with audio from St. Louis on the Air June 15.A school nurse told St. Louis health officials in February about…