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Yes, the article that says the car is good for increasing social capital is genius.hebeters2 wrote:The Suburbs Can’t Be Blamed for Everything
https://www.theamericanconservative.com ... verything/
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Ugh. The St. Charles County Council has given final approval for the Missouri Bluffs development (despite nearly unanimous opposition from pretty much everyone):
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... -top-story
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... -top-story
No, a place that forces driving for everything is not.
"This is a very environmentally friendly subdivision,”
"This is a very environmentally friendly subdivision,”
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As much as I do agree with the environmentalist push back and desire to keep the bluffs undeveloped, it does sound like Whitaker won the bid to purchase the land.
I feel like the whole"The university sought bidders for the land earlier this year, saying that 46 of those acres along the Katy Trail would be restricted for use as trails and public space. About 100 acres would be open to the public."
piece is a bit misleading since they bought the public land at the highest price.“Wealthy developers with insider access should not be able to profit by converting public land into private profit"
Not sure where to put it but had a good laugh at the biz journal headline - picture of an apartment block development with a pool adds urban feel.
It becomes laughable as someone at one point or another who has owned a cabin on northern Minnesota lake, to a townhouse next to a Chicago area Metra station, to single residency in St. Louis inner ring community and now out west squarely and firmly in a East Bay suburb. Lets quit trying to call places different from where they are.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... -kind.html
The project brings an urban feel to the deeply suburban St. Charles County community
It becomes laughable as someone at one point or another who has owned a cabin on northern Minnesota lake, to a townhouse next to a Chicago area Metra station, to single residency in St. Louis inner ring community and now out west squarely and firmly in a East Bay suburb. Lets quit trying to call places different from where they are.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... -kind.html
The project brings an urban feel to the deeply suburban St. Charles County community
HA! Looks like a roadside motel! Holiday Inn Express, Comfort Inn.....
^^Didn't you know? Anything more than 3 stories tall is "urban"...
"St. Charles County’s New Library Branch to Have Drive-Through Window"
https://www.constructforstl.org/st-char ... gh-window/
https://www.constructforstl.org/st-char ... gh-window/
Construction is underway on the Missouri Bluffs subdivision:
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/co ... t#stream/0
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/co ... t#stream/0
Stltoday- Construction continues, from downtown St. Louis to suburban St. Charles, despite uncertainty
"In St. Charles County, Payne Family Homes announced Tuesday it would break ground on a sprawling O'Fallon, Missouri, subdivision that it has planned for years. The homebuilder, the region's second largest, plans to build 657 single-family homes and townhomes on 153 acres near the intersection of Route DD and Highway 40 (Interstate 64). "
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... b.amp.html
"In St. Charles County, Payne Family Homes announced Tuesday it would break ground on a sprawling O'Fallon, Missouri, subdivision that it has planned for years. The homebuilder, the region's second largest, plans to build 657 single-family homes and townhomes on 153 acres near the intersection of Route DD and Highway 40 (Interstate 64). "
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... b.amp.html
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Imagine if a builder announced a plan to build 657 townhomes near downtown.quincunx wrote:Stltoday- Construction continues, from downtown St. Louis to suburban St. Charles, despite uncertainty
"In St. Charles County, Payne Family Homes announced Tuesday it would break ground on a sprawling O'Fallon, Missouri, subdivision that it has planned for years. The homebuilder, the region's second largest, plans to build 657 single-family homes and townhomes on 153 acres near the intersection of Route DD and Highway 40 (Interstate 64). "
https://www.stltoday.com/business/local ... b.amp.html
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They've been clearing trees at this site for quite some time. Was a pretty dense patch forest that was completely removed.
StlToday - St. Charles County has more people than St. Louis. Why does it have fewer members on key regional board?
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 90689.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 90689.html
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East-West Gateway board membership isn’t by population, Illinois has 12 of 24 board sets but just 28% of metro population. If St.Charles had Metro it would have more members, same for Franklin and Jefferson.quincunx wrote: ↑Mar 16, 2022StlToday - St. Charles County has more people than St. Louis. Why does it have fewer members on key regional board?
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 90689.html
More driving subsidies could come to St. Charles County
StlToday - Missouri Senate advances bill to phase out St. Charles County personal property taxes
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stc ... 02b02.html
StlToday - Missouri Senate advances bill to phase out St. Charles County personal property taxes
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stc ... 02b02.html
St. Charles County Strategic Highway Safety Action Plan Survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCC_SHSP
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCC_SHSP
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I had no idea this existed.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/41339/see ... depressing
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All that "growth" is getting more expensive.
KMOV - Inflation causing road projects in St. Charles to double in price
https://www.kmov.com/2022/09/28/inflati ... ble-price/
KMOV - Inflation causing road projects in St. Charles to double in price
https://www.kmov.com/2022/09/28/inflati ... ble-price/
More driving-only places. No climate emergency apparently. How about building on land next to existing infrastructure on land that already isn't agricultural or forest? I know silly thought.
StlToday - Massive housing development may come to St. Charles County. Meeting moved to Family Arena.
StlToday - Massive housing development may come to St. Charles County. Meeting moved to Family Arena.
Developers are seeking to build a 356-acre, 556-home subdivision known as “Tall Tree” on the largely rural, wooded land along the Highway DD corridor west of O’Fallon.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stc ... 92b55.htmlThe developer, KM Investment Group IV, is asking the commission to approve changing the zoning from agriculture usage to single-family residential, a preliminary plat, and a conditional use permit that would allow for smaller lot sizes. Twenty-five of the planned homes would be on 1-acre lots, and the remaining 531 would be on lots of less than one-sixth of an acre apiece.
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If I ran things, I would never approve projects like this.
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as developers keep shrinking lot sizes you gotta wonder when people will start saying they might as well move to the city. 1/6 acre = 7260 sqft. Thats pretty comparable to what you might see in any number of existing city and inner ring suburbs.
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^That won't happen as long as they think the city is a cesspool of crime and poverty. Suburbs are there in large part to keep poor people out. You can't do that to the same extent in the city. Look at the horror show the McClownshoes had to endure, with a mass of poor people storming the gate of even their fenced, private neighborhood.
Sorry, I might be a little bitter after enduring a few anti-city comments from a friend.
Sorry, I might be a little bitter after enduring a few anti-city comments from a friend.