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Their mission is to restore jobs to the core of the region, which is something I think we all want to see.

But they aren't just pulling in wins for core or even just the suburbs; they're even pulling in wins for the exurbs, too. They just helped land 1,300 jobs for Warren County.

And yet they are indeed pulling in wins for the city and for the county.

If this is what happens when the elite want to help elevate the city and region, I'm for it. Call me crazy, but profit really doesn't bother me if it gets the city moving in a positive direction - and it just feels there's momentum for St. Louis behind Greater STL that I don't think St. Louis has had for... about 70 years.


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Wonder if Greater St. Louis Inc has had any headway on some of the possible opportunities for the region.  Especially on the West Coast bio science they referenced last year which seems to be a perfect fit for CORTEX and the regions strong STEM  workforce.   

I think it would be interesting to see how the 300 or so jobs get filled in N. County on new food manufacturing facility outlined in Biz Journal article.  Not as impressive as if the region could have landed a new battery plant or in recent announcement of new US Steel mill downriver in Arkansas and or Columbus Ohio scoring big on a Intels Semiconductor chip plant(s) and the 3,000 jobs go with it.   However, between AB building capacity, P&G expansion and the likes of food manufacturing there is some nice steady gains going on if the region can produce the workforce

https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... e-300.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-to-i ... _lead_pos4

I think that bay area biotech announcement has already happened. Blanking on the name now. Sorry. It’s only like 30 jobs atm if memory serves

^ & ^^, thanks.   For some reason though it was going to be a much bigger job number but getting someone to establish a presence is a good thing.  

11,000 SF for 50 people? Seems excessive.

Some of you younger folks may not be aware that General Dynamics had their HQ in Clayton for many years before moving to the East Coast. For a few years, the nation's top two defense contractors were both based in St. Louis (GD and McDonnell Douglas).

Some great news as St Louis region starts putting together sold workforce development projects;..

Now the big disconnect and discussion item that worth discussing.  Moderators, please move to appropriate thread that would be a better fit.

The big EV/Chip manufacturing winners from west to east which is looking to be massive from what i read in construction newsletters, ENR.  The theme being that you pay to play on state level but man you are getting a huge transfer of Fed Funds that make the recent grants look like peanuts.   The region from the second auto manufacturing center once upon a time to being left behind.

- Arizona - Chips,
- Texas - Data Centers/Chips 
- Kansas, soon to be Oklahoma - Data Centers, Battery plants
- Kentucky/Tennessee - Ford/EV/Batteries
- Ohio - Chips/Batteries
- Georgia - EV/batteries
- NC -  Chips/Data Centers/Batteries

So the discussion item.  Region missing out because state inept and or is this just one big trade off, giving away the bank as a whole.  Another way to put it.  MO statehouse might be doing a favor to the region a region in the long run by not giving the state coffers away to a few companies.

Each of those states is Right to Work.

Ohio is not right to work.

dredger wrote: ↑

Sep 02, 2022

Some great news as St Louis region starts putting together sold workforce development projects;..

Now the big disconnect and discussion item that worth discussing.  Moderators, please move to appropriate thread that would be a better fit.

The big EV/Chip manufacturing winners from west to east which is looking to be massive from what i read in construction newsletters, ENR.  The theme being that you pay to play on state level but man you are getting a huge transfer of Fed Funds that make the recent grants look like peanuts.   The region from the second auto manufacturing center once upon a time to being left behind.

- Arizona - Chips,
- Texas - Data Centers/Chips 
- Kansas, soon to be Oklahoma - Data Centers, Battery plants
- Kentucky/Tennessee - Ford/EV/Batteries
- Ohio - Chips/Batteries
- Georgia - EV/batteries
- NC -  Chips/Data Centers/Batteries

So the discussion item.  Region missing out because state inept and or is this just one big trade off, giving away the bank as a whole.  Another way to put it.  MO statehouse might be doing a favor to the region a region in the long run by not giving the state coffers away to a few companies.

MO side of KC is the side with all of the date centers. The most prominent builder said KCMO is good bc Missouri has the right incentives and Evergy/Southwest Power Pool has the cheapest power. So cheap power is what is missing from STL.

^ Thanks, didn't understand that dynamic. 

First time I’ve seen Greater STL Incs description of the Central Core. I don’t disagree but it seems projects (NGA, Brickline, Tower Grove Ave) dictated geography less so a demographic analysis of density/land use. Meaning… this can change if they identify a project they care about.

IMO I find it a little disappointing that an organization with such forward looking staff and aspirations wouldn’t include any of East St. Louis as an urban core worthy of regional prioritization. I just don’t know how Downtown can be the “center of it all” without at least a river front plan for the east.

^^Based on recent events with Chris in E StL, I don’t think the political leadership in that community has any interest in such a project.

Greater StL Inc launches STL 2030 Progress. 
https://stl2030progress.com/

No complaints from me, everything I see, I like! Multiple small new details about private and public projects. Apparently BPV III is only "conceptualized" and not expected to start construction until 2028 according to SLDC. 

Ehh, just reads to me like they had to put in some placeholder date so they defaulted to 5 years out. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of dates that are just placeholders, as they want to get as much of the pipeline captured. Just like trying to look for development clues in rendering, I wouldn't read too much into any hard data in this map.

It’s going to take the Cardinals 25 years to to make good on their promise. What a complete joke. And once it’s done and they’re making exorbitant profits we’ll all be expected to thank them dearly for their kind and charitable act of making money with public subsidies.

Jason Hall is leaving GSL for a similar post in Columbus Ohio.

Dang. Feels like a massive loss for this region. 

You’ve got to be kidding me. The one person I thought had the region in good hands. Wowza

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Dec 02, 2024

Jason Hall is leaving GSL for a similar post in Columbus Ohio.

Will you be applying?

Big bummer.

My vote is Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge or external hire.