The St. Charles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to name Developer Michael Sellenschuetter as "preferred developer" for Harbor San Carlos. The vision, first proposed in 2006, is for a canal as an off shoot of the Missouri River, pedestrian bridges to a sometimes island in the river, retail, residential and a marina. The $1B project would cover more than 300 acres. The image above shows the site outlined in red with the canal drawn in its approximate location. The Ameristar Casino is to the right and the Family Arena can be seen on the far left.



KMOV has a video of the presentation to the City Council on their website (click image below). And in excellent Post-Dispatch fashion, one of the first comments on STLToday.com was by an "Underwhelmed" whose felt it necessary to state: "Sounds as if they are catering to the Mexicans in the area? Why not call it something American?" Keep it classy. According to the Post-Dispatch the name San Carlos pays homage to "San Carlos Borromeo, the city and county's namesake who was the patron saint of King Carlos of Spain. The area was under Spanish rule in 1791 when the city got the name, which in English is St. Charles." I'm glad that's cleared up.