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dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

6:47 PM - Mar 26

BPS approved a 3 day permit for something called Rollin on the River for May 22-25 on LKS Blvd but I can’t find anything about it it online

Could it be an extension of the https://rollinontheriverfest.com/info in Jeffersonville, Indiana put on by Antz Marching LLC?

Catholic news orgs are reporting that the Beatifucation Mass for Fulton Sheen will be held at tne Dome; they're saying 70,000+ are expected to attend. Basically a full-sized concert.

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StlAlex wrote:

pattimagee wrote:^I was talking to some friends last year about how hard it would be for the city/boosters to "help" SLU build a perennially successful local college sports team whether basketball, and really I was asking about football because of our football demand... but I learned it was much harder than I thought, lol... but it sure would be a lot of fun to have a big time successful SLU football and/or basketball team. Hope this continues! 

SLU would have to cut a ton of other sports to pay for a football program. Just doesn't work fiscally.

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St. Louis has Lindenwood in the OVC and SWIC is adding JUCO football, Mizzou gets most of the attention though even though it is two hours west. Harder Stadium is IMO the nicest football facility in the OVC.


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House Bil 3231 has passed the House, off to the senate next.   I believe that if properly implemented, we can keep about $135m of state tax revenue in downtown a year for 10 years

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

1:52 AM - Mar 27

House Bil 3231 has passed the House, off to the senate next.   I believe that if properly implemented, we can keep about $135m of state tax revenue in downtown a year for 10 years

What can the $135m be used for and does St. Louis have a plan for the money if this bill passes?

goat314 wrote: ↑

1:58 AM - Mar 27

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

1:52 AM - Mar 27

House Bil 3231 has passed the House, off to the senate next.   I believe that if properly implemented, we can keep about $135m of state tax revenue in downtown a year for 10 years

What can the $135m be used for and does St. Louis have a plan for the money if this bill passes?

If someone that works in Missouri but lives in Illinois but moves to downtown, their state income tax will be waived. If someone moves from Chicago and takes a job in STL and lives downtown; income tax also waived

Any company in downtown would get to keep 3% of their gross payroll for building improvements or public spaces around their building. A firm like Stifel with $270m in payroll would keep $8.1m a year instead of sending it to the state, they can spend it to expand or improve Wash Ave. that $8.1m is $81m over 10 years of the bill. For Thompson Coburn it’s probably $30m, that’s long way towards their new tower if that’s the route they go

50% of state sales tax above the current baseline (last year downtown sent $80m in sales tax to the state) if it sends $100m in 2027, the 50% of that $20m extra ($10m) would go into a fund for public safety and streetscape

No, but my first impression is that they're uninformed idiots. Point taken but no hotels? No grocery store? 

there is a cvs in the Schnucks downtown

Spreading misinformation & lies. It’s obvious they don’t really go downtown all that much. Could downtown be much better of course but saying what they said is the reason people think negatively about downtown & St.Louis particularly it’s own residents.


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At a downtown event at Union station today (panel discussion with Steve smith, Bob O, Charles Goldman, gop and dem legislators) Steve mentioned that soon they’ll have another big project to announce

stlgasm wrote:Saw this reel on Facebook last night... Does anyone know these guys?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1446927063022363

The problem is that the STL region has a vested interest in a weak downtown and the only entity working to maintain whatever is left is the city.

Also there is a grocery store and CVS.

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stlgasm wrote: ↑

1:16 PM - Mar 27

Saw this reel on Facebook last night... Does anyone know these guys?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1446927063022363

New Yorkers. That right there sets their expectations extremely high. As for them loving on KC, come back when there’s no events in Downtown KC. The hotels are dead and the sidewalks are pretty quiet. When it’s nice, the streets become sideshow zones. It’s not all unicorns and rainbows over here. Downtown STL and KC have their periods of busy. As for vacant buildings, these guys should take a stroll down Grand and see how poor of condition multiple buildings are in and the constant fights that occur at the bus stops at 11th and 12th and Grand. Downtown KC east of Walnut is a wasteland. Downtown STL doesn’t really have an equivalent wasteland where a few buildings exist, but any and all life is nonexistent.

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

7:00 PM - Mar 27

At a downtown event at Union station today (panel discussion with Steve smith, Bob O, Charles Goldman, gop and dem legislators) Steve mentioned that soon they’ll have another big project to announce

From the event

Is Smith's big announcement for Downtown, or Midtown?

Downtown.

He also mentioned next 2 phases of Foundry starting soon and there is 2 more after that

dbInSouthCity wrote:Downtown.

He also mentioned next 2 phases of Foundry starting soon and there is 2 more after that

What do these phases include?

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Looking forward a great tenant at Union Station would be a bike/e-bike rental shop. As infrastructure continues to be built, Downtown will be the center of a nice protected bike network instead of the island it previously was.

The business is just waiting to be scooped up by a first mover.

Lime Bikes!

GoHarvOrGoHome wrote:Looking forward a great tenant at Union Station would be a bike/e-bike rental shop. As infrastructure continues to be built, Downtown will be the center of a nice protected bike network instead of the island it previously was.

The business is just waiting to be scooped up by a first mover.

I'd prefer something like NYC's CitiBikes or Indianapolis' Pacer sponsored bikes and they should be stationed along the bike network.

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Tucker bike lane will be poured soon

I think I overestimated this project. I thought we were cutting down more useless lanes and widening sidewalks for plantings and generally sprucing it up

Tucker needed serious narrowing and beautification. I hope we didn’t do a ribbon cutting just for repaving and the bike lane


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I think it’s the anticipation has allowed us to imagine. Tucker does need a full redo.

This is the rendering Trailnet developed with HOK in 2017/2018. It was always how can the City do it quickly. Dero the creators of that rail product shown offered to give the City a free mile. City wasn’t willing and couldn’t move fast enough.

The city taking 5 years to build the quick build solution is the problem




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