^^There's room for several new museums in town of different sorts, and I've long thought the courthouse would be a good site for at least one of them. I've previously thought it'd be a good spot for a natural history museum and the more I think about it the more sense it makes that geography, geology, natural history, and cartography could all go together.
StlToday - McDonnells donate $1M for a geospatial job training facility in St. Louis
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So map museum would be interesting but its pretty niche. To justify such a footprint as the muni courts building the collection would have to be pretty epic. Where does the collection come from...?
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^My thinking is it could be a museum of natural history that includes a map collection. Geography is a pretty standard part of a natural history museum. Early human history is also a pretty typical part. I think a museum there could be a natural collaboration between the Science Center and MO History. The Historical Society absolutely has more than they can display, even between their three facilities. I expect the Science Center is probably in the same boat. MHS has things in their collection that don't fit well, but could make more sense in a general natural history museum than in either a war memorial or a Missouri history museum. (They have a cuneiform brick, for instance.) The thing is probably too big to just be a map museum, but it would make great sense as a collaboration between several cultural institutions. Would have been nice if there'd been a way to get the document museum people on board before they decided they didn't want to be here after all.
Why not take the approach that the hotel on Washington (I think?) took? A museum hotel.
We’re wandering way OT…toured that building last summer. Needs $5M+ work on the roof, forgot the $$ amount for the foundation issues. Paint’s peeling on every surface, still lots of trash and furniture in every room. I know the city’s broke but they’re adding tens of thousands of dollars in just hauling their old stuff away. There’s a reason it’s sitting there, untouched. If the city spent $10M prepping it, the it would be different. And if nothing happens soon, the roof damage will probably necessitate ‘demolition by neglect’ in about 10 years.
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STL Biz Journal: Taylor Geospatial Institute hires 1st executive director
TGI, located at Saint Louis University, said Tuesday it has hired Nadine Alameh as executive director. She succeeds Vasit Sagan, a professor at Saint Louis University who has been TGI’s acting director since its founding in April 2022.
Alameh’s appointment is effective Sept. 1. She currently is president and CEO of Arlington, Virginia-based Open Geospatial Consortium, a global standards organization whose membership includes more than 500 businesses, government agencies, research organizations and universities. Alameh is also a member of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Geospatial Advisory Committee and a board member of the United Nations Geospatial Global Information Management Private Sector Network, a press release said.
Previous roles held by Alameh include chief architect for innovation in the technology services/civil solutions division of airspace and defense firm Northrop Grumman; a technical adviser to NASA’s Applied Science Program; and roles while involved in the creation and management of several startup companies. Alameh has a doctorate in computer and information systems engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering and city planning from MIT and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the American University of Beirut.
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Do we know where on SLU's campus the Taylor Geospatial Institute is housed?
Will it eventually receive its own building?
With seven universities (SLU, WashU, Mizzou, Illinois, UMSL, Harris-Stowe, and Missouri U of S & T) and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center involved, you would think it would require some space.
This institute is brand new and only getting started, so I understand it might be a few years before we see these kinds of moves.
It just sounds ambitious. I remain surprised that the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana is involved.
Will it eventually receive its own building?
With seven universities (SLU, WashU, Mizzou, Illinois, UMSL, Harris-Stowe, and Missouri U of S & T) and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center involved, you would think it would require some space.
This institute is brand new and only getting started, so I understand it might be a few years before we see these kinds of moves.
It just sounds ambitious. I remain surprised that the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana is involved.
No kidding. Damn. Great catch for the Taylor Institute.Tim wrote: ↑Jun 21, 2023Looks like an impressive resume.
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I wouldn't expect them to build their own building. This isn't as much something physical as much as it is a community of interdisciplinary people and organizations. Just an umbrella organization to better streamline efforts between the academic institutions and ensure there's a consistent path forward. Sure, the new Executive Director will have an office somewhere, and there's sure to be a few Program Managers and support staff, but I always assumed the Institute was just going to rely on the various academic institutions, public sector orgs and commercial partners to host various events on its behalf.RockChalkSTL wrote: ↑Jun 21, 2023Do we know where on SLU's campus the Taylor Geospatial Institute is housed?
Will it eventually receive its own building?
With seven universities (SLU, WashU, Mizzou, Illinois, UMSL, Harris-Stowe, and Missouri U of S & T) and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center involved, you would think it would require some space.
This institute is brand new and only getting started, so I understand it might be a few years before we see these kinds of moves.
It just sounds ambitious. I remain surprised that the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana is involved.
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^ they were looking to hire 12 Post grad research fellows last year and it includes dedicated office space
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Yeah, definitely not nearly to the level of needing their own building then.
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SLU says it will hire 20 geospatial faculty, aims to establish national expertise in field
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/slu-says-it-will-hire-20-geospatial-faculty-aims-to-establish-national-expertise-in-field/article_b03a696a-87fb-11ee-a5a2-9b713f7ed3e8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latestSt. Louis University announced Monday that it is making a large wave of new teaching hires, adding 20 faculty members focused on “geospatial science and related fields” over the next three years.
The move comes through the school’s partnership with the Taylor Geospatial Institute — the SLU-based research center launched last year with the backing of the local scions of Enterprise Mobility, the rental car giant. The school said the “ambitious” hiring initiative will bring in new faculty members who apply geospatial technology and research to a broad mix of fields, such as climate science, agriculture, national security and even health care.
“Hiring 20 faculty is a big deal,” said Vasit Sagan, the vice president for geospatial science at SLU, and the deputy director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute. Civic and economic leaders have sought in recent years to establish St. Louis as a hub and national leader for geospatial technology. The technology has many valuable behind-the-scenes applications, from helping enable mobile communication, ride-sharing by Lyft or Uber, and tracking for packages, Sagan said — and ultimately powering $1 trillion in global business built around positioning, navigation and timing.
So many tax-exempt vacant lots to map! 
This is consistent with what we herd in the proposal for 3800 Laclede (thousands more grad students).
This is consistent with what we herd in the proposal for 3800 Laclede (thousands more grad students).
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^^Maybe we need to pass a bill that exempts vacant lots from tax exemption, and another that taxes land more heavily than development.
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Got a link to the postings?addxb2 wrote: ↑Jul 21, 2025Amazon has 10 positions available in St. Louis or Herndon, Virginia. The best way to get more high pay tech jobs in St. Louis from companies like Amazon is to fill those roles instead of losing out to DMV.
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I’m happy to make referrals to qualified St. Louisans.
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Tell your friends in computer science, cloud computing, and engineering. $120k-$220k.
I’m happy to make referrals to qualified St. Louisans.
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