AWARDS
FOCUS St. Louis announced the What’s Right with the Region Awards in the following categories:
• Demonstrating Innovative Solutions: Karen Tokarz, co-founder of St. Louis Mediation Project; Nine PBS’s Teaching in Room 9; St. Louis Area Foodbank; Thinksgiving.
• Enhancing Regional Prosperity: BioGenerator; Elevate/Elevar Accelerator; Midwest BankCentre; University of Missouri-St. Louis Succeed Program.
• Improving Equity and Inclusion: Dream Builders 4 Equity; EleVATE Women Collaborative; Mental Health Collaborative at Casa de Salud; St. Joseph Housing Initiative.
• Promoting Community Health and Well-being: Music That Reclaims; Room at the Inn; St. Patrick Center’s Hospital to Healthy Housing Program; Tejas Sekhar, executive director of EndingCOVID.
• Emerging Initiatives: Cure Violence Initiative; Neighborhood Healing Network; Rung for Women; St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force.
• Leadership Award: June McAllister Fowler, former senior vice president of communications, marketing and public affairs for BJC HealthCare.
• Emerging Alumni Award: Neal Richardson, executive director of St. Louis Development Corp.
Matt Helbig of Big River Race Management was honored by USA Track & Field with the Allan Steinfeld Award for his work to bring The Marathon Project to life. The Marathon Project was an opportunity to for elite distance runners to race safely during the pandemic.
DIVERSITY
TD4 Electrical Co. announced it bought back the equity position held by Guarantee Electrical Co. and is now a 100% minority-owned company.
EXPANDING
Urology of St. Louis launched a virtual clinic to allow for same-day and next-day virtual appointments, diagnostics and treatments of urinary tract infections.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Ungerboeck, an event management software provider, acquired FairVault, an application for digital document submission and organization.
OPENINGS
Abigail’s Gift Boutique opened a second location:
• 5441 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis
Mix & Match women’s boutique plans a grand opening for its second location on Saturday, March 12:
• 3730 Foundry Way, St. Louis
PROJECTS
St. Clair County Transit District approved $359,985 for engineering for the Tecklenburg Trail Connector in Belleville. The proposed 1.1-mile bike and pedestrian pathway will extend from Main Street and 66th Street to Dutch Hollow and Llewellyn roads.
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Green Street’s hotel and condo project follows a wave of construction worth at least a half-billion dollars in Clayton.
Precision Vehicle Holding has dropped a controversial project at a Maryland Heights site.
German chancellor suggests his country could buy Lockheed Martin’s newer, stealthier F-35s instead of St. Louis-made Super Hornet.
Stereotaxis is cutting the ribbon on its new downtown home on Wednesday. But the move represents more than Stereotaxis’ success.
Company officials said the Viking Mississippi is expected to draw more than 7,500 passengers to the river this year and more than 17,600 during the first full sailing season in 2023.
“They may be turning lemons into lemonade here,” one expert said. “It seems like a pretty good way for them to monetize the land that they already have.”
Steep gas prices in the St. Louis area are hitting some residents, businesses and customers in the pocketbook.
Boeing’s bonuses are part of more than $1.1 billion in incentive payouts across the company, spokeswoman Didi VanNierop said.
It’s been a long two years for business owners who depend on workers suiting up, grabbing coffee and taking lunch breaks.
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