LOCAL HEADLINES

• Construction on first building at Noah's Ark site now expected this fall
  ST. CHARLES - St. Charles officials are close to issuing the building permit for the first of a series of mixed-use buildings planned for the site of the old Noah's Ark complex at Interstate 70 and Fi […]
• St. Louis County seeks Jamestown Mall ideas
  How should the struggling Jamestown Mall in Florissant be revamped? St. Louis County wants to hear your ideas. […]
• Downtown bike center announced
  Mayor Francis G. Slay, the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, the Downtown CID and Loftworks today announced that the funding is finalized to create the region’s first public commuter bike center. […]
• How are things in Granite City? Hopeful and holding their own
  There is a glowing sign of changing times in downtown Granite City: astylish marquee on a just-completed state-of-the-art new Granite City Cinema, withineyeshot of an old landmark steel mill that's up and running again. The community of about 30,000 is surviving and determined to keepmoving forward, despite the still-tough economy, says Mayor Ed Hagnaue […]
• Fueled by tax credits, downtown has building boom
  If you want to take a break from the economic dirge of the past few weeks, here's a number to ponder: $929 million.  It's not your share of the national debt or the cost of an Ivy League education. It's the value of building projects going on right now in downtown St. Louis -- renovations, redevelopments and new construction under way at a tim […]
• Local developers make bid for shuttered Chrysler site
  A group of local developers has put in a bid to buy Fenton's empty Chrysler assembly site, St. Louis County's top economic development official said Wednesday. […]
• Belleville to discuss fate of YMCA, Meredith Home buildings
  Residents might be closer to knowing the fate of two vacant Belleville landmarks. […]