Officials in Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ administration said they planned to restart service shutoffs last year. But an aid program designed to help customers in arrears wasn’t ready in time.
Downtown St. Louis will get $74 million for infrastructure and development, with money specifically earmarked to tackle the big, vacant Railway Exchange building.
Doug Burris, who was credited with improving conditions at the St. Louis County jail, has signed on as a consultant to recommend fixes to the troubled downtown city jail.
Greater St. Louis Inc. and the city announced the news in a report to Mayor Tishaura O. Jones on their work to bring two of downtown’s largest empty buildings back
Personnel Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray confirmed the leave Friday, saying she had left the office in an ambulance Thursday. “I've got some medical things,” she said.
Baringer, who is term-limited in the Missouri House, said Wednesday her experience as a legislator would serve her well as St. Louis’ chief financial officer.
For seven years, downtown leaders have plotted a transformation of six blocks of Seventh that connect the convention center to Ballpark Village. Their vision is big.