Greater St. Louis, Inc.

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🎙 Founding Greater St. Louis, Inc. Board Member Penny Pennington shares why Edward Jones is committed to St. Louis — and how telling our own positive stories can help the metro prosper. BizSTL Podcast via St. Louis Magazine ➡ bit.ly/3RPr3Pp #STLMade

VIBRANT DOWNTOWN — Ramsay's Kitchen is now open at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis. Diners made more than 30,000 reservations over 10 days, a record for a Ramsay establishment. Hear why Gordon Ramsay chose Downtown St. Louis via St. Louis Public Radio ➡ bit.ly/4clwMoc #STLMade

$1.8 BILLION EXPANSION IN PROGRESS — Boeing is moving forward with a 1.1 million-square-foot advanced combat aircraft building that will double its manufacturing footprint in St. Louis, and add an estimated 500 advanced manufacturing jobs to the metro: bit.ly/4ePRdLw

FOR ST. LOUIS — In the latest WinningSTL interview, Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Andrew Martin discussed the school’s new Neuroscience Research Building, a catalyst for world-class brain research, as well as the university’s intentional efforts in shaping WashU for St. Louis. WashU is one of the metro's largest employers: bit.ly/3L2TZjc 📺 Ian Caso & Andrew Martin

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION — A new retail incentive program sponsored by Greater St. Louis, Inc. and the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) offers up to $350,00 in grants to encourage street-level activity, fund improvements, and activate pop-up shops in Downtown St. Louis. We received an overwhelming number of submissions, and some businesses, like Brew Tulum — which is opening both a coffee shop and restaurant on Laclede’s Landing — are already pre-approved for grants. “Downtown St. Louis is a dynamic market, but it needs more retail activity,” Kurt Weigle, Chief Downtown Officer at Greater St. Louis, Inc. “The incentives on which we are partnering with SLDC are designed to attract high-quality businesses of all sizes to the heart of the St. Louis metro." READ MORE via St. Louis Post-Dispatch: bit.ly/3zdDyOb

The International Institute of St. Louis is currently welcoming the largest influx of immigrants and refugees to the St. Louis region in nearly 30 years, a fact that presents an incredible growth opportunity to the St. Louis metro. While the increasing number of immigrants moving to St. Louis is great news for the metro, IISTL is in urgent need of support to adequately welcome these new arrivals. Greater St. Louis, Inc. joined IISTL to express support of their work in welcoming and supporting incoming immigrants and to call for the St. Louis community to help the organization fill gaps in funding, donations, and volunteers. Here's how to help: crisisstl.org 📸 Jason Hall, Mohammed Raza Hassani, Afghan immigrant and owner, Raza Auto Sale and Repair, Kendra Holmes, RPh, Pharm D, Arrey Obenson

DOWNTOWN MOMENTUM — As part of the newly announced public-private partnership with the City of St. Louis that aims to make Downtown safe, vibrant, and beautiful, Greater St. Louis, Inc. presents free, weekly parties every Thursday, 5-8 p.m., in Kiener Plaza through August. This week's Downtown Summer Nights (Thursday, June 27) event includes musical performances by #STLMade artists. 🔗 stlsummernights.com ☀

June 19 commemorates Juneteenth, the day in 1865 on which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the promise offered by the Emancipation Proclamation, more than two years after its issuance.   President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation — “sincerely believed to be an act of justice” — offered not just freedom but hope for equality. Nearly 160 years later, we continue to work toward the promise of this monumental document, with much left to do.   At Greater St. Louis, Inc., we know that success for each of us is success for all of us. Achieving our North Star — inclusive economic growth — means that we must take into account the often painful history of both our region and our country and attempt to bridge the opportunity gaps left behind. Only by working together can we create opportunity, access, and equity for all. Explore Juneteenth events across the metro: https://lnkd.in/gpxAR354

LOCAL IMPACT, GLOBAL REACH — Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park, a world-class safari park and conservation center, is set to open in 2027 near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. A new report estimates WildCare Park will generate $660 million in economic impact over the next 10 years including: 🐾 384 new jobs 🦒 421,900 visitors each year 🦓 $184 million spent by guests at regional businesses outside of WildCare Park 📈 $97.3 million in governmental revenue, including $49.9 million in state and local tax revenues “The Saint Louis Zoo alone already averages around $200 million of economic value annually, a number enhanced by its considerable cultural impact,” said Jason Hall, CEO of Greater St. Louis Inc. “With the additional value WildCare Park brings to the metro, the Zoo will continue to act as an increasingly significant economic engine for our region.” 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gr5ftC5t #STLMade