The Arch City Report

This week, I'm joined by Bi-State Development's Mary Lamie to talk about the significant investments being made along the Mississippi riverfront in St. Louis, and what is says about this city's relationship with the waterway that created it.

This week, St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green joins us to discuss the board’s swift action in approving some tornado recovery bills and just how much of the city’s money from the Rams settlement could be in play for recovery efforts.

Rawlings, the St. Louis company that was founded off its patent for a baseball glove more than 140 years ago believes it’s on the verge of a huge milestone. This week, we explain how the company that supplies the balls to Major League Baseball got to this point.  

The tornado that tore through St. Louis left five dead and a trail of property damage expected to exceed $1 billion. But what’s to come, especially in poor communities hit hardest, could be just as damaging. Join us we talk with the Urban League’s Michael McMillan about the twister’s lingering damage. 

Real Estate investor Charles Goldman joins us this week to explain his plan to bring new life to Missouri's largest skyscraper, the long-vacant AT&T tower in downtown St. Louis, and why a tax credit bill in Jefferson City is critical to the project.

A former top executive at a Metro East bank is accused of stealing nearly $2 million from his employer in a check kiting scheme. This week, we discuss what we learned about Andy Blassie’s life outside the bank. Join us for that and more on the Arch City Report podcast.

Downtown businesses leaders want a better chance at attracting more and bigger events to the city. So they’ve asked state lawmakers to approve a unique district that could arm them with the tools they need to make downtown into an even bigger concert and event destination. We have that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.  

Would you live downtown? Odds are good that if you already live in the St. Louis region, you’ve already made up your mind that doing so isn’t safe. But one downtown developer has data showing outsiders who haven’t been exposed to downtown’s safety stigma are having no trouble making that choice. We have that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.

South Kingshighway was once a bustling retail corridor touching a dozen south St. Louis neighborhoods. But years of disinvestment has left South Kingshighway in a state of disrepair. This week we introduce you to one family, the Garcias, led by brothers Ivan and Berto Garcia, which has taken it upon themselves to revive a nearly mile-long stretch of Kingshighway with new restaurants, coffee shops and other businesses. We also take a look at how Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration is shaping up and preview an event that will answer a pressing question: What exactly is advanced manufacturing? 

Most St. Louisans have come to know David Hoffmann as the man trying to turn Augusta into the next Napa Valley. But over the last several months, he’s emerged as America’s most aspiring newspaper magnate. He joins the Arch City Report with the story of why he wants to save news and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.