The Arch City Report

Some high-profile St. Louis nonprofits are in turmoil, including a well-known radio station that finds itself needing to sell its license and office tower. Meanwhile, other charitable groups are coming up with innovative ways to give back to the community, even as local giving has changed substantially in recent years. 

Baseball season is upon us, but after two years of declining attendance, the prospects this year don’t look good for the businesses that rely on visitors to Busch Stadium. This week, we take a look at exactly how much sales have declined in and around the ballpark. 

A series of national hockey events have all come to St. Louis around the same time as the Blues are battling for a playoff spot. This week, we ask the president of the Blues and the St. Louis Commission about what this says as a location for destination sports and for St. Louis’ claim to the title of Hockey City USA.

The north-south MetroLink expansion, projected to cost as much as $1.1B, is light on ridership projections, but high on promise for what it would do to help reinvigorate north St. Louis. But with the Trump administration in power, transity agency BiState Development is having to change how it pitches its proposal for key federal grant money. 

The St. Louis-area counties west of the Mississippi might be the engine driving Missouri’s economy, but its Metro East counterparts can’t say the same in Illinois. Its economic output, data show, relies heavily on one major employer fraught with instability.

The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, Andrew Jones outlines his vision for St. Louis. 

The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, city Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler describes his plan for spending the Rams money and increasing the city’s population, among other topics.  

The Business Journal is releasing its interviews with the candidates for St. Louis mayor in their entirety. Here, Alderwoman Cara Spencer outlines her vision for St. Louis. 

The proposal to redevelop the vacant Millennium Hotel site, like several other downtown projects, will rely heavily on apartments in a neighborhood where supply already outpaces demand.

The founder of Saint Louis Bread Co., Ken Rosenthal, passed away last week. Hear what one of his original partners, and a former CEO of the company, has to say about Rosenthal’s legacy and the company that would eventually become Panera.