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Violent Crime in the City down 10.4% through June 2026 vs 2025, on pace for lowest since 1960s
If you’re coming down, don’t think you’ll get in before fireworks
This rain cooled things down but it also made everyone arrive at the same time and now there are massive lines to get into the arch grounds.
Shows start at 7:30 pm with Kenny Loggins & Miranda Lambert followed by drones and fireworks
Summer Vacation costs more this year (downtown sidewalks)
Nice reminder for the 500,000 expected to be in downtown over the next 3 days
Rams settlement bill passed 12-3 and off to the mayor to sign into law
Final buckets above
Here bill here https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/city-laws/upload/legislative/boardbills/floor-amended/BB22AAFLCombined%20(final).pdf
Downtown Sybergs to close, hotel to be demolished
This from another part of the interwebs. I’ve also run this by people in the know and they are hearing the same thing, but whats still blank is what comes next for the site and most likely answer is a redevelopment by City SC, they own a couple other sites between the the stadium and jefferson and i believe they’ll eventually take it all.
4th street closed through downtown
4th is closed at Walnut and through Pine for preparation for 4th of July.
504 people did Yoga at Kiener Plaza this morning, new record
504 people did yoga at Kiener Plaza this morning, a new record for this series, it breaks the record set last week which broke the record set few weeks ago. Every Tuesday at 7:00am
Email addresses for SLMPD board
I couldn’t find the board members official email addresses anywhere online so I submitted a sunshine request for their official emails and any phone number they use for official business. It took them 33 days just to give me the emails (also Commissioner Sonya Jenkins-Gray is not listed, not sure if inadvertently or if she is no longer on board but it’s easy to figure out what her email is based on the ones listed).
I made this request because I think all city residents or visitors should have contact info for those who decide how $220,000,000 of our money is spent over the next 12 months. So if you have questions or comments, here you go
A yes vote on amendment 5 is higher taxes for 92% of Missouri households
If amendment 5 passes, taxes will go up on 92% of Missouri households. Mike Kehoe wants us to have a Tennessee style tax system, well that means more taxes on 92% of Missouri households & this makes sense since people in TN have less disposable income than Missourians today
If you vote yes on Amendment 5, today’s prices at the pump are here to stay
Trump’s Iran war cost Missourian’s an extra $1.582 billion. @MikeLKehoe & #moleg could have soften the blow by $400m by suspending the states gas tax, they chose not to. Kehoe and republicans actually raised it by 71% w/o voter approval when he was in the senate. They’ll raise it more & add sales tax to it if you Vote yes for Amendment 5
Will STL Bosnians be conflicted next Wednesday?
I think this is the way for most that were born in Bosnia, even the ones born here with Bosnian parents.
Now that both Bosnia and the United States have advanced out of the group stage, they’ll meet on July 1 in San Francisco. Ever since the matchup became official, a lot of people have asked me if I’m conflicted or whether this is going to be a difficult game for me to watch.
The honest answer is no. Not at all.
I was born in Bosnia and spent the first ten years of my life there before my family immigrated to the United States. I’ve now lived in America for the last thirty years, and I’m incredibly grateful for everything this country has given me. The opportunities, the friendships, the career, and the life I’ve built here are things I’ll never take for granted.
But Bosnia is where my story began. It’s where my roots are, where my earliest memories were made, and it’s a part of who I am that has never changed. When your homeland finally reaches a stage like this, especially after everything the country has endured, that’s something you don’t take for granted.
Bosnia has almost always been the underdog. We’re a small country competing against nations with far larger populations, bigger player pools, and greater resources. We’ve never expected anything to be handed to us, and that’s one of the things that has always made me proud to support Bosnia.
So when the whistle blows on July 1, there won’t be any internal debate for me. I’ll be cheering for Bosnia. That’s not a statement against the United States,
far from it. It’s simply a reflection of where I came from. Home is home.
If the U.S. wins, I’ll probably be less disappointed than I would be if Bosnia lost to almost any other country. And once that match is over, if Bosnia’s tournament has come to an end, I’ll be cheering for the United States the rest of the way. But for those ninety minutes, my heart will be with the country where my journey began.
Lost parents booth at 4th of July
If you lose your parents they’ll be at the EMS booth
STL to be very well represented at the World Cup tomorrow
We made this into a banner for the game in Seattle on Wednesday, about 30-35 people from STL are going that are from the same town in Bosnia. It’s 3.5 by 6 feet
I expect a five thousand+ STL Bosnians to make the trek to Seattle and about 30,000 at the game. If Bosnia wins (70% favorite) they’ll move on to the knockout stage and most likely play the US on July 1 in SF
St. Louis musician Mvstermind lands US soccer anthem heard around the world
Muhammad “Mvstermind” Austin, a St. Louis native son, is one of the brightest talents in the music industry. His work ethic is solid, his confidence is unwavering, and his music is creating a buzz that is spreading around the world.
His hit “U.S. Against The World” is featured in one of HBO’s most popular sports documentary series and is the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team’s official anthem. The song is being played at soccer stadiums around the globe and at bars and watch parties for the FIFA World Cup.
New Lambert airport terminal update
From someone who Listened to Rhonda speak at the City Employees Retirement meeting (state of the union) this week.
A few things she elaborated on were:
The new airport terminal progress and plans to be announced soon by HOK. She said contrary to rumors, HOK is designing a world-class airport for the region and their home city.
British Airways and Luthansa flights are running solid at 90 percent or above. Even with Lufthansa's additional weekly flights added in June, their response is above and beyond positive. She also explained further that BA was waiting to get STL in line for a gate/space opening at Heathrow for a couple years. STL took BA's Johannesburg 787 gate. BA upgraded that route last winter to th A380. Rhonda said that BA wants to serve STL year round and may announce that service as soon as this summer. She said that they are vying at Heathrow to keep the gate/space for STL. Right now Heathrow had a serious space issue and until expansion is done, the airlines are locked in. Even though they want more space, BA, Virgin and Iberia are all against the newst expansion plans because they say it will triple passenger costs. Gatwick is not an option for BA right now either, as the airport is already limiting space for BA at the furthest gates that have to use long distance bus connections and are not timely for air connections.
She talked about how the STL air traffic control tower and how it also is centrally located in the airport surrounds and is playing a strong role with uniformed and explansion operations. Most airports towers have been sidelined when building new terminals but that plays a significant role in limiting operations and safety. I didn't quite get all of the dialogue on this.
Not only Lufthansa and British Airways, two international carriers, added service to STL, it is now more than ever that STL gets onboard with building the new airport as quickly as possible with the dedicated international arrivals hall and easier connections to airline code shares and secure shared TSA areas.
On the short list, STL has interest from Iberia but did not elaborate.
We need to keep Southwest focused on their operations and "hub" connections in STL. The long connection walks in T2 one sided terminal are a concern. Additional gates now will only cause longer connections. This is an immediate thing STL and SWA are working together on in the current state of T2 and the possibility of moving Southwest into the new terminal first before others will satisfy the growth of their hub operations in STL relieving the stress on their operations anf continuing their growth here. It is a major push for them. She said that BNA has "relieved" some of this connection timing, but they (BNA) would love to expand more SWA as well. So the quicker they can move SWA into the new terminal the better.
When asked about the new terminal being so long, her response was that the terminal will be a "mega-terminal" and one of the longest concourses of size in the domestic USA. That being said, airlines will.be hubbed together on double sided gates and connected with continuous moving walkways, some possibly on an extra level to bypass gates to baggage, parking, and ground transportation.
Olin Corp leaves Clayton for Texas
After yesterday news that Centene is doing major headcount reductions. This is far worse, Olin, which hangs around the F500 cutoff will now be a $12.4b company and squarely in the Fortune 500 after buying a smaller firm in Texas & taking that companies HQ in the Woodlands Texas.
STL city gained nearly 10,000 home owners & 11,000 more occupied homes from 2014 to 2024
It’s an interesting trend.