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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 9h

Be wary of promises that are not in writing.

FYI: SLDC has 30 days to review projects for which St. Louis Midtown Redev. Corp.* wants to authorize tax abatement. SLDC's review is conducted in secret.

The #ArmoryTIF district is eligible for up to 25 years tax abatement.

* #SLU353 Master developer

STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 13h

This whole proposal is a mess in a myriad of ways, and I don't trust the tax generation numbers at all, but it is good to see a rather firm swearing off of tax abatement by SLU/Midtown Redevelopment. BoA should terminate the existing TIF encompassing the site, though.
www.stlmag.com/business/tow...

Town hall on Midtown data center brings out critics—and promises of no tax abatement

A data center proposed for St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood drew hostile questions from city residents last night, with broad concerns and skepticism about the purported benefits of a $600 million data...

www.stlmag.com

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 9h

I keep feeling like all their statements about taxes are so carefully crafted, as if they already know about a carve out or exception that absolves them of being the one to ask for abatement or that they know what other incentives are likely coming.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 9h

It’s true, and we seem to forget it when it’s someone “we” don’t like. I’d really like to see governments provide some level of supervisory protections for workers stuck in a situation like that.

Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 10h

I remember when the St. Charles County Prosecutor was charged with his own crime while in office. A lot of people don’t realize how the system isn’t designed to easily remove elected officials with bad behavior. Even when harassing staff, there’s often no protections for staff from those electeds.

Sarah Fenske @sarahfenske.bsky.social · 11h

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery has been ordered to jail while he awaits his day in court .... but, bizarrely, he remains the sheriff. @ryankrull.bsky.social has the details: www.stlmag.com/news/alfred-...

St. Louis sheriff ordered to jail after trouble with guns, burner phone

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery got burned by his own burner phone today and is now headed to jail as the criminal case against him works its way through court. Montgomery, already on house arres...

www.stlmag.com

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t tempt him with a good time.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

What could make McKee want to demo this after over a decade?

Year Paid Tax Amount Original Assessment Commercial Tax Residential Tax Surtax SBD Lateral Sewer
2024 No $6,911.53 $0.00 $1,180.29 $0.00 $231.24 $0.00 $0.00
2023 Yes $1,353.53 $0.00 $1,122.29 $0.00 $231.24 $0.00 $0.00
2022 Yes $1,396.78 $0.00 $1,165.54 $0.00 $231.24 $0.00 $0.00
2021 Yes $1,423.09 $0.00 $1,163.85 $0.00 $231.24 $0.00 $28.00
2020 Yes $1,414.05 $0.00 $1,154.81 $0.00 $231.24 $0.00 $28.00
2019 Yes $1,410.05 $0.00 $1,150.81 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $28.00
2018 Yes $1,376.04 $0.00 $1,128.28 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $28.00
2017 Yes $1,356.69 $0.00 $1,108.93 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $28.00
2016 Yes $1,370.92 $0.00 $1,123.16 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $28.00
2015 Yes $1,264.79 $0.00 $1,017.03 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $28.00
2014 Yes $1,227.25 $0.00 $1,014.05 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Part of it is so they can have a picnic after. Another part is in follow up to a Dogtown walking tour hosted in the spring where we discussed how the area doesn’t have many grocery stores easily accessible, especially since Fields Foods (😡) closed. Hoping we can repeat this if it goes well!

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

If even a safety vest can’t protect you, what are the odds that the rest of us will be safe? Truly awful stuff.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

This was part of the early conversations! Then we realized we might actually destroy some of the strollers given the state of things, which is its own indictment.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to bring attention to the deplorable state of St. Louis sidewalks, @stlurbanists.bsky.social have come up with an event to help bring attention to the issue.

St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social · 1d

Help us bring attention to pedestrian safety and accessibility by racing granny carts down abysmal sidewalks! All details available on meetup.com/stlurbanists

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 2d

Way too many people go straight back but all my best research breakthroughs come from going wide, so you’re doing great focusing on that early. But also it makes me want to shake some ancestors and tell them they could have stopped after a certain number to save me some trouble.

Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 2d

And that’s not a complete list (see also me walking into traffic on Delmar today and my endless Cortex/Forest Park complaints) but it’s exhausting. I’m sick of being an afterthought.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 2d

It is constant that safety improvements have absolutely no consideration for safety during the construction phase. And that usually is a sign of what to expect once the project finishes. So far this year it’s been Jefferson, Compton, Kingshighway, Hampton, 20th Street, Gravois at Russell and TGA.

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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 2d

I am the kind of pedestrian your parents warned you about.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 3d

It's always a parking lot

NextSTL @nextstl.com · 3d

$25M building permit application submitted for a parking lot at 4148 CLAYTON AV. For Cortex MX

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve not heard nearly enough about the depreciation which is a very important point.

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 3d

BB77 would set the speed limit on Kingshighway from MLK to Bircher near I70 to 25 mph.
Speed kills
#carsruincities

Board Bill Number 77 In Session 2025-2026

Regulation of Traffic Speed along Kingshighway Memorial Boulevard between Dr. Martin Luther King Drive and Bircher Boulevard

www.stlouis-mo.gov

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Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotgarden.bsky.social · 3d

Want to reach great heights from above the Garden? Join us for a beginner-friendly session in tree climbing! 🌳

🗓️ Saturday, October 18 from 12:30–2:30 p.m. OR Sunday, October 19 from 3—5 p.m.
📍 Japanese Garden
🔗 buff.ly/8o7g9vH

📸 J.J. Mueller, S.J.

#MOBOTGarden

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 3d

St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Monday will break ground on a new airfield maintenance and snow removal equipment facility, an important step before the larger project begins. Also buried in the business journal story are the vendors for the larger terminal project 👀

In 2024, the airport's airlines authorized another $650 million in spending on the single-terminal project. That's for an eventual reopening of Concourse D and part of Concourse C in Terminal 1, as Concourse A carriers would be forced to move because of
construction. Other projects include the demolition of vacant buildings, as well as project architectural design.
The vendors for the overall project now are:
HOK for terminal design; HDR for roadway and new parking garage architecture;
AECOM Hunt and Clayco for construction management of the terminal; Alberici and Tarlton for roadway construction; and Kwame Building Group and WSP as program
manager.

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 5d

I can confirm that looks nearly identical to when I last walked there.

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swhikt.bsky.social @swhikt.bsky.social · 5d

Guess the PR push is getting started.

MEC filing for ballot measure to add more sales tax

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Dan Doelling @dandoelling.com · 6d

The City's draft Transportation & Mobility Plan has been posted online and is now open for public comment!

Draft: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wk9a1...

Public comment: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea @devintoshea.bsky.social · 6d

seems like a politics of revenge against people who live in cities, conducted on behalf of furious and demented republicans who will never visit those cities, and who are, at the same time, a little disenchanted with the movement

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 6d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 6d

It’s always the ones you most suspect.

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