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newsletter published by the Downtown St. Louis Community
Improvement District for its members, downtown property and
business owners, the downtown business and residential community
and all others interested in downtown revitalization. Send all
responses and inquiries to Shuntae' Shields Ryan, Marketing
& Communications Director, via e-mail or mail to: 720 Olive
Street Suite 450 St. Louis, MO 63101 |
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New this fall,
the Downtown Partnership will present Downtown STL Neighborhood
Nights. This FREE neighborhood open house will allow attendees
to explore the downtown STL living experience. Come tour condos,
apartments, shops,  restaurants, bars, roof tops, and much
more---all at no cost! The first neighborhood night, on
Thursday, October 2nd, will feature the Central Business
District and Post Office Square and the second on Thursday,
October 16, will feature the Washington Avenue/Garment District.
Both nights the event will run from 5 pm - 9 pm.
Properties on
the October 2nd tour include the Marquette, Paul Brown Loft
Apartments, Roberts Lofts on the Plaza, Roberts Tower and the
Syndicate. Registration will be at the Old Post Office (815
Olive Street). The October 16th event will feature Blu
CitySpaces, the Bogen and Ventana, Ely Walker Lofts and Roberts
Galerie. More information on the special neighborhood night
entertainment and parking will be coming soon.
Additional
sponsors for the Downtown Neighborhood Nights include Wells
Fargo Home Mortgage, Webster University Old Post Office Campus,
the St. Louis Association of Realtors, St. Louis Commerce
Magazine/RCGA, and the Riverfront Times. For more information,
click
here.
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After an extensive
survey of all downtown properties, we have found that despite
the continuing challenges of the economy and, in particular, the
housing market, interest in downtown living remains strong.
Condo sales for January through June were down 41% from 2007's
all time high pace but total sales of 134 condos exceeded condo
sales of 124 units in 2005 and 110 units 2006. And, while condo
demand has slowed, the rental market is strong. New apartment
properties that opened in late 2007 through the first half of
2008 are filling quickly. Neighborhood Gardens, The Syndicate
and Tudor apartments are near capacity and more than half of all
rental properties reported an increase in occupancy. As a
result, downtown population grew in the January through June
period by nearly 500 people, bringing the total to just under
11,000. For the updated residential occupancy report, click
here.
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Greyhound Moves to Gateway Transportation Center
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After being located in the Old Cass
Bank Building for the last eighty years, the Greyhound Bus
Station has relocated to the newly built St. Louis Gateway  Transportation Center.
Located at 430 S. 15th
Street, Greyhound now offers 35 daily schedules to destinations
across the United States, including Chicago, Memphis, Nashville,
New York, Kansas City, Denver, Springfield and Los Angeles. It
is open 24 hours every day. The facility also provides Greyhound
PackageXpress (GPX) shipping.
Greyhound has stated that being
located in the transportation center allows passengers to easily
connect to Amtrak and St. Louis Regional Transit. The Gateway
Transportation Center is the City of St. Louis' state-of-the-art
multimodal transportation hub where Amtrak passenger train,
Greyhound bus, and Metro light rail and bus service converge.
This new facility provides passengers with a clean, safe, and
friendly transportation center featuring 24-hour operations
staff and security. For Greyhound ticket information in St.
Louis,  call 314-231-4485.
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Kentucky State University and Stillman College
will go head to head during this  year's annual Gateway Classic Football weekend.
The weekend kicks off on Thursday, September 25th with the Dick
Gregory Comedy Show, football game on Saturday, September 27th
and concludes with the Walk of Fame on Sunday. Other Gateway
Classic Weekend events include the President's Business
Breakfast (sponsored by the Downtown Partnership), Rams Coaches
Luncheon, Lifetime Achievement Awards Dinner and the much
anticipated "Battle of the Bands". Proceeds from the football
game go toward full, four-year scholarships for youths attending
historically black institutions.  For more information, contact the St. Louis
Gateway Classic Sports Foundation at 314.621.1994. For more
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New
Members
City Smiles
Schnucks Markets
Renewed
Members
1015 Associates,
LLC
Ameren UE
Anders, Minkler & Diehl, LLP
Bandwidth Exchange Buildings
BarnesCare
BKD, LLP
Blue Boat Designs
Bryant Group Inc.
Building Owners & Mgr. Assoc-STL
Campbell House Museum
Carhill Enterprises, Inc.
Central Parking System of St. Louis
Christian Science Reading Room
Clayco Inc.
Entertainment St.
Louis
Environmental Operations,
Inc.
Flamingo Bowl c/o Blueberry
Hill
Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
FOCUS St. Louis
Gateway Taxi Mgmt./ dba/ Laclede Cab
George Butler Associates, Inc.
Greater Missouri Builders
Guarantee Electrical Co.
Hampton Inn- Gateway Arch
Hewitt-Lucas Body Co., Inc.
HNTB
Architectural Eng. Planners
Hogan Motor Leasing, Inc.
HOK
Group, Inc.
Hooters
Kiku Obata & Company
Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum
Korte Construction Co.
KPMG, LLP
Laclede Gas Company
Laclede's
Landing Merchants Association
Lambert Int'l Airport Authority
Landmarks Association of St. Louis
Lumiere Place
Mark Twain
Hotel
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Renewed Members, continued
Massie,
Fudemberg, Goldberg LLC
Metropolis St. Louis
Mike
Shannon's Steaks & Seafood
Mosaic Restaurant
N.D.
Consulting Group
Niche/The
Lawrence Group
Nichols, Ziemann,
Ahmed & Co.
NSI (The
National System, Inc.)
Oates
Associates, Inc.
Paradowski
Creative
Patricia Stevens
College
Polsinelli, Shalton
Flanigan, Suelthaus P.C
Premier
Rentals
Regional Arts Commission
Sandberg, Phoenix & von
Gontard
Schlichter, Bogard &
Denton
SCI Engineering, Inc.
South Side Cyclery
Southwest Bank
St.
Louis Cardinals
St. Louis CVC
St. Louis Minority Business
Council
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Public Library
St. Patrick Center
Swank Audio Visual
Talent Plus Inc.
The Lawrence
Group Architects, Inc.
The
Roberts Mayfair, a Wyndham Historic Hotel
The Stolar Partnership, LLC
The Vandiver Group
Tony's,
Inc.
Trailnet, Inc.
Tricorp Management Co./TGI Fridays
UMB Bank of St. Louis, N.A.
Washington University
Weiss & Associates, P.C.
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Westin St. Louis
Westmoreland
Associates, LLC
Woolpert, Inc.
World Affairs Council
YMCA-Downtown- Marquette Branches
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5-6 1st
Annual Rock the Runway Fashion Show & Block Party
905 Locust Avenue - www.halosalonstl.com
5-7 Hispanic Festival -
Memorial Parks
5 ArtDimensions' 3rd Floor Gallery Exhibits and Opening
Reception, 1214
Washington Avenue - 7 pm - 11 pm
7 Great Fire Engine Rally & Run -
Memorial Plazas
7 Custom
Auto Show & Concert - Edward Jones Dome -
www.dubmagazine.com
10 Neil Diamond Concert -
Scottrade Center - www.scottradecenter.net
10 The Syndicate Midweek
Movies-Hitch - 9:00 pm - City Grocers
Parking Lot - 10th & Olive Free
12 Go! St. Louis Walk at Work Day -
Kiener Plaza, 11 am - 1 pm
13 The 10th Annual HOP in the City - Schlafly Tap Room -
www.schlafly.com
14 Tour of Missouri - www.tourofmissouri.com
20 POW/MIA Ceremony and
March to the Arch
24 The
Syndicate Midweek Movies-The Wedding Crashers - 9:00 pm
26-28 Taste of St. Louis - Memorial Parks
- www.tastestl.com
27 Gateway Classic Parade
- www.gatewayclassic.org
27 Gateway Classic
Football Game - Edward Jones Dome -
www.gatewayclassic.org
For more event
information, visit www.downtownstl.org.
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Gas Building (720 Olive Street - Suite 450). Our
"storefront" operations (Guides, Clean Team, Landscape
Supervisor and Downtown Information Center) are now located on
the ground floor of the same building, visible from Pine Street
and accessed from the building lobby. Visitors or employees
exiting the MetroLink station could easily identify the
storefront office that also doubles as an information center.
space for the staff, huddle rooms for added
privacy and much more. 
Rescue St. Louis. The 16,500 square foot
building will have medical facilities, housing for dogs and
cats, administrative space and storage and will also house the
Operation Spot (an educational animal non-profit), Pound Pals
(free spay and neutering for the low income applicants), Metro
Animal (informational agency that gives info on pet friendly
housing) and Cat Network. 
Catholic Charities and the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development to invest $4.2 million into the
BEGIN New Venture Center. 
at 1113 Locust. Dr. Christopher Hill is the
dentist at the new practice that relocated from Bridgeton.
Features of the loft style office include exposed duct work and
brick, 16 foot ceilings and the original wood beams throughout.
Services include general, cosmetic and implant dentistry. New
patients are now being accepted. Hours are Monday 
ground floor of Gateway One building. This is
the second location for the café owner who says he had been
looking for another location and downtown was a good fit because
of its heavy foot traffic during the day. The café serves
Kaldi's coffee, croissant breakfast sandwiches, home made baked
goods, sandwiches, salads and soups and lunch. Hours are Monday
- Friday, 7 am - 3 pm.
UPS Store location in downtown St. Louis. The
new store is located on the concourse level of the Renaissance
Grand Hotel in a 1,000 square foot space. The UPS Store offers
packaging services as well as a variety of printing and copy
services. Operating hours are Monday - Saturday, 7 am - 7 pm and
Sunday, 8 am - 5 pm. 
September 13 -20, 2008. Come and shop for
designer home furnishings, custom accessories and meet their
team of designers. Designers featured during the sale include
items from Baker, Knoll, Gus, Herman Miller and more. 
children of all ages can explore the world of
national parks. FREE Activities include rock climbing, hands-on
crafts, live animals, fishing, hiking and biking, art and
entertainment and simulated archeological digs. ParkPalooza will
be held at the Gateway Arch September 27 & 28 from 10 am to
4 pm. 
of Missouri is a 600-mile world-class bicycle
race patterned after the Tour de Georgia and Amgen Tour of
California. It lasts for seven days and features point-to-point
racing that will conclude with a circuit race here in St. Louis
on September 14th. The event is expected to attract a half
million spectators as well as 120 racers from around the world.
The grand finale of the 2008 Tour in St. Louis will be 70 miles
and begin at 2:00 pm. The start and finish line will be at
Tucker and Market in front of City Hall. For more information,
fitness events and programs for the region, is
sponsoring a Walk @ Work Day event in downtown St. Louis.
Downtown workers are encouraged to participate in the event
during their lunch breaks at 11:30 am Friday, September 12. The
one mile walk starts in Kiener Plaza (registration at 11 am),
continues to the Arch Grounds and concludes at 12:30 pm back at
Kiener Plaza. GO! organizes walks each September to promote the
benefits of walking at work. For more information, 
at the Soldier's Memorial (12th and
Market Streets). 