Bring your old electronics to the FREE Annual Downtown Unplugged event on April 28 (Noon – 6pm) and April 29 (7 am – 2 pm). The St. Louis Cardinals are hosting this electronics recycling event on the site of Ballpark Village, in collaboration with the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, WITS, Waste Management and Paradowski Creative. Anyone can drop off—FOR FREE—unused or unwanted electronic equipment at trailers located in the Ballpark Village parking lot, located at Walnut Street and South Broadway. In return, the first 1,000 people to donate each day will receive a buy-one, get-one free St. Louis Cardinals ticket offer. Even if you don’t work or live downtown, everyone is encouraged to recycle their old TVs, monitors, etc.

To schedule pickups from individual businesses or for a list of recyclable items, click here.

Every two years the Downtown St. Louis Community Improvement District (CID) conducts the Downtown Workers Survey to help guide our efforts toward improving the downtown worker experience and to continue our goal of making Downtown a cleaner, safer and more vibrant place. This year, everyone who completes the survey will receive a coupon to City Gourmet and a chance to win Cardinals tickets and Downtown St. Louis Gift Cards. We ask that you take the survey and pass it along to your downtown co-workers. For more information, contact Matt Schindler at 314.436.6500 ext. 223 or click here to begin.

Urban Roots, a collaborative of non-profit organizations committed to greening/beautifying downtown, will launch its annual Spring planting effort Friday and Saturday, May 7 & 8 (9 am-Noon). Volunteers are needed to plant a mix of flowers in Poelker Park, Soldiers Memorial, City Hall and the Civil Courts building. This year, annuals, perennials and roses will be planted in garden beds, hanging baskets, planters and window boxes. To volunteer, contact Lindsey Schmid by calling 314.436.6500 ext. 241 or click here. The Urban Roots partners include the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, Downtown CID, Operation Brightside, Flora Conservancy, Gateway Greening and the City of St. Louis Parks Department.

The Guerilla Florist, a collaboration of artists committed to promoting the art of floral design by placing floral art into the community, visited downtown’s newest attraction, Citygarden! Tagging their creation as an “Eggstravaganza”, colorful eggs of varying sizes were placed all over the garden, one massive egg and a scattering of smaller floral eggs are “as beautiful as they are comical.” For more information on the Guerilla Florist and their projects, click here.

Join GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness for the annual half marathon and marathon relay race to be held on Sunday, April 11, 2009 beginning at 7 am. More than 17,000 runners and walkers from around the country, along with 30,000 spectators, converge on the downtown area for the race. The marathon race course starts in Downtown St. Louis at Market & 14th Street and finishes at Soldier’s Memorial at 13th Street & Chestnut. The Go! St. Louis Marathon is known as Missouri’s largest fitness event. To view street closures, participate, volunteer or just cheer on the runners, click here.

Ozzie’s on Washington

1511 Washington Avenue*314.241.0100

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith has opened a new restaurant with a sports bar atmosphere in Downtown St. Louis. Restaurant highlights include over 40 TVs (all of the booths have TVs as well), thirteen of Ozzie Smith’s golden gloves on display, lots of memorabilia, signed jerseys from all Cardinal Hall of Famers, a retail center authorized to sell authentic licensed sporting apparel and much more. A special treat to diners include Ozzie Smith’s son Nikko Smith who is scheduled to entertain at the venue often. The restaurant menu is American fare and hours are 11 am – 1:30 am, seven days a week. Saturday and Sunday they open at 10 am for breakfast. For more information, click here.