“With an audience of more than two dozen watching, representatives of planning consultants PGAV, developer G. J. Grewe and Shrewsbury city officials gathered Wednesday to answer questions from the TIF commission about the proposed $48.9 million Kenrick redevelopment and the cost-benefit analysis. Despite having received the questions in writing after the last meeting, however, special […]
“After years of frustration with the federal No Child Left Behind law, local educators are optimistic that recently proposed changes could lead to a more accurate assessment of student achievement and district quality. President Barack Obama announced the changes during a Sept. 23 speech at the White House. The changes would allow states to apply […]
“After several aborted sessions, the Shrewsbury TIF Commission met Wednesday to hear a presentation by Peckham Guyton Albers Viets (PGAV) planners on their cost/benefit analysis of the proposed Kenrick Plaza redevelopment. According to the presentation by Associate Director Andy Struckhoff, PGAV projects that the proposed development would bring in $87.8 million in revenue within the first 12 months of […]
“The public hearing on the proposed $20 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for G. J. Grewe’s Walmart-anchored Kenrick Redevelopment has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. November 30 at the Shrewsbury City Center. The 12-member Shrewsbury TIF Commission had originally set the hearing for November 9, but then found that they had run out of time to notify […]
“With a dozen or so cars parked outside Rogers Middle School being the norm for an Affton School Board meeting, there clearly had to be something going on Sept. 20 when the lot showed scarcely a vacant slot. The answer: The rank and file of area construction unions were there to root on the board’s […]
“An apologetic Affton School Board on Sept. 20 voted unanimously to – for a second consecutive year – raise the tax rate on residential property in light of increasing fixed costs and stagnant growth. After a required public hearing, the board voted on a schedule of rate hikes that included raising the residential tax rate […]