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Brickline Greenway championing underserved
By Ashley Winters The St. Louis American
Derelict buildings and overgrown vacant lots have been big contributors to the blight and safety concerns that have plagued Daphne Redding’s St. Louis Place neighborhood for decades. These problems, she says, prevent her neighborhood from thriving. All of that is about to change. A new collaborative community development corporation is going to help transform neighborhoods along the northern part of Brickline Greenway Brickline North. The Brickline North Community Development Corporation BNCDC will serve Covenant Blu Grand Center, JeffVander-Lou, and St. Louis Place neighborhoods, providing comprehensive community development services that include revitalization, public safety initiatives, nonprofit and small business support, and community engagement and advocacy. “This CDC will be an important infrastructure for helping shape future investments, both by supporting existing efforts and catalyzing new efforts that will contribute to an ever-more-flourishing
See ELLERMAN, A7
Vol. 96 No. 30 COMPLIMENTARY
Prop A ‘good for business’ Entrepreneurs urging people to vote yes
By Sylvester Brown, Jr. The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Audrey Ellerman a resident of the Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood standing near the intersections of Spring, Finney and Redd Foxx Lane where the renovations will start on the Great Rivers Greenway next year.
“I built my businesses on a belief in the American Dream, and that includes paying people fairly so they can make a living,” said Joe Edwards. Edwards, the owner of Blueberry Hill restaurant and music club, the Moonrise Hotel, The Pageant and other University City businesses is one of the 500 businesses in the Missouri Business for a Healthy Economy coalition urging voters to vote “yes” on Proposition A. The ballot proposal on November’s ballot to raise the minimum wage from $12.30 an hour to $13.75 in 2025 and $15 in 2026. Passage will also guarantee paid sick leave for over 700,000 Missouri workers lacking it now. Tameka The amendment Stigers will exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts and education institutions from the minimum wage increase. If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes. The business coalition says raising the minimum wage and enabling workers to earn paid sick time will “boost consumer spending, reduce costly employee turnover, increase productivity, and strengthen Missouri’s workforce, businesses and economy.” In a statement released by the alliance, Edwards added that Prop A will make Missouri’s businesses and communities “stronger and healthier.” “Investing in employees has paid off
See PROP A, A6
Photo courtesy of the AP
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Harris’ closing argument electrifies Ellipse rally
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a historic closing argument Tuesday evening before an enthusiastic crowd estimated at over 75,000 on The Ellipse in Washington, D.C.
The estimated crowd of 8,000 quickly grew into a record-breaking show of support, highlighting Harris’ momentum entering the final week of her campaign. Harris took the stage at 6:37 p.m. to a thunderous reception and shouted, “Good Evening America!” “One week from today, you will
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Suggs receives Honor Medal
By Austin Fitzgerald For the St. Louis American
have a chance to make a decision that directly affects your lives, the lives of your family, and the future of this country. It will probably be the most important vote you’ve ever cast,” Harris said as the crowd cheered and repeated Ka-ma-la, Ka-ma-la.
Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The St. Louis American, was recently honored as a recipient of a 2024 University of Missouri Honor Medal and shared his thoughts on journalism and his ownership of the American for 40 years to students at the Missouri School of Journalism “At the American, we have special concerns for the vulnerable and the marginalized,” Suggs said, addressing a community journalism class taught by Associate Professor Elizabeth Stephens,
See HARRIS, A7
See SUGGS, A6
‘Together, we will turn the page’
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire
American publisher honored at Mizzou
HEALTH
A partnership to prevent drug poisonings
St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the St. Louis Health Department are working together to minimize the risks of poisoning deaths in the St. Louis area.
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