On Thursday, the St. Louis Development Corporation Board of Directors approved up to $350,000 to create a fund to aid businesses surrounding the three St. Louis Main Street organizations and the businesses they support. 

On Monday, the St. Louis Sports Commission announced the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held in St. Louis.

The 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships is slated for Jan. 5-11 at the Enterprise Center.

On Friday, a City of St. Louis judge allowed the St. Louis Development Corporation’s (SLDC) Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (LCRA) to condemn and take possession of the Railway Exchange Building and adjacent parking garage through eminent domain.

A Central West End-based law firm is expanding to a larger space on Delmar Blvd–continuing the momentum of vacant, dilapidated buildings being redeveloped.

On Thursday, the St. Louis Development Corporation’s (SLDC) Board of Directors unanimously approved up to $5 million in New Markets Tax Credits for Stock Legal to move to 4709 Delmar Blvd, which is just at the edge of the Central West End neighborhood.

An arts foundation is planning to build an arts and entertainment facility in St. Louis’ Downtown West neighborhood.

On Thursday, the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) Board of Directors approved $5 million in New Markets Tax Credits to develop Delmar Stage and Studios at 2233 Delmar Blvd. A project totaling $6.25 million.

Board members of the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) voted this morning to approve an amendment to its bylaws creating a succession plan to address vacancies for ex-officio members.

An independent audit initiated by the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) showed the North City Grant Program application process is largely fair, consistent and meets all federal guidelines and local requirements.

ICL Group LTD (ICL), an international company specializing in sustainable agriculture and industrial production, is expanding to North St. Louis.

Empower. Develop. Transform. These three words define the essence of the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC). Since its inception in the 1970s, SLDC has been a driving force for economic growth and community development.

St. Louis Development Corporation, the independent economic development agency serving the City of St. Louis, is pleased to welcome Deion Broxton as Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs.

This week, with the help of funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones’ administration, in partnership with the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC), began installing free WiFi in nine city parks.

St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) recently released new Financial Incentives Guides to help educate and simplify the development process in the City of St. Louis.

To strengthen public confidence in SLDC’s process of evaluating applications for the North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program — and to remain as transparent as possible as funds are disbursed to conditionally approved applicants — SLDC has established the NSTL Grant Transparency Portal. 

Traffic cones have gone down and old sidewalks are coming up as construction work has begun on the project to connect two major Downtown anchors with a new-look 7^th Street between Ballpark Village and America’s Center on Washington Avenue.

To eliminate blight and facilitate redevelopment into more productive mixed uses as allowable by Ordinance 71755, on October 3, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Louis (LCRA), a development board staffed by St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC), filed a petition in the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of St. Louis, Mo., to acquire property through Eminent Domain in the Locust St./ North 6th St./ Pine St./ North 7th St. Redevelopment Area.

On October 4, 2024, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) will host the 2024 Mayor’s Celebration of Businesses Luncheon.

In the latest round of allocations announced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) was selected to receive $25 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) to further economic justice and assist local development projects.

Earlier this month, representatives from St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) and the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) joined Mayor Tishaura O. Jones and P&G’s leadership to celebrate the company’s $180 million expansion, which will result in the creation of new jobs at the 17-acre North St. Louis campus where the company produces Cascade, Mr. Clean, Swiffer and Febreze products.

On September 24, SLDC's President & CEO, Neal Richardson appeared in front of the HUDZ Committee to address concerns about the perceived lack of transparency and integrity surrounding the North St. Louis Small Business & Non-Profit Grant Program. 

St. Louis-based nonprofit Gateway Arch Park Foundation (“The Foundation”) announced today that it is under contract for the purchase of the Millennium Hotel property, located at 200 S. 4th St.