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What about St. Louis makes you brag to family and friends?
By Kurt Greenbaum 03/06/2008 11:34 amRegional planners and the business community can cite plenty of facts and figures when they promote the St. Louis area. They note a National Association of Home Builders report that puts the area as the second most affordable housing market among the 20 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. They tout the Council for Community and Economic Research report pegging us with the third lowest cost of living.
They are pushing hard for development around Busch Stadium - the Ballpark Village project - and they applaud the bi-state agreement to build a new Mississippi River bridge. They point to statistics showing that development has attracted more than 10,000 residents downtown, with projections to grow to 13,000 by 2010.
But when you talk to friends and family in the rest of the country about the St. Louis area, what do you brag about? What are the selling points for the area? And what do regional planners, economic developers and politicians need to work on? What would make the St. Louis area better?
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