St. Charles lies at one end of the Katy Trail, a 225 mile long state park enjoyed by bikers and walkers. Since the late 1970s, there has been very healthy new home construction, commercial growth and explosive population growth in the St. Charles area. In describing the area, someone coined the phrase the Golden Triangle in the Eighties, referring to the tremendous growth in real estate development in the St. Charles County region bordered by Highways 70, 40 and 94. St. Charles City has an historic shopping district and most standard living features (with the exception of a public golf course) that are usually found in a community of St. Charles' size. The City also has many current events and features related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition which arguably started in St. Charles.
Two new communities are New Town at St. Charles and Charlestowne are currently under construction in northern St. Charles. New Town and Charlestowne are the best examples in the St. Louis area of the new movement in residential development and community planning, New Urbanism. An 11,000 seat arena called the Family Arena was built in the early 1990s and is used by minor league sports franchises and hosts events like concerts, shows, circuses, graduations and special college sporting contests.
Another prominent feature of St. Charles in the new development category is the St. Charles Convention Center. It hosts conferences, business meetings, trade shows, Chamber of Commerce expos, and a variety of public sales and association shows. Located along Interstate 70, it displays event information on an electronic message board that is clearly visible to all passing by.
A new feature (opened Nov. 2006) of the St. Charles Parks and Recreation System is a dog park on the north side of town as a part of DuSable Park-Bales Area. This off-leash dog area has two sections- one for smaller dogs, one for larger.
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