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Sherman A1's JournalLead Consultant To Airport Privatization Group Responds To Criticism Of Lambert Documentary
Travis Brown is at the center of a controversy over the release Thursday of a three-part documentary about the history of St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
Brown is the executive producer of “Hard Landing At Lambert,” and he owns the media advocacy company — First Rule — that produced and paid for it. He’s also the lead consultant to the city’s Airport Advisory Working Group, which is considering privatizing Lambert.
During a regular meeting Thursday, members of that group grilled Brown over his dual positions.
Head of the working group Paul Payne reiterated concerns he brought up last week, after first learning about the documentary.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/lead-consultant-airport-privatization-group-responds-criticism-lambert-documentary
Belleville's Old Homes Are Attracting New Residents: Here's Who's Moving In And Why
BELLEVILLE — Emily Smith is fascinated by older homes. It’s an interest she’s had since she was a child. As an 8-year-old, she carried around a disposable camera in her backpack just to snap pictures of buildings she liked.
“I’ve always had a fascination with old homes and their character, and the craftsmanship and how it’s like basically living in a piece of art,” she said.
Smith, 32, now lives in a historic home on Abend Street, walking distance from Belleville’s downtown Main Street. She relocated to the area from Charlotte, North Carolina, with her two sons when her husband was stationed at Scott Air Force Base two years ago.
“When we had the opportunity to purchase an old home, I jumped at it,” she said. “I knew this was going to be the time to do it.”
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/belleville-s-old-homes-are-attracting-new-residents-here-s-who-s-moving-and-why
St. Louis MLS Stadium Plan Has Expanded, Team Owners To Buy 30 Acres
A Major League Soccer stadium is coming to the western edge of downtown St. Louis — and it’s going to be bigger than originally thought.
The ownership group of St. Louis’ MLS team released plans Thursday for a nearly 30-acre campus including a 22,500-seat stadium north of Market Street and team offices and practice facilities to the south.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber awarded St. Louis an expansion team in August. The team, which has not been named yet, will begin play in March 2020.
The cost of the expanded project is likely to surpass the $200 million estimate announced this summer. Jim Kavanaugh, a member of the team’s ownership group, said in August that the stadium costs and the league’s $200 million expansion fee would be paid for by the group.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-mls-stadium-plan-has-expanded-team-owners-buy-30-acres
EPA Says Workers Are Done Cleaning Up Carter Carburetor Superfund Site In St. Louis
After six years of building demolitions and excavations, workers have finished cleaning up the Carter Carburetor Superfund site in north St. Louis.
The site, the former location of an oil and diesel carburetor manufacturing plant, closed in 1984. Nearly a decade later, the Environmental Protection Agency included it in the federal Superfund program, which investigates and cleans up hazardous waste sites. It left behind high levels of heavy metals and toxic chemicals, like PCBs, that are known to cause cancer.
EPA placed the site Wednesday on the Administrator’s Emphasis List, a short list of Superfund sites that require the most immediate attention. The listing will expedite the process of making the 10-acre site ready for redevelopment, said Adam Ruiz, a Superfund program manager.
“It allows us to continue to evaluate any kind of obstacles that might be in the way to get the site down the road towards redevelopment,” Ruiz said. “Being on the list allows us to ensure there’s a timely resolution of those issues.”
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/epa-says-workers-are-done-cleaning-carter-carburetor-superfund-site-st-louis
Planned Parenthood's Chief Doctor Testifies Abortions At St. Louis Clinic Are Safe
The chief doctor at Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic testified during a high-profile regulatory hearing on Wednesday that the abortions performed there are safe and that the facility has an above-average record of successful procedures.
State health officials earlier this year decided not to renew the license for Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic, citing concerns about patient safety.
The four instances of patient care that caused state regulators alarm were in line with acceptable legal and medical standards of care, said Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services. The clinic performs thousands of procedures a year, she said.
“There is no clarity about what they see as the problem,” McNicholas said. “I think we’ve repeatedly demonstrated that quality of care can’t be the problem because we continue to provide excellent care.”
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/planned-parenthoods-chief-doctor-testifies-abortions-st-louis-clinic-are-safe
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