North St. Louis

The roughly 3,100 people who work for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will likely start moving into new space in late 2025, with that move completed in early 2026.

The potential project could bring the city’s first marina to the north St. Louis riverfront. It would also add a hotel, waterpark and indoor trampoline park to a 70-acre plot of land north of Interstate 270, just within city limits.

St. Louis County leaders are urging residents to report property damage caused by flash floods this week by calling 211, the United Way’s hotline to track damage. County leaders say reporting the damage will help the Federal Emergency Management Agency determine how to provide resources.

Details of how the administration would spend the $150 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds were not immediately available. The mayor also voiced support for a guaranteed basic income.

Forest ReLeaf is the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s first-ever Environmental Equity Grant, which will fund 200 new trees for the city’s Ville community.

SK8 Liborius is an abandoned Catholic church turned skater haven. Now it’s launching a fundraiser to start a youth workforce development and arts program to help the teens who come to skate.

Mayor Tishaura Jones, state Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins and Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans say they agree with residents that naming a small hospital for Homer G. Phillips threatens his legacy.

Some north St. Louis residents are against a plan to name a new medical building Homer G. Phillips Hospital. They say the three-bed facility built by developer Paul McKee isn’t fit to be named after the training hospital that served the Black community for decades.

A plan to convert the old Simmons School in The Ville neighborhood is being led by a developer who attended the elementary school years ago.

A group of Black entrepreneurs has offered the Land Reutilization Authority $150,000 for vacant lots in north St. Louis. Black Wall Street STL aims to create the kind of business district that existed there years ago.