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Transparency & Tax Breaks in the City of St. Louis Submit Sunshine Requests: https://tinyurl.com/ce76ppm6 STL Gov Public Meetings: https://tinyurl.com/yz382m89 City of STL videos: https://tinyurl.com/4at469rk SLDC videos: https://tinyurl.com/544c2n8e
A recent industry piece in @pilotonline.com argues Virginia must preserve its data center tax breaks to protect its “competitive edge.” But if lawmakers stop subsidizing some of the world’s richest companies, will data center companies really flee?
The tl;dr: No.
goodjobsfirst.org/virginias-da...
TODAY!
March 11 at 5:30 p.m.
City of St. Louis Planning Commission
Hybrid. See 🔗 in quoted post for meeting info & docs.
Agenda inc:
➡️ #3. PUBLIC HEARING on Walnut Park Mark Twain Neighborhood Plan.
➡️ #4 #PlanCommSTL review redevelopment plan for subdivision at 5701 Wilson.
Essential🧵 by @annielrice.bsky.social on STL police budget heist. #STLbudgetFY27
"This is a police state budget. Not a care for the humans of STL budget"
Testify at the 2 p.m., March 12 Public Safety Committee hearing.
Details: tinyurl.com/48s7vxzc
Send written comment to: boameetings@stlouis-mo.gov
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"But as local communities voice growing outrage over rising electricity prices and environmental concerns brought by data centers, such as water and energy use, lawmakers in several states are hoping to slow data center development."
Story by @stateline.org
missouriindependent.com/2026/02/24/r...
Always be skeptical of tax break math.
They may need more time to conjure up blight conditions.
Let us know if you hear any details.
Wednesday, March 11 at 5:30 p.m.
City of St. Louis Planning Commission meeting. Hybrid format.
Details in quoted post.
There will NOT be a public hearing or vote on proposed regulations for data centers at this meeting.
#PlanCommSTL
Updated: The March 11 meeting of the
City of STL TIF Commission has been cancelled.
✏️ Pencil in April 15 as the next possible date of the development group’s presentation to the TIF Commission.
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Today in @stlmag.bsky.social
Hansen promised that the new district, to be known as the Midtown Public Infrastructure Redevelopment District, would operate transparently & have public meetings.
"This is going to be a fully transparent, open-book process"
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City of St. Louis TIF Commission meets March 11 at 8:30 a.m. See ALTs.
Biz leaders in Midtown area are hoping to get a new kind of TIF approved www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
Notice of Public Hearing for the Port Authority Commission of the City Of St. Louis. 3/12/26 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Hearing for the creation of STL Port Improvement District No. 2 for the Jefferson Arms project.
The delay may be to sustain the blight conditions on the first floor.
The #PortAuthoritySTL will conduct a stealth “public” hearing at 9 a.m. on March 12f for the he creation of a third taxing district for the Jefferson Arms.
#JeffArmsPID + #JeffArmsTIF + JA TDD = #CorpWelfareHotel
How’s the Jefferson Arms progressing?
“This bill requires the City of STL to pay for many things that it never had to do before there was a state board. For example, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for the Board of Police Commissioners to have their own lawyer,” says Hanlon.
STL has paid Graville over $310K in the FY26😠
Screengrab from sunshineweek.org; text explains Sunshine Week, March 15 - 21, 2026.
Screengrab from sunshineweek.org;. Sunshine Week logo and icons of six platforms on which Sunshine Week details will be shared.
If you’re a city official who has received an email from the public asking a basic question regarding a PUBLIC HEARING, please respond in a timely fashion.
Thanks in advance.
National #SunshineWeeK starts March 15!
Details: sunshineweek.org
#SunshineSTL #OpaCITYstl
Webpage for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission board meeting materials. Following the cancellation of the February 12 meeting the board packet was removed from this webpage. See ALT on image 2.
Webpage for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission board meeting materials; Screengrab image taken after the board agenda packet m(PDF) was uploaded on Feb. 10. See ALT for image 1.
Page 1 of the agenda packet for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission. The wrong date (January 11) is specified; the meeting start time is 9 a.m. The web calendar notice specified a starting time of 8 a.m. The inconsistencies in the meeting details may have been the reason for the meeting cancellation.
In classic SLDC fashion, the board packet for the cancelled 2/12 Port meeting was removed from the calendar notice webpage & the board materials webpage. See ALTs.
Gov agencies should not permit meeting docs to be removed.
Remember to download any file of interest ASAP before #opaCITYstl strikes.
Belated update: The 2/12/26 City of St. Louis Port Authority meeting was cancelled without prior notification to the public.
The public hearings for two Port Improvement Districts might be conducted at the 3/12 Port meeting.
The Soccer CID #BOABB168 will be heard at HUDZ on 3/12. 👀
Agenda posted for March 11 Planning Commission.
5:30 p.m. Hybrid.
Herzog Elementary School
5831 Pamplin Avenue, 63147.
& Zoom.
Presentation & Public Hearing on Walnut Park & Mark Twain
Neighborhood Plan.
#PlanCommSTL details:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
* NO hearing on data center regs *
Happy #BOAfriday to all.
Watch the full St. Louis Board of Aldermen live.
Audio sucks periodically & Zoom is no longer an option for full BOA.
Agenda: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#BOAbb158 revives the #CEDBstl, pending final vote & mayor’s signature
www.youtube.com/live/hSw8QQe...
Agenda for March 6 meeting of CEDB. pages 1-2 if board packet. Link to board packet, which includes Zoom information: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sldc/boards/documents/upload/26-3-6-CEDB-Agenda-packet-4.pdf
Cryptic memorandum by SLDC staff regarding the actions of CEDB members at the board meeting on January 2nd. Page 3 of today’s board packet.
Slide from presentation on the Edison PACE project by Midas Hospitality at the 1/2/26 meeting of the CEDB. Screengrab from SLDC YouTube video.
CEDB Resolution authorizing PACE loan for Edison building hotel project. Pages 6-7 of packet.
Why is the combo today’s 10 a m St. Louis BOA meeting & the 3 p.m. Clean Energy Development Board meeting intriguing?
➡️ BOA final vote on #BOA158 restores the authority of #CEDBstl
➡️ Today’s 3 p.m. CEDB resolution is do-over of the board’s Jan. 2 approval of a PACE loan for Edison building hotel.
Good morning to @developstlouis.bsky.social
Please post the notices of public hearings for the upcoming #PortAuthoritySTL meeting(s) at which the hearings will be conducted.
I believe the notices ran in the St. Louis Daily Record a week ago.
Thanks in advance!
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#SunshineMatters☀️
IMO, Mr. Westbrooks needs to dismantle the systemic #OpacitySTL at SLDC if the mayor wants true transparency.
"I fully trust him to help us create a clear, standardized incentive process that is transparent & predictable for developers and community alike." - Mayor Spencer
tinyurl.com/35ycatmd
Resident making a pitch at the Public Utilities & Infrastructure committee:
Bring back the Admiral to the riverfront!
But without the gambling.
Water Commissioner Niraj S.Patel is presenting to the St. Louis BOA's Public Infrastructure & Utilities Committee.
Watch live & don't forget to subscribe:
www.youtube.com/live/MMdDGm_...
"Bad news"
To date in 2026: 155 work orders for water main repairs
Total work orders for 2025: 399.
Live now! St. Louis Airport Commission.
Zoom only. Started at 2 p.m.
Up now: agreement with British Airways. Approved unanimousl on a voice vote.
AC resolutions & docs are not posted in advance.
#FLYSTL AC meetings are not posted on the city's YouTube channel.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Did the SLDC board vote in open session at today's special meeting to confirm the selection of Mr. Westbrooks?
Vacant properties make up a good deal of the buildings that need to be knocked down. The recovery office estimates nearly half of the buildings that will need demolitions were vacant before the #STLtornado, which makes them almost all “universally ineligible” for demolition through FEMA funding.