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Celebrate St. Louis: Imo's Pizza turns 60, every ward gets fresh murals, and TierPoint invests $150M in a new data center downtown! 🍕🎨💼 #stlmade Pizza party: The Imos celebrate 60 years of bringing Provel pies to St. Louis Who doesn't love the "square beyond compare?" #stlmade @imospiza is celebrating 60 years serving up St. Louis' favorite pizza! More: https://lnkd.in/g5qND2UW Each St. Louis ward is getting 2 murals to highlight history and promote tourism Through the St. Louis Mural Project, managed by @RACStLouis, each ward in the city has two new murals by local artists. The public art highlights each ward’s history and is meant to encourage economic growth through art-centered tourism. More: https://lnkd.in/gFy6iu7z #stlmade #stlart   Inside TierPoint’s $150 million investment in Downtown St. Louis St. Louis-based cloud computing firm @tierpoint is making a major investment in @DowntownStLouis, spending $150M to turn a building in the 2300 block of Locust Street into an enterprise-grade data center. More: https://lnkd.in/grZtgJgQ #stmade #stlwork

Exciting news! @BioSTL secures $6M in grants to power workforce training for high-demand tech, research, and manufacturing jobs in St. Louis. More: https://lnkd.in/guPr2xCm #STLmade #STLwork BioSTL to use $6M in grants to boost workforce training Two recent grants totaling $6M will help fund @BioSTL workforce development initiatives targeting high paying, in-demand research, technology and manufacturing jobs in the St. Louis region. More: https://lnkd.in/guPr2xCm #stlmade #stlwork New geospatial and IT education and workforce development center opens in North St. Louis The new the Geospatial & IT Workforce & Apprenticeship Center (GIWAC) opened its doors in North St. Louis last week. The @GatewayGlobalAY program aims to help make the area the national headquarters for the geospatial industry. More: https://lnkd.in/gMP9qbas #stlmade #geospatial St. Louis medical experts are making advances in cancer care Medical experts at @SitemanCenter and @StLukesSTL are making breakthroughs in cancer treatments while expanding access to care in the region, improving cure and survival rates. More: https://lnkd.in/giJ_FxRx #stlmade

Enjoy the last weeks of Downtown Summer Nights in St. Louis with movies, markets, and concerts, plus exciting new programs boosting local businesses and a major neuroscience initiative aiming to put St. Louis on the map! #stlmade Downtown Summer Nights It's the last three weeks to enjoy Downtown Summer Nights in @DowntownStLouis! Catch movie night this Thurs. 8/15 with Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a happy hour and vendor market on 8/22, and a concert to close out the season on 8/29. Visit https://lnkd.in/gS95Sn8R for more info! A cocktail bar, Nigerian spot, and skincare company get help growing in downtown St. Louis A new program from @GreaterSTLinc and @DevelopStLouis that is providing incentive funding for pop-up retail shops and restaurants at vacant storefronts to draw more retail to @DowntownStLouis has announced its first recipients! More: https://lnkd.in/gURvGkcg #stlmade   NEURO360 initiative aims to make St. Louis a neuroscience juggernaut A group led by @BioSTL and @WUSTL recently applied for $160M in grant funding from the @NSF to support its NEURO360 initiative and boost the region’s neuroscience and neurotech ecosystems. More: https://lnkd.in/g4xxbfbS #stlmade

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Exciting news: Chef Juwan Rice gets a $50K grant for Rated Test Kitchen, @STLShakesFest's free 24-park tour of "The Tempest" is underway, and the Moonlight Ramble bike ride celebrates 60 years on August 17! #stlmade Rated Test Kitchen gets $50K grant to help preserve restaurant space Celebrated #stlmade chef Juwan Rice has been awarded a $50K grant through @SavingPlaces for his lauded dinner club, Rated Test Kitchen, to update and grow its @DowntownStLouis building space. More: https://lnkd.in/g-eQkFbc St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s TourCo takes "The Tempest" on the road during 24-park tour Catch the @STLShakesFest production of 'The Tempest,' as it makes the rounds on a 24-park tour across MO and IL now through August 25. All productions are FREE. More: https://lnkd.in/ggDYuPe7 #stlmade A guide to the 2024 Moonlight Ramble The longest-running nighttime bike ride in the country, the #stlmade Moonlight Ramble celebrates 60 years on August 17. @stlmag has everything you need to know before you go: https://lnkd.in/gV-F5dBF

The St. Louis region breaks employment records with significant workforce growth, the Urban League opens a center to support women entrepreneurs, and Lion’s Choice is named a top regional fast food restaurant by USA Today. St. Louis region breaks employment records as workforce population grows A new @USDOL report shows that the St. Louis region gained nearly 31K workers over the past year, making it the seventh-best U.S. metro area for job growth, breaking through the top 10 for the first time since 1990. More: https://lnkd.in/gkM8WyjN #stlmade #stlwork Urban League opens its Entrepreneurship and Women’s Business Center The @ulstl's newly opened Entrepreneurship and Women's Business Center empowers women entrepreneurs and is helping socially and economically disadvantaged women start and grow businesses in St. Louis. More: https://lnkd.in/guzH4ZZ9 #stlmade #stlwork   USA Today names Lion’s Choice a Top 5 Best Regional Fast Food Restaurant Locals already know that @LionsChoiceMeat has the best roast beef, but the #stlmade chain recently made the Top 5 on @USATODAY's list of the Best Regional Fast Food Restaurants in America. More: https://lnkd.in/geZVR7Eg

St. Louis showcases innovation and community spirit with Purina's renewable energy walkway for pets, a new cocktail bar opening Downtown supported by an incentive program, and a strong embrace of street parties, parks, arts, and sports fandom. #stlmade Purina’s new walkway harnesses renewable energy from the steps of pets #STLMade @Purina has launched its Pet Power walkway, an innovative project that uses the steps of pets and their owners to produce electricity and shine a spotlight on renewable energy. More: https://lnkd.in/d_2RuDMs   New Downtown business opening soon, thanks to incentive program Thanks to the Downtown Retail Incentive Program, mobile bar company @PourDecisions_STL will open The Passport, a cocktail bar and bottle shop, later this summer in Downtown STL. More: https://lnkd.in/dUCq_wAe #STLMade 10 Things St. Louis Does Really, Really Well From street parties to parks, arts funding to sports fandom, take a look at 10 things St. Louis fully embraces — and does incredibly well. @stlmag More: https://lnkd.in/dgD9kPAB #STLMade

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