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St. Louis Regional Freightway and Port of New Orleans Sign Supply Chain MOU
This story was originally published in Supply Chain Management Review on March 30, 2017. By Patrick Burnson| scmr.com “The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and the St. Louis…
Help Shape Future Interstate 70 (I-70) Development
How will Interstate 70 (I-70), and the area around it, look in the future? What changes would be welcome and what should be preserved? What multimodal considerations should be included?…
Building Airports Is Hard. Why Not Use the Ones We Have?
This story was originally published in Bloomberg View on March 21, 2017. By Conor Sen| bloomberg.com “Infrastructure in America is full of contradictions: A shortage of affordable housing, even as rural America…
Freightway Director Reports Progress Rollin’ on the River
This story was originally published in Construction Forum St. Louis on March 17, 2017. By Tom Finan| constructforstl.org “The St. Louis region is taking giant steps to capitalize on its logistical advantages to…
Illinois business park awarded designation from Class I railroad
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on March 16, 2017. By Steph Kukuljan| bizjournals.com/stlouis “An undeveloped business park in Greenville, Illinois, is now one of 10 sites in…
Merchants Bridge rehab could double economic impact
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on March 17, 2017. By Steph Kukuljan| bizjournals.com/stlouis “A new Merchants Bridge that can handle two modern freight trains at once could…
Ameren Illinois implements smart technology to reduce costs, carbon footprint
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on March 13, 2017. By Katlyn Keller| bizjournals.com/stlouis “Ameren Illinois began grid modernizations for its Illinois customers in 2016, which cut carbon…
Microsoft to open new regional HQ in Cortex
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on March 7, 2017. By Brian Feldt| bizjournals.com/stlouis “Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will open a new regional headquarters in the Cortex…
St. Louis Regional Freightway and Port of New Orleans Sign Memorandum of Understanding Aimed at Fostering Economic Growth
The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and the St. Louis Regional Freightway today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to exchange market and operational information…
Commentary: Port agreement is major freightway milestone
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on March 2, 2017. By Mary Lamie| bizjournals.com/stlouis “St. Louis Regional Freightway has recorded another major milestone in our short history with…
What do local jobs sound like? Beep. Chug. Splash. Zoom.
This story was originally published in Belleville News-Democrat on February 10, 2017. By The Editorial Board| bnd.com/news “How many bridges cross the Mississippi River between Alton and Columbia? Eleven. If you are…
Nestlé to move IT operations to St. Louis
This story was originally published in St. Louis Business Journal on February 1, 2017. By Brian Feldt| bizjournals.com/stlouis “Nestlé USA plans to add hundreds of technology jobs in St. Louis as it…