St. Louis' Indian Population Expands, Enterprise Joins Others To Bolster Metrolink Security, And STLCC Transforms Campus For The Future
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ST. LOUIS’ INDIAN POPULATION EXPANDS, THANKS TO GROWING COMMUNITY, RICH OPPORTUNITIES
A region rich in jobs and educational opportunities is a major draw for St. Louis’ Indian population, now the metro’s fastest growing demographic group. The St. Louis metro offers foreign-born immigrants community and access to quality jobs at major corporations, as well as an expanding array of Indian festivals, food, and other cultural touchpoints, helping their new home feel more familiar. And when immigrant communities thrive, they help grow the economy.
“When they [immigrants] set up a business here that helps the local community — especially all these people with STEM degrees — when they set up companies here, that creates jobs and that can uplift the local community," said Sneha Rajan, the Indian Outreach Coordinator for the St. Louis Mosaic Project.
ENTERPRISE JOINS OTHERS TO BOLSTER METROLINK SECURITY
MetroLink stations will soon sport new turnstiles, thanks in part to major gifts from Enterprise Holdings Inc., an executive-level member of the GSL Chair’s Council, and other companies and organizations, including many GSL investors. “These leaders in our regional community understand the essential role public transit plays on a daily basis for their employees and customers,” said Taulby Roach, CEO of Bi-State Development Agency.
STLCC TRANSFORMS CAMPUSES TO TRAIN FUTURE WORKFORCE
In an op-ed for the St. Louis Business Journal, Jeff Pittman, Chancellor of St. Louis Community College — a GSL Chair’s Council member — details how the college’s ongoing transformations will help educate St. Louis’ workforce of the future. Friday, STLCC will break ground on its Meramec campus for the fourth and fifth of six new buildings designed to transform the school itself — and the opportunities it offers. The construction is made possible through the passage of Prop R, proudly backed by GSL and approved by voters.
ST. LOUIS SPORTS COMMISSION, MIZZOU BRING FOOTBALL AND MORE TO ST. LOUIS
The Mizzou women’s soccer team will kick off the University of Missouri’s “Mizzou to the Lou” series with an in-state soccer showdown against Missouri State at World Wide Technology Soccer Park on Saturday, Sept. 10. The series, which continues Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Dome at America’s Center with a Mizzou vs. Memphis football game, intends to strengthen the connection between the university and its St. Louis alumni base — its largest in the world.
The recent St. Louis delegation to London helped generate some of the “radical collaboration” the metro’s agtech community needs to generate sustainable innovation and help feed a global population. Nine PBS — a GSL Investor Council member — traveled with the group this past June, documenting the global reach and continued growth of the established ecosystem.
St. Louis-based AI company Capacity has acquired local startup Denim Social, its second St. Louis acquisition this year. Founded by GSL Investor Council Member Doug Wilber, Denim Social will help provide comprehensive automated support for client customers.
An annual tradition since 1984, the St. Louis Art Fair is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The Clayton event brings to the metro artists from around the world, thousands of visitors, and an estimated $10 million in economic impact.
U.S. Representative Cori Bush is opening a new main congressional office in the Louderman Building in Downtown St. Louis. Currently under construction, the office will open to constituents in early October. “This new location only further enhances our ability to serve,” she said.
