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In case you missed it, on Tuesday I published a new story on Ridgehouse's response to the Jefferson RFPs.
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Ridgehouse Wanted to pay Kirkwood $2M, Kirkwood Said No
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Last summer and fall, I covered four of the development proposals Kirkwood received—and ultimately rejected—in response to its RFP for two city-owned parking lots along Jefferson Avenue. With the city poised to decide on a new RFP for the vacated public works site, it’s time to revisit the final two rejected proposals. First up: Ridgehouse Companies’ $31 million plan, which …
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My goal is to get through all of them before the Council decides on the public works site RFP, so hopefully, you'll get something on Savoy's submission in the coming weeks!
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- A couple of highlights from tonight's City Council agenda:
- 1120 Earl Ave Rezoning. There's a movement attempting to get the council to block the rezoning. This lot has been vacant since at least 2007, and I assume that folks want to keep it that way
- Two quick corrections on last week's newsletter:
- I had a typo in this, it should read: "Sometime in the next couple of years, the city will be coming to the voters to approve a big new bond to fund a complete overhaul of the Aquatic Center"
- I said I was excited to hear about Salt + Smoke coming to the old Bar Louie location after a previous move to Kirkwood fell through. As a reader helpfully pointed out, it was a Sugarfire proposal that fell through, not Salt + Smoke.
- Last week's Webster-Kirkwood Times was full of Kirkwood news:
- Pg. 1, has some nice write-ups on the ice rink and train station renovations. I'm particularly glad to see the story note multiple times that the ice rink is revenue-positive and a big boon to the Parks & Rec Department.
- There's also a nice piece on the Post Oak. Back in the good ole days, our forests used to be primarily Hickory-Oak, but the encroachment of maple and pine trees has slowly replaced them. If you're not a tree-head that might not sound super objectionable, but it turns out that Oaks and Hickories can support way more
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That's it for this week! Have a great weekend and talk to you all soon!
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