The following individuals were elected to a three-year term on the Chamber board of directors:  Frank Heckler, Hoffmeister Mortuary; Randy McArthur, McArthur’s Bakery; Capt. Marion Monteleone, St. Louis County Police; Jan Orlando, The Lodge at Grant’s Trail and Randall Pickens, Montgomery Bank.

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

The Lemay Chamber of Commerce recently announced it awarded leadership scholarships to:

The Lemay Chamber of Commerce honored eleven south county teachers at its 10th Annual Outstanding Educator Recognition Night.  The event, sponsored by Montgomery Bank, recognized teachers for professional excellence in the class-room and their dedication to area youth.

Honorees were Lisa Braun, Hancock Elementary; Meri Ellen Taylor, Hancock Middle School; Laura Leyes-Woods, Hancock High School; Shelley Hancock, Beasley Elementary; Cory Letchworth, Bierbaum Elementary; Jenny Kirchhofer, Forder Elementary; Michele Hilson, Margaret Buerkle Middle School; Deanne Drew, Mehlville High School; Wendy Hawkins, Green Park Lutheran School; Carol Marinaro, Notre Dame High School and Debbie Nuessle, St. Mark Catholic School.

In January, the Missouri Department of Transportation will commence a number of planned project improvements on I-55 between Lindbergh and 4500 South Broadway.  Improvements include rehabilitating or replacing four bridges, as well as upgrading the interstate lighting and the signals at Loughborough.

Specifically, the work includes removing and replacing the two Union Road bridges over Interstate 55. These bridges will be built in the same location with a higher clearance over the interstate to meet current Federal Highway standards.
During the demolition of the Union bridges and the pedestrian bridge, Interstate 55 will be required to close.  This closure is expected to be necessary for a Friday–Monday timeframe. The weekend date for the bridge demolitions is expected to be announced soon. Traffic heading into Missouri from Illinois on Interstate 55 will be detoured to Interstate 44. Local traffic affected by the interstate closure will be required to use local roadways during the interstate weekend closure.

St. Louis County Economic Council has unveiled BOOST, an innovative small business loan program for the purchase of land, machinery and equipment and/or construction of buildings within St. Louis County. 

Consultants hired to develop a master plan for Jefferson Barracks presented a draft of the final plan to members of the Jefferson Barracks Master Plan committee recently.  Late last year, the St. Louis County Economic Council received a grant from the Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense, to complete a master plan for the Jefferson Barracks National Guard Base, the greater JB complex and the Lemay community.

The goal of the study was to determine:

For each of these districts, the plan incorporates use of existing buildings and identifies specific recommendations for those buildings, construction of new buildings and interpretive structures, new visitor experience amenities, and traffic and circulation improvements. 

The key element of the plan is the Museum District, which would comprise the buildings, events and organizations clustered around the western half of the parade grounds on the National Guard base.

The success of Historic Jefferson Barracks as a visitor attraction is based on its ability to partner with nationally and regionally significant historic destinations and with key regional attractions that generate a large share of the visitor market.