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No matter
what part of the country, successful metro areas share at least
one thing in common: they’ve found a way to effectively connect
geographically dispersed metropolitan areas into an overall community.
This issue of St. Louis Commerce explores how St. Louis is
“Creating a Connected Community” —the theme of this month’s magazine—building
a unified, dy-namic region.
Connectedness underlies the theme of each of the articles in this
month’s edition of St. Louis Commerce.
These connections are created as the business community determines
and responds to the region’s most critical needs and addresses them
with a united voice. That’s the basis of the RCGA’s “Shaping A Greater
St. Louis” long-term regional strategy and its seven key initiatives:
revitalizing the region’s center city, creating industry clusters,
bolstering regional infrastructure, enhancing the work force, growing
the regional economy, encouraging community capitalism and Forward
Metro St. Louis, which advances a unified public policy agenda for
the bi-state region.
Whether an article is about bridges or retaining jobs or creating
new ones, legislative agendas, vibrant social and entertainment
dynamics, accessible, high quality cultural amenities, or affordable
housing, each is part of the same virtuous circle working to turn
the region’s assets into competitive advantages.
In addition, the subject of this month’s profile is ’04 Eve, the
launch of “Celebrate 2004.” Presented by St. Louis 2004, ’04 Eve
will be the biggest New Year’s Eve party the St. Louis region has
ever seen.
The world’s largest Ferris wheel, a live illuminated performance
by LUMA, live music by The Samples, a nationally-known DJ, fireworks
and exciting entertainment and special activities by area cultural
attractions will ring in 2004 at this free community-wide celebration
in Forest Park. Thanks to Senator Jack Danforth, St. Louis 2004
President Peter Sortino, their 2004 staff, colleagues and volunteers
and sponsors for their gift of the ’04 Eve celebration to the citizens
of our region.
This event is sponsored by: Bank of America, AmerenUE, Citigroup,
Boeing, E. Desmond Lee, Metro, Energizer, BJC Health Care, Schlafly
and Ronnoco Coffee, the official coffee of Celebrate 2004. In-kind
contributions are being provided by: City of St. Louis, Arts In
Transit, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of St. Louis, Nestlé PURINA, Guarantee
Electrical Company, BSI Constructors, Kwame Building Group, Premier
Productions, St. Louis Community College, Washington University,
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Children’s Hospital and the Washington University
School of Medicine.
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for a Prosperous New Year in 2004
for all of our St. Louis Commerce Magazine readers.
RICHARD C.D. FLEMING
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association
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