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A rendering of the updated intersection at Vanderventer and Tower Grove Avenues shows a simplified design that reduces the number of streets from five to four. It also includes marked bike lanes and pedestrian access.

Greenway connector path could make bumpy bike rides to Tower Grove safer

Sarah Fentem

The connector's first phase will rework 1.4 miles of road between Vandeventer Avenue and Tower Grove Park, repaving Tower Grove Avenue and installing new protected bike lanes and pedestrian paths.

The FDA’s St. Louis-based Office of Pharmaceutical Quality Research on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in the city's Central West End neighborhood.

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis FDA lab dodges federal DOGE threat, will remain open

Sarah Fentem

FDA officials say the lab in the Central West End will stay open after the Department of Government Efficiency said it was terminating the facility’s lease.

Varro CEO Tom Cirrito sits for a portrait in his company's new lab space in St. Louis on Feb. 10, 2025. The company makes medical devices that can rapidly detect airborne pathogens like the flu, COVID, RSV and others.

Economy & Business

Life sciences company Varro sees a big and bright future in St. Louis

Eric Schmid

The company is developing diagnostic devices that can detect airborne pathogens in just minutes.

Washington University's new, $616 million research facility sets the stage for hundreds of researchers working to develop new treatments for neurological conditions including dementia and brain tumors.

Economy & Business

St. Louis wants to turbocharge its neuroscience sector with the NEURO360 program

Eric Schmid

The region is vying for a $160 million NSF grant to leverage existing neuroscience research prowess into new products and technology.

Health, Science & Environment

Washington University’s $616 million facility will expand neurological research

Jeremy D. Goodwin

Washington University School of Medicine’s $616 million research facility will bring together experts in a wide variety of neurological conditions who are working toward new treatments and technologies.

Ken Zheng is one of many St. Louis entrepreneurs who have had to quickly rethink their startup's focus during the pandemic.

Economy & Business

Startups Work To Pivot In The Midst Of A Pandemic

Corinne Ruff

Early-stage companies are always a risky proposition, but these days they have to find new ways to deliver products and services and reach investors online.

Economy & Business

Cortex Innovation Community Announces New Head

The Cortex Innovation Community has named its next president and CEO.Sam Fiorello will begin the job March 30, replacing Dennis Lower, who announced last…

Economy & Business

Report Finds Cortex Is Stoking St. Louis Regional Economy

Corinne Ruff

In nearly two decades, the Cortex Innovation Community transformed a once-blighted, industrial part of St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood into a…

Dennis Lower will step down as CEO of Cortex early next year after spending a decade in the role. Dec. 13, 2019

Economy & Business

Cortex CEO Dennis Lower Reflects On A Decade Of Building St. Louis Into A Tech Hub

Corinne Ruff

A lot has changed at Cortex since Dennis Lower took the reins as CEO a decade ago.Back then, he was tasked with designing an innovation community — a…

Nov. 1, 2019 Laura Burkemper, Phyllis Ellison and Bronwyn Morgan

Economy & Business

Female Entrepreneurs Flourish In St. Louis, As Startups Increasingly Drive Economy

Sarah Fenske

The first-ever STL Startup Week begins Nov. 1, celebrating a growing entrepreneurial scene in a city once better known for beer and brick. An integral…