2009 In the News Archives
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December 31, 2009
Monsanto named Forbes’ Company of the Year
December 31, 2009
Forbes magazine has named Monsanto its Company of the Year, noting that 90 percent of the U.S. soybean crop and 80 percent of the corn crop and cotton crop are grown with seeds containing Monsanto's technology.
December 7, 2009
Graham Packaging opens plant in St. Louis
December 7, 2009
Graham Packaging Co. has begun manufacturing operations at a newly opened on-site plant in St. Louis to make plastic Purex laundry detergent bottles for Henkel Consumer Goods Inc.
November 20, 2009
Scientists unravel the genetic code of corn
November 20, 2009
A team of scientists led by researchers at Washington University has completed a detailed "blueprint" of the genetic structure of corn, a breakthrough in understanding the complex biological underpinnings of one of the world's most important crops.
November 17, 2009
Molasky Group to Build NARA Facility in St. Louis County, Retains 800 Jobs
November 17, 2009
Reported to be one of the most complex projects in St. Louis County history, the $100 million new high-performance facility for the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) National Personnel Records Center is just months away from the start of construction, retaining nearly 800 jobs.
November 13, 2009
Express Scripts to build plant in North County
November 13, 2009
Express Scripts Inc. announced expansion plans Thursday to locate a $74 million drug distribution plant at the NorthPark business park across Interstate 70 from company headquarters in north St. Louis County. The expansion will create 300 jobs for the region.
October 21, 2009
Southwest Airlines Continues Commitment to St. Louis With More Flights to More Nonstop Destinations
October 21, 2009
Southwest Airlines announced today that the airline will continue the carrier's nearly 25 years of growth and commitment to St. Louis by adding nine new daily flights to six new destinations from Lambert International Airport, beginning in May 2010.
October 19, 2009
Stimulus opens the floodgates of research in St. Louis
October 19, 2009
Thanks to the federal stimulus more than $110 million in research grants has flowed into the St. Louis region's research universities in the last couple of months with additional grants and awards expected to continue trickling in.
October 6, 2009
Edward Jones opens building, plans to add 250 jobs
October 6, 2009
Edward Jones officials cut the ribbon Monday at the newest building on its Maryland Heights office campus and announced plans to create about 250 new jobs to help fill the nine-story structure.
September 6, 2009
City Parks’ Grand Rebirth
September 6, 2009
City sponsors were so nervous about the unveiling of their new downtown park this summer that they arranged for an ice cream truck to park at the site on opening day, just to attract passerbys. They needn't have bothered. Citygarden, just west of the famed Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River, has drawn crowds of people -- a cross-section of the city and region's population -- from its opening hour onward.
August 23, 2009
St. Louis unveils urban sculpture garden
August 23, 2009
A new sculpture garden in downtown St. Louis, called Citygarden, is trying to give a little something to everyone, offering a mixture of highbrow art, quiet spaces for reflection and whimsical spray fountains where visitors can cool off.
July 1, 2009
Citygarden opens to an approving public
July 1, 2009
For months, occupants of downtown office towers watched construction workers shape a two-block stretch of dirt and grass and heretofore dead-end dreams into an architectural and horticultural melange. On Wednesday, people swarmed from the towers and elsewhere for a closer look at the opening of Citygarden, an urban sculpture park on the Gateway Mall.
July 22, 2009
SLU to work on swine flu vaccine
July 22, 2009
Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development is among eight sites in the nation picked to help develop a vaccine for H1N1 influenza, also called swine flu.
August 11, 2009
Hundreds celebrate downtown Schnucks opening
August 11, 2009
Hundreds of people packed into a new gleaming Schnucks that officially opened Tuesday as the only full-service grocery store in downtown St. Louis.
July 27, 2009
Emerson Unveils State-of-the-Art Global Data Center in St. Louis
July 27, 2009
Emerson officially opened the doors of its new state-of-the-art and energy-efficient global data center in St. Louis today. Once IT applications go live in August, the 35,000-square-foot global data center will be 31 percent more energy efficient than traditional data centers.
June 16, 2009
Bio research park opens in Creve Coeur
June 16, 2009
The ribbon was cut on the new $40 million Bio-Research and Development Growth Park in Creve Coeur today. These four stories of office and lab space are the next step in St. Louis' bid to become a hub for plant sciences.
May 15, 2009
BJC facility adds another hub to Hwy 40 corridor
May 15, 2009
The number of data centers popping up along the Highway 40 corridor in St. Charles County provides brick-and-mortar - or more accurately cable-and-fiber - evidence of two continuing trends: the increasing demand for IT services and the continuing growth of the county.
May 15, 2009
North County picks up 300 jobs from Fiserv relocation
May 15, 2009
Fiserv, a Fortune 500 company based in Milwaukee, is consolidating plants in Westport and Olivette, as well as a Boston office, into a single warehouse in Hazelwood. The deal is the largest new industrial lease in St. Louis County in two years, and it will shift more than 300 jobs to north St. Louis County.
May 4, 2009
SLU, UMSL, SIUE create research center
May 4, 2009
Saint Louis University, the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville have teamed up to create the Applied Research Collaborative (ARC), a regional data service center for local government and nonprofits. The initiative will serve as a data clearinghouse, provide regional indicators and perform commissioned research projects, including trend analysis reports.
April 29, 2009
Plant grants total $35 million
April 29, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Washington University in St. Louis and the Danforth Plant Science Center federal grants totaling $35 million to find ways to coax energy out of plants and algae.
April 28, 2009
St. Louis advances in bio-world
April 28, 2008
Wexford Science and Technology's $36 million gamble on the region's biotech industry appears to be paying off, as the Bio-Research and Development Growth Park, which Wexford Science and Technology is building at the Danforth Plant Science Center, is set to open in June with two agriculture science startup companies.
April 15, 2009
BRDG Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center Announces Four Anchor Tenants
April 15, 2009
Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center announced four anchor tenants for the first of three buildings planned for the Danforth Center campus in suburban St. Louis County. Anchor tenants in the 110,000 sq. ft. four-story facility include Divergence, St. Louis Community College, Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise and Monsanto.
April 9, 2009
New catheter helps patients beat irregular heart rhythms
April 9, 2009
A new technology developed by St. Louis-based Stereotaxis Inc., known as the Stereotaxis Niobe system, is helping hospitals worldwide reduce risk and improve precision by using a next-generation catheter on patients with heart arrhythmias.
April 9, 2009
Pfizer opens new $200 million research building in St. Louis
April 9, 2009
Pfizer, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, opened a new 330,000-square-foot research building in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield Thursday. Construction on the $200 million facility began in 2005. Its completion means the company's 1,200 St. Louis employees will be in one location instead of on four campuses.
April 8, 2009
Telamon Corp. Opens St. Louis Technology Center
April 8, 2009
Telamon, a $468 million company based in Indianapolis that provides a variety of services to the telecommunications industry and its customers, is expanding into the St. Louis market.
March 31, 2009
Downtown St. Louis population grows 6%
March 31, 2009
The downtown residential population grew to 11,800 at the end of 2008, an increase of 6 percent over the 2007 figure, according to a new report by the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis.
March 25, 2009
Nanotechnology institute formed in St. Louis
March 25, 2009
Funding from the Missouri Life Sciences Research Fund, part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement, will establish the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group, a collaborative regional effort to apply advances in nanotechnology to the treatment of human diseases.
March 23, 2009
St. Louis Community College to lease space at Bio-Research Growth Park
March 23, 2009
St. Louis Community College plans to move its Center for Plant and Life Sciences into the first of three buildings at the Bio-Research and Development Growth Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Coeur this September.
March 6, 2009
Danny Ludeman Named RCGA Board Chair for Economic Development, Chair of the Economic Development Board of Trustees
March 6, 2009
The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association names Danny Ludeman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wachovia Securities LLC to succeed Joe Imbs as Chair of the Economic Development Board of Trustees.
February 17, 2009
Commerce OKs widening trade zone near airport
February 17, 2009
The U.S. Department of Commerce gave its approval to expand the region's Foreign Trade Zone by more than 825 acres around Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. County officials say it's a big boost for the ongoing plan to develop a Chinese air cargo hub around Lambert.
February 12, 2009
In tough economy, St. Louis biotech firm raises $12 million
February 12, 2009
St. Louis biotechnology company Divergence Inc., which is working on solutions to combat microscopic worms that cause billions of dollars of crop damage each year, says it has raised $11.8 million in a third round of venture capital funding to help further its research.
January 26, 2009
New Commission to Coordinate St. Louis Region's Trade Outreach to China;
Interest In Link Remains Strong, Chinese Ambassador Says
January 26, 2009
China’s Ambassador to the United States joined local and state leaders today in announcing the formation of a new partnership here to spearhead and coordinate efforts to make St. Louis a hub for China’s Midwest trade. Officials announced that a working group from St. Louis will head back to Beijing this spring for a second visit to explore closer economic ties.
January 20, 2009
Researchers receive $11 million to study causes of diabetic heart disease
January 20, 2009
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an $11 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how altered fat metabolism causes heart failure in diabetic patients.
January 16, 2009
Downtown Alton's outlook bright amid economic gloom
January 16, 2009
In an unlikely time and some might say an unlikely place, downtown Alton's business district is on a roll with new loft developments, new shops, new restaurants, a busy nightlife and reasons to be optimistic about the future.
January 7, 2009
Gates Grant Will Help Danforth Center Fight Hunger
January 7, 2009
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was awarded a $5.4 million grant this week from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to tackle global health and hunger issues. The funding will help the center secure the approval of African governments to allow field testing of genetically modified, nutritionally fortified crops.
January 2, 2009
Air Products Expands in St. Charles Bucking the Trend
January 2, 2009
Air Products is building a new production facility on a 13-acre site at Fountain Lakes Business Park in St. Charles, which will add about 100 jobs to the company's operation and will allow the company to increase it manufacturing and product development capacity.
