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1 week ago | 
stlmag.com | Sarah Fenske |Nicholas Phillips |Ryan Krull |Melissa Meinzer
It’s been a great week for hockey in St. Louis: Over the weekend, tens of thousands of fans flocked to Enterprise Center for the NCAA’s Frozen Four tournament, and on Tuesday, the St. Louis Blues clinched a playoff spot with their 6–1 win against Utah. For Chris Zimmerman, president and CEO of business operations for the Blues, it’s a time of great excitement—and not just for hockey fans.
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1 week ago | 
stlmag.com | Nicholas Phillips |Ryan Krull |Melissa Meinzer |George Mahe
Plenty of WashU alumni launch companies—though they commonly leave St. Louis to do it. Starting this week, there will be a potential perk to staying here. On Thursday, WashU’s Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship will announce the inaugural winner(s) of “Venture Network Follow-on Investments.” Up to $150,000 will go each year to companies of WashU alumni who’ve already received money from Arch Grants and plan to stay in St. Louis.
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1 week ago | 
stlmag.com | Nicholas Phillips |Ryan Krull |Sarah Fenske |Melissa Meinzer
This article first appeared in the Solutions newsletter. Click here to learn more and sign up. The idea of a “clean slate” is simple. If you’ve been convicted of a nonviolent crime, finished your sentence, and kept your nose clean for a while, then—the thinking goes—you should be able to get on with your life. Everyone wins if you do. But your criminal history is like a stain. Potential landlords and employers may spot it on a background check and recoil.
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1 week ago | 
stlmag.com | Amanda Honigfort |Mike Miller |Nicholas Phillips |Melissa Meinzer
In recent years, a federal program designed to help farmers sell more of their products while feeding the locals who needed help gave small operations like Marcoot Jersey Creamery in Greenville, Illinois the guaranteed sales to grow their staff and their herd of milk cows. But this spring, the program was abruptly halted. Marcoot Jersey Creamery learned in March 2024 that they could sell their cheese through the program, called Local Food Purchase Assistance Plus Grants.
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2 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Micah Barnes |Nicholas Phillips |Emily Adams |Melissa Meinzer
Oral healthcare is increasingly recognized as an indicator of overall health and wellbeing. In response to this larger wellness conversation, The St. Louis Dental Center has adopted a primary focus to educate local and underserved communities on the importance of maintaining good oral health practices. Dwight E.
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2 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Nicholas Phillips |Emily Adams |Melissa Meinzer |George Mahe
The only whitewater paddling between Kentucky and Colorado, says Jo Newbold, is on the St. Francis River in Madison County, Missouri—about 70 miles from St. Louis. That’s not far away, posits Newbold, a member of the nonprofit Missouri Whitewater Association: “It’s a podcast episode.” So if you want to try your hand at whitewater kayaking and canoeing—or bolster skills you already have—the MWA’s annual clinic April 25–27 on the St. Francis is one place to start.
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3 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Emily Adams |Jen Roberts |Nicholas Phillips |George Mahe
Why can’t wellness be fun—and in neon? That’s the founding principle of Studio Aire (11 Meadow Circle, Lake Saint Louis), a new pole and aerial fitness studio landing in Lake Saint Louis this month. Owner and instructor Dorothy Burg says she was first inspired to dive into the aerial arts because “it’s one of the most fun and uplifting fitness communities” that she’d ever experienced. The classes don’t just offer a workout, she says; they build upon physical and social skills not found elsewhere.
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4 weeks ago | 
stlmag.com | Nicholas Phillips |Christy Carew Marshall |Emily Adams |George Mahe
This story first appeared in the Outdoors newsletter. Click here to learn more and sign up. When Nick Richards was a sweaty 8-year-old at summer camp in the 1990s trying to pull himself up a wall for the first time, the outdoor climbing community was still tiny, and St. Louis had no climbing gyms. Much has changed since. The number of outdoor practitioners has grown, and four gyms have opened in the metro area—two by Upper Limits and two by Climb So iLL.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Emily Adams |Andrea Smith |Andréa Smith |Nicholas Phillips |Cheryl Baehr
A hospital gift shop provides respite in the midst of a personal challenge or trauma. It offers ways to celebrate or support a loved one on a medical journey. It gives community to hospital staff and social interaction for people who may be isolated within the confines of a decidedly not-homey environment. At Missouri Baptist Medical Center, the Ballas Boutique is all of this for the people who enter the shop.
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1 month ago | 
stlmag.com | Emily Adams |Nicholas Phillips |Cheryl Baehr |Melissa Meinzer
A new multimillion-dollar family attraction is coming to Lake Saint Louis. Located just off Telegraph Drive, City Park & Entertainment Complex will transform The Meadows. “Since 2008, The Meadows has served as the downtown area of Lake Saint Louis,” says Teddy Chattah, Cohen Equities’ asset manager for The Meadows. “As such, we are always looking for opportunities to offer our community more options for shopping, entertainment, dining, and recreation.
