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June 30, 2010 New Mississippi River Bridge: What’s Up? A Lot: You may have noticed – the long-awaited new Mississippi River Bridge project is well underway. All in all, there are about 30 contracts that make up the $670 million new Mississippi River Bridge project. Not only is construction of the massive project on track, but also so far, with the work underway, the project is a winner when it comes to workforce and DBE goals --- exceeding the 18% goal originally set by MoDOT and IDOT. Hats off to both DOTs. In Missouri, this past weekend I-70 was shut down to demolish and remove the St. Louis Avenue bridge as part of the continuing work on the Missouri approach to the bridge. According to Project Director Greg Horn, we’ll see a new St. Louis Avenue bridge open by early September. And, it was just a week ago that the bridge project met its first construction milestone with the June 18th opening of the reconstructed Madison Street bridge over I-70 --- a project that came in on-time and $250,000 under budget. On the Illinois side, work continues with work on the relocated I-70 corridor at full pace. Plans are underway for a new, fully-directional interchange between relocated I-70 and relocated IL 3 that will provide better access to residents of Metro East communities. Construction of a new pedestrian bridge near 15th Street in East St. Louis to allow access between Miles Davis Elementary School and the Emerson Park MetroLink station over I-64 is underway, as are finishing touches on a new roundabout at 18th Street. Work continues on improvements between 18th and 20th streets on St. Clair and Baugh Avenue and the Exchange Avenue bridge project over I-55/70 will start soon with scheduled demolition in August. You can also see 60 archeologists at work in Illinois, too. This summer, the Illinois Transportation Archeological Research Program – a joint IDOT-University of Illinois Intergovernmental Program – is fully engaged in finding artifacts from the Mississippian culture that resided along the river from 1000 to 1300 AD at the project site. Pottery shards, evidence of cook fires and even the burnt frame of a house are clues to the ancient civilization and culture being uncovered by what is one of the largest convocations of archeologists in the nation at work today on a single project. With the river level up, it’s been in and out of the water for the joint venture of Massman Construction/Traylor Brothers/Alberici Constructors (MTA) at work, verifying their foundation design for the main span. By drilling a column 11.5 feet in diameter 90 feet into bedrock, pouring concrete and applying test loads, MTA is making sure bed rock can handle the loads they think it can. Assuming everything goes as anticipated, MTA will be able to use fewer foundation columns and make them shorter saving both time and money on the project. No question, when it opens in 2014, the new bridge will be a significant enhancement to the downtown skyline. Rising 460 feet above the river, the new bridge will be the third largest of its type in the U.S. It will be two-thirds the height of the Arch and the seventh tallest structure in downtown. It will help frame and complement the important work now underway to create connections and transitions from the City and the Arch grounds to the river. MoDOT and IDOT will provide functional traffic and operations lighting for the bridge, but aesthetic lighting requires financing outside the established $670 million budget for the project.
A special Task Force of RCGA’s Bridge Committee, chaired by long time RCGA Bridge Committee Chairman Bruce Holland, president & CEO of Holland Construction Services, has been looking into finding the $1.925 million in capital costs to light the bridge and an additional $50,000 annually to pay for ongoing operating and maintenance costs. We may have the opportunity to “capture” DOT grant funding to help light the bridge, but we will need civic investment to match those funds. This is an important opportunity to step up and make the most of an important improvement in our region’s infrastructure, especially in conjunction with the civic efforts underway with the Arch and the Riverfront. And, we need to get this one right! Project website: Project Facebook page access: Construction webcams: Project photos: Illinois construction photos:
June 29, 2010 Economic Development Win For St. Louis: Fortune 500 Unisys Recruitment Underscores Region’s I T Strengths: St. Louis emerged as the winner in the economic development competition to land 300 well paying, new Unisys Corp. [www.unisys.com] IT jobs downtown. St. Louis was in a head-to-head competition with Montgomery, Ala.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and suburban Minneapolis-Saint Paul for these high-paying, high-skilled positions. At a news conference at the RCGA this past Thursday morning with Gov. Jay Nixon, Mayor Francis Slay, Unisys Corp. CEO Ed Coleman, Unisys President of Federal Systems Ted Davies, and our State and local economic development partners, this Fortune 500 worldwide information technology company announced it will locate its Application Modernization Center of Excellence (AMCOE) downtown. The company plans to employ 300 IT professionals in software architecture, design, development, maintenance, modernization and support by 2012.
The RCGA has been working with Unisys since February, in collaboration with our regional economic development partners, including The Missouri Partnership, the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the St. Louis Development Corporation and the City of St. Louis. The new Unisys Center of Excellence will focus on building, operating and maintaining leading-edge software applications for Unisys federal government and commercial clients. The center will eventually deliver value-added and differentiated services, such as Apple iPhone and Apple iPad application development and data warehousing.
In addition to our IT talent base, company officials cited our low cost of living, financial incentives, public transportation --- especially proximity to MetroLink and Metro stations --- and a vibrant downtown as reasons for selecting St. Louis in its national site location search. The new jobs created at the Center, which is expected to move into its permanent downtown St. Louis location later this year, will pay an average annual salary of $55,000 to $60,000. RCGA Director of Economic Policy and Analysis Ruth Sergenian estimates the 300 new direct jobs will create another 335 new indirect jobs and $82.4 million combined direct and indirect annual impact on our region's economy. The Unisys recruitment underscores our region’s strength as an IT market. The recent Market Street Services comprehensive "Regional Cluster Analysis for the St. Louis Region" indicates Greater St. Louis has become increasingly attractive to companies that require IT talent. As we noted in the news conference, IT workers make up some 3.5% of the St. Louis region’s total workforce, accounting for 46,270 IT jobs in 2009. This compares to the U.S. average in this industry of 2.9%, giving St. Louis a 22% higher concentration of IT jobs than the U.S. overall. In fact, the St. Louis region has added nearly 12,000 net new jobs in the IT sector since 1999. Congratulations to the entire RCGA Economic Development Team, particularly to RCGA Director of Business Recruitment Lori Becklenberg, and our State and local economic development partners, on this outstanding economic development win for the region. The RCGA had worked with the Missouri Partnership, the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and the St. Louis Development Corporation in recruiting the Unisys deal. As I noted in Thursday’s news conference, the announcement of the manufacturing deal in St. Peters by Austrian-based Alpla and this week’s Unisys deal closing, are hopefully indicators that economic development and job expansion decisions by companies are beginning to take place once again, after a long recession. I noted that the current RCGA Economic Development Pipeline now includes 50 prospects for which the bi-state region and our economic development partners are “in the hunt.” These 50 prospects represent an aggregate potential of some 13,200 jobs and nearly $1 billion in prospective capital investment. June 22, 2010 Delegation Of St. Louis Regional Business And Civic Leaders Compare Notes With Indianapolis Counterparts: In what has become an annual tradition in the St. Louis area, some 50 regional leaders joined forces for a "best practices" examination of Indianapolis this past Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for the 12th Annual RCGA Annual Leadership Trip. As members of the St. Louis delegation can attest --- led this year by Graybar Electric Chairman, President & CEO, and RCGA Chairman Bob Reynolds, the Leadership Exchange to Indianapolis provided a unique and in-depth opportunity for our diverse regional leadership to focus on a number of issues important to our metropolitan area, strengthen existing relationships, and forge several new ones.
In a jam-packed 3-day agenda, the St. Louis delegates met with some 25 of their Indy counterparts. To open the session, the delegation heard from a panel comprised of Emmis Communications CEO Jeff Smulyan; Indianapolis Star city hall reporter Francesca Jarosz; and Maribeth Smith & Associates CEO Maribeth Smith on "What Makes Indianapolis Work?", moderated by former Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut. While Mayor Hudnut left office nearly 20 years ago, it was particularly interesting to observe how much current Indianapolis leaders still admire him for the lasting positive impact he has had on the region during and since his 16 years at Indy’s chief executive from 1976 to 1992. Over the course of the 3 days, Bill shared his unique perspectives – often peppered with laugh-out-loud humorous anecdotes – as one of the nation’s most successful mayors. The keys to creating and growing a vibrant regional economy can be summed up by what he calls the “4 C’s” – COLLABORATION, COOPERATION, COLLEGIALITY, and CONSENSUS-BUILDING. Hudnut also moderated a special panel discussion on Monday on the issue of regional governance and city/county consolidation, commissioned by Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, consisting of former Indianapolis Deputy Mayor John Krauss; Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard; and former House Majority Leader of the Indiana House of Representatives, Dr. Ned Lamkin.
Other Indy business and civic leaders meeting with the St. Louis delegation included: Central Indiana Corporate Partnership President & CEO Mark Miles; Indiana Sports Corp. President Susan Williams; Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Roland Dorson; Indy Life Sciences leader Nancy Langdon; and Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium Executive Director Barney Levengood, to name just a few. We were also pleased that St. Louis Post-Dispatch Assistant Managing Editor Adam Goodman and Post- Dispatch economic development reporter Tim Logan presented news coverage of the Trip. Please click on these links to read the 3 articles penned by Tim Logan: “Postcard From Indianapolis”: “So, How Big Is This Place?”: “Lesson From Indianapolis”: Also, FOX 2 St. Louis reporter Kurt LaBelle posted this news story about the Trip: June 21, 2010 Climate Prosperity Project/RCGA Win National Award For “Regional Sustainability Innovation”: The Institute for Sustainable Development has awarded the RCGA its national Green Plus Innovation Award for leadership in incubating the national Climate Prosperity Project and the St. Louis Climate Prosperity Project, both aimed at advancing regional sustainability through linking environmental and economic development initiatives.
This prestigious national award, which recognizes innovation by a chamber of commerce, was presented by the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based Institute for Sustainable Development, and was held at the Research Triangle Foundation headquarters. The award was given “for the RCGA’s efforts and the nationwide example it has set to advance sustainability,” noted Chris Carmody, Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Development. The other presenters at the Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise Awards program on Friday were Rick Weddle, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Research Triangle Foundation, and Tony Waldrop, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. RCGA Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Communications and Marketing Don Meyer accepted the award on behalf of the RCGA, commenting, “last year, the RCGA Board made Climate Prosperity one of our organization’s top priorities for the future. It is gratifying to have this regional initiative recognized nationally.” The award presenters heralded The St. Louis Climate Prosperity Project, the strategic initiative to lead the St. Louis region in linking sustainability and green economy economic development, as a national model for sustainability. The Climate Prosperity Project is positioning the St. Louis region to join our civic colleagues in Silicon Valley, Portland and Denver, to demonstrate that economic development and responding to climate change challenges and opportunities are not mutually exclusive. It’s all part of our region’s overall effort to be viewed as a ‘location of choice’ for business entrepreneurship, expansion, relocation and talent. “Transportation: Investing In The Future Of The St. Louis Region” Forum To Be Held Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 22nd At Moto Museum: The RCGA, the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of St. Louis and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) St. Louis will present a Transportation Forum tomorrow morning, June 22nd, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., at the Moto Museum in Grand Center, 3441 Olive St. Former Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn, now Senior Vice President of Kansas City-based HNTB Corporation, will be the keynote speaker. Former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden of the Holden Public Policy Forum at Webster University in St. Louis will moderate a response panel comprised of Maggie Hales, Interim Executive Director of the East-West Gateway Council of Governments; Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Director of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport; and Kathy Osborn, Executive Director of The Regional Business Council (RBC). The St. Louis region has recently been making significant progress on enhancing and maintaining its transportation infrastructure: the I-64 rebuild is completed; St. Louis County voted to support Metro; and construction of the New Mississippi River Bridge has begun. However, now is not the time to be complacent. Existing funding sources are not keeping pace with emerging needs, and the region must address these impending shortfalls if it wants to successfully compete. How can we stay competitive as a region by addressing the issue of long-term transportation funding? What does the St. Louis region look like in 30 years if we do not address this issue? Can we afford to continue to ignore this issue? How do we put together a long-term funding plan that may not be able to depend on the federal assistance levels we have enjoyed in the past? These and other questions will be answered at this forum. For more information, please contact RCGA Vice President for Infrastructure and Public Policy Susan Stauder at 314.444.1155, or e-mail her at sstauder@stlrcga.org. June 9, 2010 Breakfast With The Gazelles Features Rams Executive Vice President For Football Operations Kevin Demoff On Thursday, June 24th: Keeping with the sports entrepreneurship theme, with previous 2010 Gazelles Breakfasts including Blues owner Dave Checketts and Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak, we are pleased to present an inside perspective of the rebuilding of the Rams franchise. Please plan to join us for the next RCGA Breakfast with the Gazelles featuring St. Louis Rams Executive Vice President for Football Operations Kevin Demoff on Thursday, June 24th, at the RCGA offices. Kevin's topic is "Rebuilding The St. Louis Rams: The Blueprint For Creating An Organization That Makes St. Louis Proud."
Breakfast with the Gazelles is held each month in the Regional Collaboration Center at the RCGA offices on the 13th floor; registration and continental breakfast open at 7:15 a.m., with the program itself running from 8 to 9 a.m. Parking is available in the Met Square garage. For more information about this and other upcoming RCGA Breakfast with the Gazelles programs, please contact RCGA Vice President for Membership Services Colin Stahlhut today at (314) 444-1145, or e-mail him at cstahlhut@stlrcga.org. June 8, 2010 Circus Flora Celebrates 24th Anniversary As St. Louis' Own European-Style Circus: Circus Flora, St. Louis' one-ring, European-style circus, presents its 2010 world premier production in St. Louis, "Ingenioso," inspired by Don Quixote and presented by Edward Jones. The show premiered this past Thursday and runs through June 27th, adding a full week of performances to the regular production schedule. This affordable, family-friendly circus takes place under the air-conditioned, red-and-white, big top tent in Grand Center, adjacent to Powell Symphony Hall (corner of Grand Boulevard and Samuel Shepard Drive). With a sizzling Spanish flair and a variety of classic circus acts, including galloping conquistadors, classic equestrian ballet, aerial acts and an awe-inspiring low-wire walker, the world-renowned Circus Flora ensemble brings this memorable tale of misadventure to life. The story of Don Quixote lends itself perfectly to the circus arts, where the ordinary becomes the extraordinary, and heroes emerge as gentle, triumphant clowns persuading others to see the glory of the world as they do.
"Ingenioso" refers to the ingenious, quick-thinking of Don Quixote as he mistakes ordinary objects and people for the fantastic, and falls into misadventure after misadventure, always managing to emerge unscathed. Founded in 1985, St. Louis-based Circus Flora is one of the region's artistic treasures under the continuing direction of founder Ivor David Balding. I first experienced Circus Flora at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina in the 1980s, and brought Circus Flora to Denver to perform for several weeks in downtown Denver in the 1980s. Little did I know then that I would eventually move to the home of Circus Flora in St. Louis, and be able to enjoy this wonderful art form every year. For more information about Circus Flora, please visit their website at www.circusflora.org. June 7, 2010 Regional Efforts To Retain Biosciences Talent Beginning To Pay Dividends: When Pfizer announced a significant downsizing late in 2009, a loud warning bell sounded in the St. Louis region. Pfizer's announcement came alarmingly close to similar events that displaced more than 1,600 professionals from science-intensive firms during the restructuring of the global recession. While current events have necessitated layoffs, future economic vitality depends on a talent pool rich in the skills, competencies and experiences that these professionals possess. The region's response to date can be seen in a constellation of activities by both public and private sector organizations. Virtually all of these participated in Bio-Science Talent Task Force Meetings convened in January and February 2010 by David Kerr, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and me (on behalf of the business community). Task Force meetings were organized through the cooperative efforts of staff from the RCGA, the Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences, Right Management, the Missouri Division of Workforce Development, and volunteering science professionals. Multi-faceted responses by business, governmental, and civic members of the Task Force have been aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, growing existing firms in science and related fields, and supporting the region's talent-centered economic development strategy.
Clearly, there is much more that can and should be done to retain and re-engage the outstanding talent now transitioning from science and technology-intensive firms in the St. Louis region. The RCGA and the Missouri Department of Economic Development continue to seek out and highlight other initiatives to make known to displaced scientific workers. June 4, 2010 22nd Annual RCGA "Try St. Louis … Buy St. Louis" Golf Tournament On Monday, June 21st: Sign up today for the 22nd Annual RCGA "Try St. Louis … Buy St. Louis" Golf Tournament, which will be held on Monday, June 21st, at the 36-hole Whitmoor Country Club. This year's overall tournament sponsors are Mercer Health & Benefits and Southwest Bank. KMOX NewsRadio 1120 is media sponsor of the event. Gerry Clark, principal, Mercer Health & Benefits, is serving as Chair of the 2010 tournament. To date, 165 golfers have already registered. The RCGA's "Try St. Louis … Buy St. Louis" golf tournament has a tradition of being more than a great outing of golf; it is one of the region's top business networking events of the year, as well. The tournament will offer hole-in-one, longest drive, closest-to-the-pin, and putting contests, as well as many more competition prizes. All players will receive a tournament gift. A closest-to-the-pin “shootout” for $750, $500 and $250 gift certificates will highlight the day; the 8 closest-to-the-pin winners throughout the day on the par 3s will hold a shootout at 150 yards from the 18th green. A barbecue lunch and closing dinner at the Whitmoor Country Club will round out the event; KMOX's Tom Ackerman will once again serve as dinner/program emcee. To date, 47 companies and organizations and sponsors, in addition to the major sponsors, have committed as hole sponsors and major donors for this year's tournament: American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.; Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Bommarito Automotive Group; Build-A-Bear Workshop; Cassidy Turley; Chase Park Plaza; CIGNA; Commerce Bank; Delta Dental of Missouri; Edward Jones; The Doe Run Company; Essex Dental; Four Seasons Hotel; Group Health Plan; Hampton-Inn Gateway Arch; Humana; Jones Lang LaSalle; Lodging Hospitality Management; Lucas Park Grille; Mike Shannon's; Lumiere Place Casino & Hotels; Millennium Hotel St. Louis; Monsanto Co.; Office Essentials; Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis; Savvis; Schnuck Markets; SCI Engineering; Sheraton St. Louis; Southwest Airlines; Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program; St. Louis Blues; St. Louis Cardinals; St. Louis College of Pharmacy; St. Louis Rams; St. Louis Union Station Marriott; Tarlton Corporation; The Ritz-Carlton; The Westin St. Louis and UnitedHealthcare. To become a hole sponsor, or to register for the golf tournament, please contact RCGA Vice President for Membership Services Colin Stahlhut today at (314) 444-1145, or e-mail him at cstahlhut@stlrcga.org. June 3, 2010 Modern Lambert Is A Cornerstone Of Growing Regional Economy: As the St. Louis region continues to chart its course for the 21st century, history in other regions suggests that a modern and efficient airport clearly is a cornerstone of a dynamic, growing economy. Expanding and modernizing Lambert Airport is one of the most prudent investments our region can make to assure a sustained, growing economy. Just as transportation has fueled economic expansion throughout this nation's and the region's history, airports have become the anchors of modern economies. Lambert, under the leadership of St. Louis Aviation Director and long-time RCGA Board member, Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, is embarking on the next phase of Lambert enhancements this summer - a $50 million interior renovation of the main terminal, and the A and C concourses. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Ken Leiser penned an in-depth piece that was published this past Sunday in which he examined the relationship of the so-called Airport Experience Program (that is focused on improving passenger services and airport operations), and Lambert officials' continued efforts to expand both passenger and cargo air service in St. Louis. The business community continues to support these efforts as vital to the region's economic development competitiveness. Please click on this link to read the entire piece. June 2, 2010 Indianapolis Ready To Welcome RCGA Leadership Exchange Delegates: A delegation of 50-plus St. Louis area CEOs, civic and elected leaders - a sampling of whom include RCGA Board Chairman Bob Reynolds, Chairman, President & CEO of Graybar Electric; HOK Vice Chairman Clark Davis, RCGA Board Chair for Infrastructure; Mayor Francis Slay; and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley -- will be in Indianapolis for 3 days of meetings with some 25 of their Indy counterparts, as part of the 12th Annual RCGA Leadership Exchange on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, June 13th, 14th and 15th. The Leadership Exchange to Indianapolis will provide a unique and in-depth opportunity for our diverse regional leadership to focus on a number of issues important to our own metropolitan area, strengthen existing relationships and forge several new ones. A very special guest is joining us for the entire Trip -- 4-term former Indianapolis Mayor, Congressman, author, public speaker, television commentator, think tank fellow, and clergyman Bill Hudnut. He succeeded former Indianapolis Mayor, now U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana) as Mayor, and led the City-County merger effort (called UniGov), as well as various public/private partnership efforts to revitalize Indy's center city and to position Indianapolis as the "national capital of amateur sports." Bill will be our dinner speaker on Sunday evening, sharing his perspectives as one of the nation's most successful mayors during his 4 terms as Indy's chief executive, and he will also join the St. Louis delegation for the balance of the visit to Indianapolis. He is presently a Senior Fellow Emeritus at The Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Washington, D.C., and a principal in his own consulting firm, Bill Hudnut Consultants, LLC.
Bill Hudnut will moderate a special panel discussion on the issue of regional governance and city/county consolidation, consisting of former Indianapolis Deputy Mayor John Krauss; Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard (who together co-chaired a recently-completed Blue Ribbon Commission on Regional Governance for Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels); and former House Majority Leader of the Indiana House of Representatives, Dr. Ned Lamkin. Other Indy business and civic leaders meeting with the St. Louis delegation include: EMMIS Communications Corp. Chairman & CEO Jeff Smulyan; Central Indiana Corporate Partnership President & CEO Mark Miles; Indy Partnership President & CEO Ron Gifford; Indiana Sports Corp. President Susan Williams; Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce CEO Roland Dorson; Indianapolis Airport Authority Executive Director & CEO John Clark; and Indy Life Sciences leader Nancy Langdon, to name a few. We will also tour Lucas Oil Stadium, which was the site of the NCAA Final Four in March, as well as the Indianapolis 500 Speedway and Hall of Fame. Several of the issues we will explore on this year's Leadership Trip are:
The Indianapolis Leadership Trip follows previous inter-city RCGA Leadership Trips to Cleveland, Seattle, Baltimore, Denver, Toronto, Boston, San Diego, St. Louis, Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago. We are also pleased to note that Post-Dispatch Assistant Managing Editor Adam Goodman and Post economic development reporter Tim Logan are covering this Trip as delegates. This promises to be an outstanding Leadership Trip and, if you have not yet registered, we certainly hope you can join us. The Leadership Trip registration fee of $2,750 covers each delegate's participation, including single occupancy accommodations at the award winning Conrad Hotel and all meals (starting Sunday with lunch and ending Tuesday with lunch), as well as local transportation and transfers and charter motor coach to and from Indianapolis. Those wishing to join the delegation are urged to please contact RCGA Vice President for Membership Services Colin Stahlhut today at (314) 444-1145, or e-mail him at cstahlhut@stlrcga.org. June 1, 2010 Missouri Secretary Of State Robin Carnahan To Present At RCGA Public Policy Luncheon This Friday: The RCGA's Public Policy Speaker Series this Friday morning, June 4th, features Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., in the Regional Collaboration Center at the RCGA, 13th floor of Metropolitan Square, 211 N. Broadway, downtown.
A 5th generation Missourian, Secretary Carnahan was first elected to office as Secretary of State in 2004 and re-elected in 2008. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo. 7th), Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, spoke at the RCGA Public Policy Luncheon on May 18th. For reservations and more information, please call Sherri Bailey at the RCGA at (314) 444-1134, or e-mail her at sbailey@stlrcga.org.
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