Home builders are becoming a bit more optimistic about future demand for their products, so much so that a few of them are building spec homes in St. Charles County and elsewhere in the metropolitan area. “We have 12 right ...

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Homes sales in St. Charles County declined in June by about 7.5 percent when compared to a year ago. A total of 456 homes were sold last month, according to the St. Charles County Association of Realtors. In June 2008 ...

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Thousands of St. Louis County families viewed St. Charles County as the land of milk and honey during the past two decades, moving here to get more bang for their mortgage buck, to enroll their children in the county’s public ...

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St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann earlier this month signed an executive order that expedites the process of distributing $465,806 for assistance to the homeless and programs aimed at preventing homelessness. Ehlmann’s action allows members of the Community Assistance Board ...

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Produce vendors at farmers’ markets in St. Charles County can breathe easy. The food police won’t start regulating their operations. Some vendors at the St. Charles Lions Club Farmers’ Market apparently were caught off guard a week ago last Saturday ...

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The effort to make St. Louis a hub for China’s Midwest trade may not pay dividends for St. Charles County for many years to come. But that hasn’t deterred the county from making the investment. Early this year a working ...

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The St. Charles County Auditor’s Office says its new Taxpayer Advocate Program starts this Wednesday. Taxpayer advocates are independent contractors hired by the county to assist residents who are considering appeals of the recent reassessments of their properties. The program ...

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A weak market and lower mortgage rates are helping make homes in St. Charles County more affordable, according to an analysis recently released by the county's Department of Community Development. There also appears to be a trend to build smaller homes in the county. For years many local not-for-profit organizations and some businesspeople have lobbied local officials to take action to spur the construction of low- and moderate-income housing, which advocates of such projects call affordable housing. The marketplace may be doing what government couldn't or refused to do.

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The Missouri Legislature has approved a bill that allows the state Highway and Transportation Commission to enter into contracts that speed up the construction of the Page Avenue Extension and other projects. St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said the ...

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Officials will put the $1.56 million in federal stimulus money St. Charles County will receive into helping dislocated workers and providing training and work for teens and young adults. Close to $900,000 of the federal money will be used to ...

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Novus International Inc. said its global headquarters in the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles County has been awarded the Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The company said platinum certification ...

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