AT&T Celebrates New Creve Coeur Digs

The company hosted a Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting Friday.

A few weeks after a "soft opening" for AT&T's new Creve Coeur retail location in the former Blockbuster Video space across from CityPlace, company executives and the Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting Friday afternoon. Company officials said the new location, not far from the company's former retail outlet on Olive Boulevard, provides better parking as well as the chance to have the only company Device Support Center right next door. That facility, staffed by a third party company under the AT&T banner, was previously housed on the other side of Creve Coeur and wasn't convenient for customers, according to company executives.     Text

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Update: Check Back Thursday Afternoon For Candidate Forum Coverage

The two contenders for Mayor answered your questions Thursday morning

9:15 Update: Thanks to everyone for your questions, and for coming to the event. We'll have a story on the forum later today.   Creve Coeur voters on Tuesday will elect the city's next mayor. Come join Patch and the Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce at the Drury Hotel as we host a candidate forum Thursday morning featuring the two contenders, Barry Glantz and Laura Bryant. For several weeks we've been asking for your questions, and I have received dozens of them through stories and email. While it is too late to submit them here, you can submit them at the event. I'll be moderating the discussion, which will be preceeded by a light breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The forum gets underway at approximately 7:45 a.m. and will end at 9 a.m. We'll…

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Last Call! Get Your Questions In For The Mayoral Candidates

Patch and the Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce are hosting a forum featuring Barry Glantz and Laura Bryant Thursday morning.

The Week Ahead In Creve Coeur

The Week Ahead: Presidents Day, A Potbelly Update, and Finding A Fish Fry

A sampling of what's ahead this week in Creve Coeur and on Patch.

It is a shortened workweek for many Monday, with the federal observance of Presidents Day. Click here for a reminder of what's open and closed Monday. If your business is open or closed today, here's an easy way to tell your customers about it--claim your Patch listing and post an announcement. Because of the holiday, the City of Creve Coeur's Planning and Zoning Commission's regular meeting will be held Tuesday night. The most notable agenda item, as first reported by Patch, is a public hearing on a proposal to bring a Potbelly Sandwhich Works location to the former Provisions Market storefront in CityPlace. With the beginning of Lent this week, you may be in the market for a good fish fry. We're happy to help. Check out our Fish Fry …

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Blues Exec To Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber: Sale "Reaching The Finish Line"

Minority partner Tom Stillman's group making progress in last 72 hours.

During Thursday's monthly membership luncheon for the Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Blues Vice Chairman Michael McCarthy told the audience that the sale of the team and related assets to minority partner Tom Stillman is "reaching the finish line." McCarthy made the comment during a brief question and answer session following a scheduled presentation to highlight the organization's work to refurbish and reopen the Peabody Opera House, as well as to spotlight the team's rise under new Head Coach Ken Hitchcock. The sale of the team and some of the related assets has been an on-again, off-again issue for years in St. Louis. McCarthy allowed Thursday that "there's some anxiety when something drags on this long." ESPN.com …

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Creve Coeur Chamber Honors Business Person Of The Year

Thursday's luncheon also recognized, legislator of the year, along with incoming and outgoing leadership.

The Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce came together for the organization's annual Awards & Installation luncheon Thursday, to recognize the body's Businessperson of the Year and Legislator of the Year. This year's winners were Larry Tessler, of Tessler Promotions and Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder. Tessler was recognized for his efforts assisting on several volunteer committees for the chamber, as well as his work as an "Ambassador" for the organization. He received congratulatory letters and proclamations from a variety of local, state and federal officials, including Creve Coeur Mayor Harold Dielmann, State Representative Jill Schupp, State Senator Jane Cunningham, U.S. Representative William Lacy Clay and U.S. Senator …

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Chamber Chili Cookoff And Little River Band Spark 'Olivette On The Go' Weekend

The first Olivette On The Go event at Stacy Park wrapped up with the Little River Band on Sunday night.

The City of Olivette just concluded three days of revamping its annual summer festival. The Olivette SummerFest was re-branded as 'Olivette on the Go' with activities spanning the entire weekend. The festival featured new carnival rides, an expanded beer garden and picnic area; many ethnic food booths and a variety of activities to please everyone. The highlight of the weekend was an appearance by the Little River Band.They played to a throng of hundreds spread out across the park on blankets, picnic benches and lawn chairs. On Saturday, the Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce hosted an old fashioned chili cook-off. It drew cooks from home kitchens as well as community businesses. The overall winner, Saleeby Associates, won $1,000 for…

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Rams Exec To Creve Coeur Chamber: Hope For Football In a Week

Discussion focuses on community involvement for better visibility during tough economic times

Bob Reif, Chief Marketing Officer for the St. Louis Rams was dispensing advice to an audience of Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce members Thursday about marketing during tough times. While business owners large and small are still struggling to find an economic recovery Reif had hopeful news for the audience and football fans everywhere. He soon could have an active product ready to market. Reif arrived about an hour late for the Chamber's monthly membership luncheon because he was in touch with team owner Stan Kroenke and executive vice president of football operations, Kevin Demoff, who are both at the NFL owners meeting in Atlanta, about the potential end of the labor lockout. ESPN is among the outlets reporting that players are…

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Whiz Kids: Chamber of Commerce Honors Essay Writers

Winners were selected from Andrews Academy and Parkway Northeast Middle School in Creve Coeur.

The arrival of summer, albeit not officially for another few weeks, does not prevent us from honoring those bright students doing good work in the classroom and recognizing them in the community as Whiz Kids. This week, we're recognizing two Creve Coeur area students who finished in first place among their classmates in a Creve Coeur-Olivette Chamber of Commerce essay contest. The topic: What is leadership, and how can it have an impact on the larger community? It looks like this pair, Dariya Khojasteh, a 6th grade student at Andrews Academy and Juliann Bi, an 8th grade student at Parkway Northeast Middle School, are already showing the way.

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Joplin Native Collects Clothes, Gift Cards at Sports Clips to Help Her Hometown

Creve Coeur business pitches in, serving as a clothing collection site to help tornado victims.

As President Obama prepares to visit Joplin area this weekend to take stock of the devastation caused by Sunday's earthquake, a Creve Coeur hair stylist with family in Joplin will do the same, and hopefully with lots of supplies in hand. Kim O’Dell counts herself fortunate because none of her family members in Joplin were harmed. Her father, Richard O’Dell, found a working land-line in the neighborhood and called her immediately after the storm to let her know her family members were safe and their homes in the Joplin and Webb City area were relatively unscathed.  But when O’Dell, a native of Joplin, talked about her hometown where an F-4 tornado struck Sunday, killing at least 118 people, she looked like she was in shock. “It was very …

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