West Newsmagazine 2-14-18
Local news, local politics and community events for West St. Louis County Missouri.
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February <strong>14</strong>, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
WEST NEWSMAGAZINE<br />
I WOMEN IN BUSINESS I 33<br />
business<br />
briefs<br />
PLACES<br />
Mercy and GoHealth Urgent Care<br />
recently announced a partnership to create<br />
a network of urgent care centers. More than<br />
30 co-branded Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care<br />
centers will open over the next two years in<br />
the Midwest, with retail locations throughout<br />
the St. Louis area. Each Mercy-GoHealth<br />
Urgent Care center will operate seven days a<br />
week with extended evening hours, welcome<br />
walk-in patients, offer online pre-registration<br />
and check-in, and feature Mercy’s unified<br />
electronic health record.<br />
• • •<br />
IMPACT Strategies is collaborating<br />
with Montgomery Development to<br />
renovate the Hilltown Village Center in<br />
Chesterfield. Prior to this project, IMPACT<br />
Strategies also finished an extensive<br />
remodel of the Hilltown Village Schnucks.<br />
The completion of the current project will<br />
result in new roofing, new windows and a<br />
full façade renovation of four buildings.<br />
• • •<br />
Renovate America, the nation’s largest<br />
Property Assessed Clean Energy [PACE]<br />
provider, in conjunction with the Missouri<br />
Clean Energy District, now is offering<br />
<strong>West</strong> County residents in the municipalities<br />
of Des Peres, Creve Coeur and Manchester<br />
home energy renovation opportunities<br />
through PACE financing. The financing<br />
mechanism allows property owners to<br />
make energy-efficiency and renewableenergy<br />
improvements to their homes and<br />
pay for them over time as an additional,<br />
voluntary line item on their property taxes.<br />
• • •<br />
Rise Martial Arts, a family-owned<br />
and -operated martial arts studio, recently<br />
opened in Des Peres Commons. Master<br />
instructor Ross Lee, along with Chris Dudding<br />
and Marianne Hicks, instruct students,<br />
age 4 to adults, in Taekwondo.<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Matthew Mabie, president of Chesterfield-based<br />
Knoebel Construction, has been<br />
named a Rising Retail Leader Under 40<br />
by the International Council of Shopping<br />
Centers. After spending the majority of his<br />
career in project management, Mabie was<br />
promoted to vice president of operations at<br />
Knoebel Construction at age 30. Two years<br />
later, he was promoted to president. Under<br />
Mabie’s leadership, Knoebel has expanded<br />
more than five-fold in just five years.<br />
• • •<br />
<strong>West</strong> County resident John Hagedorn<br />
recently was elected president of the St.<br />
Louis Bridge Center’s board of directors.<br />
Hagedorn has led efforts to improve the<br />
Bridge Center’s use of technology, including<br />
fostering efforts to participate in virtual<br />
regional and national tournaments.<br />
NETWORKING AND EVENTS<br />
The <strong>West</strong> County Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
Government Affairs & Transportation<br />
Forum is from 7:30-9 a.m. on<br />
Friday, Feb. 16 at the St. Louis County<br />
Police Department, Office of Emergency<br />
Management, 1150 Hanna Road in Ballwin.<br />
The event is free and open to the public;<br />
complimentary breakfast. Features updates<br />
from state and local offices and agencies.<br />
For more information, contact Heather<br />
Zerweck at (636) 230-9900 or hzerweck@<br />
westcountychamber.com. Register online<br />
at westcountychamber.com.<br />
• • •<br />
The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
monthly General Membership<br />
Meeting is from 11:15 a.m-1 p.m. on<br />
Wednesday, Feb. 21 at Saint Louis Family<br />
Church, 17458 Chesterfield Airport Road<br />
in Chesterfield. Author Mark Leach, who<br />
has extensive knowledge of the history of<br />
Chesterfield, will be the guest speaker. $25<br />
for members, $30 for guests registering by<br />
Feb. 17; $30 for members, $35 for guests<br />
registering by Feb. 19; $35 for members,<br />
$40 for guests registering by Feb. 21.<br />
Walk-ins will not be guaranteed a meal.<br />
• • •<br />
The <strong>West</strong> County Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
monthly General Membership<br />
Meeting is from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on<br />
Thursday, Feb. 22 at The Wildwood Hotel,<br />
2801 Fountain Place in Wildwood. Guest<br />
Speaker Tony Ruesing will discuss “For<br />
the Sake of Change.” Members and nonmembers<br />
are welcome. Register at westcountychamber.com.<br />
$25 for members,<br />
$30 for non-members. There will be a<br />
$5 surcharge for registration less than 48<br />
hours prior to the meeting and walk-ins.<br />
For more information, contact Heather<br />
Zerweck at (636) 230-9900 or hzerweck@<br />
westcountychamber.com.<br />
• • •<br />
The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce<br />
hosts a Business Over Breakfast meeting<br />
from 7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27<br />
at The Original Pancake House, 17000<br />
Chesterfield Airport Road in Chesterfield.<br />
The topic will be Sexual Harassment – Protecting<br />
You and Your Workplace. $15 for<br />
chamber members, $25 non-members.<br />
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