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city as well. I think the other side is trying
to recruit more of the professional, officetype
users that will fill available office
spaces in town but are also here during the
day from the typical 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
help contribute to the local economy as
more of a business user than anything else,”
Jacquin said.
Five existing Wildwood businesses
have relocated and expanded since August
2016, or plan to do so. In 2018, businesses
that have already successfully relocated
include CrossFit Wildwood into the previously
vacant Dau Furniture building
[March 2018] and Subway at 2430 Taylor
Road [June 2018] from its former location
within Village Plaza.
Since October 2016, approximately 20
new businesses have opened or expect to
open in Wildwood, creating about 105 new
full-time jobs and 22 part-time jobs.
“Through our economic development,
I think we’ve gotten our landowners, our
property owners and the businesses to
communicate a little bit more openly with
each other,” Dodwell said. “I’m in my
second year as chair of the committee, and
after my first year, I had phone calls and
emails from several different businesses
just saying, ‘Thank you for providing us
with a single resource, so we don’t have to
go from person to person within the city to
try and find answers.’”
According to Jacquin, the of city’s goals
with business recruitment and retention
are “… more service-oriented [operations],
including restaurants, boutique shops and
businesses that provide a certain service to
Wildwood.”
As of 2018, the list of new businesses
and their open dates includes:
• Edward Jones: Jason Huntley, 16750
Main St., February 2018
• The Color Bar: Going Glam Cosmetics,
174 Plaza Drive, February 2018
• AdvantaClean of West County, located
at 17384 Manchester Road, May 2018
• Stonecrest of Wildwood, 251 Plaza
Drive, May 2018
• Salon Bellissimo [at Stonecrest], 237
Plaza Drive, June 2018
• Dollar Tree, 16552 Manchester Road,
July 2018
• Aegis Therapies [at Stonecrest], 231
Plaza Drive, July 2018
• Premier Business Advantage, 16759
Main St., August 2018
• Media Center [at Stonecrest], 251 Plaza
Drive, August 2018
Nine businesses also recently have
renovated facilities within Wildwood,
including the Village Plaza Shopping
Center, the Pure by Jen boutique located
in Town Center, the former dance studio
located at 2612 East Ave., the Pond Inn &
Hall off Manchester Road, the Wildwood
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Family YMCA, Schnucks Markets, the
New Community Church off Manchester
Road, Directory Publishing Solutions
[DPS Media] off State Route 109 and the
La Salle Retreat Center located off Rue de
La Salle Drive.
“Obviously, the city can’t run somebody’s
personal business, but if there are
additional resources that we might be able
to bring to bear to help ease their implementation
or the growth of their business,
we certainly want to be in the position to
do that,” Dodwell said.
Incoming businesses
Multiple other developments tentatively
are planning to open inside the city limits
before the end of 2018. According to Jacquin,
many of those are not being built
from the ground up but are instead filling
vacancies.
“More often than not, our primary effort
is attracting businesses to fill the existing
spaces that we already have,” Jacquin said.
“I think when my position was created
[in 2016], people went around town and
they noticed several available spaces that
weren’t being filled. I think that usually is
one of the first few items people mention,
filling those available retail spaces before
even considering building anything new.”
Since 2016, the number of vacancies in
the city has declined.
In mid-2016, the total vacancy rate for
shopping centers in Wildwood was about
19.4 percent, which equates to about
70,000 square feet of vacancy out of about
363,000 square feet of overall space.
As of October 2018, Jacquin said the
total vacancy dropped to about 30,000
square feet, which caused the vacancy rate
to decline to about 10.27 percent.
“In those two years, we went from a
vacancy rate of almost 20 percent down to
a vacancy rate of almost 10 percent,” Jacquin
said.
One development currently working to
fill a vacancy is The Miller Haus, under
construction at 2612 East Ave. in Ward
8. The building will house a dog-friendly
coffee shop, lounge and coworking space
that also will host pet adoptions and rescue
events. The facility has sat vacant for four
years and previously served as the home of
Wildwood Dance and Arts.
According to Jacquin, owner Ande
Miller received all paperwork from the city
of Wildwood earlier in 2018 and is currently
awaiting a few more permits from St.
Louis County. The business plans to open
its doors before the end of the year.
“People are very excited, who live in the
neighborhoods around it, that they will
have someplace where they can walk to get
a quick bite,” Dodwell said.
Also in Ward 8, Clinical Bioenergy Services
has opened at 16759 Main St. The
office is on the building’s second floor,