West Newsmagazine 12-4-19

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Local student wins entrepreneurial
essay contest
By JESSICA MESZAROS
During the Greater St. Charles Chamber
of Commerce luncheon on Nov. 20, the
Duree Center awarded one high school student
$500 for best answering the question:
“Why is an entrepreneurial mindset critical
to the success of my generation?”
To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship
Week 2019, the Duree
Center for Entrepreneurship
hosted a high school student
essay contest with the winner
receiving $500. After reviewing
over 100 essays submitted
by local students, Khloe M.
Carver was named the winner
of the 2019 High School Student
Essay Contest. Khloe is a
student at St. Charles High and
participates in the St. Charles
County Center for Advanced
Professional Studies [CAPS]
Entrepreneurship Strand.
Carver was announced as the essay contest
winner at the Greater St. Charles Chamber
of Commerce luncheon on Nov. 20. She
was joined by her mother, Ramona Johnson,
and her grandfather, Rodney Johnson.
The goal of the Duree Center for Entrepreneurship,
based out of Lindenwood University
in St. Charles, is to provide opportunities
for students and other individuals to pursue
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Bartoni [Ward 2] asked City Attorney John
Young. Young said the question would
require additional research. While the Missouri
Department of Health and Senior
Services has published phone numbers and
email addresses for inquiries, a procedure
for public input on a specific license applicant
is not clear.
Niles Stephens [Ward 8] cast the lone
dissenting vote against the resolution.
“We’re going to tell [Ellisville] they
shouldn’t have done this. Which is essentially
what Wildwood would be doing,”
Stephens said. “So I don’t [see] any need
for it.”
The resolution is somewhat unprecedented
in terms of the history of Wildwood
government. There have been similar
examples, including the “Better Together”
opposition earlier this year, where the council
has expressed support or disagreement
with the actions of other governing bodies
like St. Louis County and the state of Missouri.
But the resolution challenging the
zoning decision of a neighboring community
could be a first.
entrepreneurial opportunities across the St.
Louis region. The center is part of The Hammond
Institute for Free Enterprise, a research
and education center in the Plaster School
of Business and Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood
University. Its mission is to foster
free enterprise and civil and religious liberty
through the examination of market-oriented
[Left to right] Craig Felzien, director of the Duree Center for
Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University; Clifton Taulbert,
international speaker and entrepreneur; Khloe Carver, essay
contest winner, Rodney Johnson, Khloe’s grandfather; and
Ramona Johnson, Khloe’s mother.
approaches to economic and social issues.
The Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise
is a research and education center that
examines market-oriented approaches to
social and economic issues on a local and
global scale.
The essay contest was sponsored in part
by West Newsmagazine and Mid Rivers
Newsmagazine.
“Ellisville certainly has the right to police
their own city. But they are infringing on,
I think, the concerns of citizens of Wildwood,”
councilmember Dave Bertolino
[Ward 5] said.
The Ellisville City Council’s next
meeting is scheduled for Dec. 4.
In a follow-up with West Newsmagazine,
Ellisville Mayor Mike Roemerman said the
walking distance from the potential facility to
the school boundary via demarcation points
that can be legally traveled by foot is over
1,600 feet.
“The Wildwood City Council pigeonholed
medical marijuana down in Chesterfield
Valley and effectively zoned it out
of their city,” Roemerman said. “I believe
they have put themselves in the crosshairs
of a lawsuit for violating the Missouri
Constitution by not providing access even
though 63% of their residents voted in
favor of the amendment. I do not believe
they are acting in the interests of their citizens
as a whole but for the fears of a few.”
Roemerman added that Ellisville has also
collaborated with the Rockwood Drug-
Free Coalition regarding recommendations
moving forward.
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