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JOHN BERGLUND'S INSIGHTS ON
"DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS PROGRESS"

Starwood Group John Berglund — Jim McKelvey’s partner in the high tech adaptive reuse of the former St. Louis Post-Dispatch HQ into The Post Building — did a terrific interview this morning on KTRS with McGraw Milhaven on the future of downtown St. Louis, including the emergence of St. Louis’ newest Innovation District:

- the Downtown North Insight District;

- The Post Building;

-The Globe Building; and,

- T-Rex and NGA Moon Shot Labs.

The interview is well worth a listen:

John Berglund with The Starwood Group: McGraw Show 8 - 14 - 24
KTRS 550am
August 14, 2024. 29:56 Minutes

John Berglund with The Starwood Group: McGraw Show 8 - 14 - 24 by KTRS 550 am SoundCloud

https://lnkd.in/gVTvfe35

Also attached is a related international article published this past week by GEOSPATIAL WORLD MAGAZINE on the new District and St. Louis’ aspirations to become a Global Geospatial Intelligence Hub:

"St. Louis Continues to Emerge as a Geospatial Intelligence, FinTech and Data Center Hub."
Geospatial World Magazine | Summer 2024 Quarterly Issue, Pages 48 to 50. https://lnkd.in/g9_A99sr

John Berglund of The Starwood Group: McGraw Show 8 - 14 - 24 by KTRS 550am, McGraw Milhaven (pictured below).
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MARILYN MELKONIAN: OUR NATION LOSES ANOTHER BRAVE LEADER IN REVITALIZING CITIES

Marilyn made the world a better place.

Marilyn Melkonian Obituary, Washington Post, March 2024 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/marilyn-melkonian-obituary?id=54510592

I had forgotten her role in the movie industry with George Lucas on “Return of the Jedi," following our work together at HUD in the Carter Administration and prior to her forming Telesis Corporation 35 years ago.

She was a wonderful woman, a great friend, and terrific civic colleague.

Losing both Marilyn and Steve Coyle in the space of 2 months is very sad.

STEVE COYLE: NATION LOSES "A CITY BUILDING LEADER"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/steve-coyle-nation-loses-city-building-leader-dick-fleming-ghaoc/

The 3 of us worked together for 4 years at HUD — with Steve as the Chief of Staff to Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris, and Marilyn and me serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning & Development, respectively.

Life’s simply too short.

--- Dick Fleming, CEO, Community Development Ventures, Inc., St. Louis, MO

MARILYN MELKONIAN: OUR NATION LOSES ANOTHER BRAVE LEADER IN THE REVITALIZING CITIES

Marilyn made the world a better place.

Marilyn Melkonian Obituary, Washington Post, March 2024 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/marilyn-melkonian-obituary?id=54510592

I had forgotten her role in the movie industry with George Lucas on “Return of the Jedi," following our work together at HUD in the Carter Administration and prior to her forming Telesis Corporation 35 years ago.

She was a wonderful woman, a great friend, and terrific civic colleague.

Losing both Marilyn and Steve Coyle in the space of 2 months is very sad.

STEVE COYLE: NATION LOSES "A CITY BUILDING LEADER"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/steve-coyle-nation-loses-city-building-leader-dick-fleming-ghaoc/

The 3 of us worked together for 4 years at HUD — with Steve as the Chief of Staff to Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris, and Marilyn and me serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning & Development, respectively.

Life’s simply too short.

--- Dick Fleming, CEO, Community Development Ventures, Inc., St. Louis, MO