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Crestwood aldermen approve bridge project at Whitecliff Park

Crestwood aldermen approve bridge project at Whitecliff Park

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter August 11, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen looked at several improvements to Whitecliff Park July 26, eventually approving an agreement with FGM Architects to proceed with a bridge at the park. According to a...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood approves preliminary plan for large Watson Road development

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter August 10, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved a zoning change and preliminary plan for a large mixed use development July 27. The project, located at 8800 Watson Road, was presented by CWD Equity for a zoning...

The former Crestwood Plaza property Feb. 18.

Crestwood designates Calvert property as ‘blighted’

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter August 3, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved an ordinance June 28 designating Calvert’s Auto Express, 9415 Watson Road, as a blighted area according to state statute. The property around Calverts, the former...

Crestwood City Hall

City reaching conclusion on power of review bill

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 7, 2022

An ordinance granting the Crestwood Board of Aldermen power of review over matters tabled by the Planning and Zoning Commission was amended by the board June 28. The new amendment makes the ordinance...

Crestwood City Hall

Aldermen approve residential zoning bills

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter July 6, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen approved two ordinances June 28 that will directly effect residential areas.  The first relates to fencing materials. It clarifies that masonry, vinyl and composite...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood designates community development grant for Lodge Pole Lane

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter May 12, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen unanimously voted April 26 to use the city’s 2023 Community Block Grant funds to address road work on Lodge Pole Lane.  Cities and St. Louis County receive federal...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood Board of Aldermen discuss, postpone vote on power of review proposals

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter April 28, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen heard two power of review ordinances April 12. The first, which passed 7-0 after an amendment, would establish a 48-hour timeframe for the city planner to alert the board...

Affton’s Prop S may cost Crestwood money

Affton’s Prop S may cost Crestwood money

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter April 28, 2022

The City of Crestwood will see a hit to its budget after Proposition S passed in Affton April 5. Prop S is a 10-cent per $100 assessed evaluation tax increase that will fund the Affton Fire Protection...

The former Crestwood Plaza property Feb. 18.

Crestwood sued by NAACP for use of tax incentives for mall redevelopment

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor April 27, 2022

The city of Crestwood is being sued by the St. Louis County NAACP and its president for the use of tax increment financing, or TIF, to redevelop the former Crestwood Mall site.  The city said in a...

Crestwood City Hall

Crestwood considers placing restrictions on commercial vehicles in residential areas

By Lucas Irizarry, Staff Reporter April 26, 2022

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen postponed an ordinance introducing restrictions on commercial vehicles March 8 after discussing parts of the old city code. The proposed ordinance put restrictions on...

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