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STL Leaders Speak Out is a brief video by Leadership St. Louis® graduates offering insights on leadership to inform and inspire. This week, hear from Melanie DiLeo, Missouri State Director, Community Development, Global Consumer Group, Citi.  Read more

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Author: Focus St. Louis Created: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:05 PM
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Welcome to the FOCUS St. Louis blog, a place to start talking about how to make the St. Louis region better. Opinions expressed on the FOCUS St. Louis blog are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent those of FOCUS St. Louis or any of its affiliated programs.

Taking action to change your community can be easier than you may think.

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A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article claims the generation gap is bigger than ever.  Is it?  Are today's young people that much different than their grandparents or parents?  Take a second and tell us what you think.

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Is the re-opening of a Granite City steel plant a sign that our economy is turning around?  Can we take the industries we have and use this slow down as an opportunity to change them into the industries of the future?

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 Wednesday's forum on the role of the midwest in a global economy is generating a lot of buzz.  Two international experts give their ideas on what the midwest needs to do to move ahead in a global era.

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Green energy bills in the House and Senate aren't living up to the President's promise, but statistics show green energy as an industry is poised to add new jobs to our economy.

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Is the government's economic stimulus plan helping or is it just more of the same?

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By Melanie Adams
Special to the FOCUS Blog

Friday’s Post Dispatch had a story about the best places to kiss in St. Louis.  While this is not hard hitting journalism, I thought I would take a look.  Instead of seeing comments about the actual story, I started reading racist comments about the picture of the couple dating.

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By Jorie Lewis Schuckman
FOCUS St. Louis 

President Obama’s appearance on the Tonight Show last week got me thinking about leaders. So often, we take them for granted. We know that they are there, but as long as they do what they’re supposed to do (be it running the country or keeping our co-workers in line), then we don’t really think about them all that much.

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By Andy Gail
Special to the FOCUS Blog

A little over a year ago, the St. Louis region was bracing for the worst. When the Missouri Department of Transportation shut down the western half of Highway 40/Interstate 64, there was talk of major traffic jams, loss of revenue, and even social unrest.

By Andy Gail
Special to the FOCUS Blog

A little over a year ago, the St. Louis region was bracing for the worst. When the Missouri Department of Transportation shut down the western half of Highway 40/Interstate 64, there was talk of major traffic jams, loss of revenue, and even social unrest.

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By Andy Gail
Special to the FOCUS Blog

What happens when four college students are given the opportunity to become bloggers?  Something interesting, to be sure; exactly what, I can’t tell you yet.

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