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Events Calendar
Pizza and Politics - Blind Justice: Missouri’s Judicial Selection

9/1/2010 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Webster University, Emerson Library Conference Ro

Join the Holden Public Policy Forum for FREE PIZZA and an expert discussion from James Harris (Executive Director, Better Courts for Missouri) and Chip Robertson (Missourians for Fair and Impartial Courts) discuss the hottest initiative not to make the ballot this November, and what that means for the public good. 

You bring the opinions. Pizza’s on us!

When:          September 1st from 6:00 – 7:30pm
Where:        Emerson Library Conference Room, Webster University, 101 Edgar Road, 63119
Cost:            FREE
RSVP:          www.holdenpolicyforum.org or John Wagner at
johnw@focus-stl.org 
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Policy Forum – Sustainable Communities Workshop Series

9/28/2010 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Missouri Botanical Garden

Sustainable Communities: A series of interactive forums for local governments, leaders, and advocates.

Key take-aways:
·         Economic and quality-of-life benefits
·         Best practices
·         Funding
 
Target audience:   Public officials and working staff, municipalities, green teams & neighborhood groups.
 
Format:   Interactive lecture/panel discussion

 
When:        September 28, 2010 – Series Kick-Off
                    7:30 – 9:00am (coffee and bagels 7:30-7:45)
Where:      Commerce Bank Education Center   
                    Missouri Botanical Garden
                   4651 Shaw Boulevard
                   St. Louis, MO 63110
Cost:         $10/per session or $50 for the whole series
 
For more information on the series, contact John Wagner at johnw@focus-stl.org or 314-622-1250 x105.
 
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Breakfast Club: Gently Down the Stream with Bill McClellan

9/30/2010 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
FOCUS St. Louis, The Old Post Office, 815 Olive St

Join us for a humorous and interactive Breakfast Club on Thursday, September 30th based on the new book by St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist, Bill McClellan, “Gently Down the Stream.”

For decades, McClellan has shared his insight, wisdom and self-deprecating humor with readers through his weekly columns in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  “Gently Down the Stream,” features nearly 90 of the columns that are his personal favorites.  From heartfelt to whimsical, feel-good to tragic, McClellan’s unique and straightforward approach to storytelling is always engaging and often entertaining.
 
When:      September 30, 2010
                  7:30am – 9:00am (7:30am-8:00am: breakfast & networking - presentation will      
                  begin at 8:00am)
Where:    FOCUS St. Louis® Office - Old Post Office - 815 Olive Street, Ste. 110, 63101
Cost:        $15 - Non-members 
                  $12 - FOCUS members
RSVP:      To make reservations, please contact Julie at 314-622-1250 x109 
 
To purchase McClellan’s new book, Gently Down the Stream, visit www.thepost-dispatchstore.com or call 1-877-767-8785.
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Policy Forum – FOCUS on Downtown St. Louis

9/30/2010 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
City Gourmet, 920 Olive Street, 63101

Join the Holden Public Policy forum at Webster University and FOCUS St. Louis® for a FREE program designed to foster an open conversation about Downtown St. Louis – its challenges, misconceptions and solutions. Share ideas. Meet local leaders. Discover your downtown.

This speaker series, FOCUS on Downtown with the Holden Public Policy Forum, features local media personalities who have been investigating and reporting on these issues as policy makers and elected officials come and go.
 
Forum will be followed by a tasting from local wine merchants and breweries.
 
Speaker: Don Marsh
When:          September 30th from 6:00 – 7:30pm
Where:        City Gourmet, 920 Olive Street, 63101
Cost:            FREE
RSVP:          John Wagner at (314) 622-1250 x105 or
johnw@focus-stl.org 
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