Edwardsville s Porter closes her planning, zoning books for final time
Edwardsville’s Porter closes her planning, zoning books for final time
Charles Bolinger Hearst Newspapers
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EDWARDSVILLE “I try to keep a low profile,” Cheryl Porter said.
That may be one reason for her career longevity, as the city’s assistant planner is stepping down Friday after being employed with Edwardsville since 1988.
Porter seemed an unlikely candidate for a planning and zoning employee.
“I actually have a bachelor’s degree in clothing and merchandising,” she said, adding that she was the first person in her family to attend college. She had begun working on a master’s degree in clothing and textiles. She worked at the Hampton Village location of Libson Shoppes; for the former discount store Venture; at Stix, Baer and Fuller in St. Louis, which later became Dillard’s; and at a law firm for a year, prior to joining the city.
Mannie Jackson Center suspends all operations immediately
Cites academic, financial issues
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Visitors enter the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities at the historic former Lincoln School on Main Streert in Edwardsville in December 2015, just after it opened.John Badman | Hearst Ilinois
EDWARDSVILLE The Mannie Jackson Center for Humanities Foundation (MJCHF) announced an immediate suspension of all operating activities Friday.
“Without financial and academic support, the center projects an inability to effectively fulfill its mission,” read part of a statement from Mannie Jackson. Reached by telephone Friday from Nevada, Jackson’s frustration was evident.
Since its opening in 2015, the Mannie Jackson Center for Humanities Foundation has provided a gathering place for scholars and other individuals from across the disciplines to meet, discuss and plan educational activities/program around the various aspects of the humanities, including visits of di
Edwardsville, Glen Carbon solidify partnership for TheCENTER
The Intelligencer
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Rendering of TheCENTER’s main entranceCourtesy of the City of Edwardsville
The City of Edwardsville and the Village of Glen Carbon officially are partners in the project to build a proposed ice rink, track, fitness and teen center.
This new development, called TheCENTER, will be located in Edwardsville by Edwardsville High School, off Tiger Drive and Governor’s Parkway.
The two entities already partner on the community pool at SIUE and this agreement is another example of their city-village collaboration.
TheCENTER is the third and final park project to be completed as part of the “A Better Place to Play” Campaign. This community-centered facility is a recreational complex that will offer its residents and surrounding communities a year-round option for skating, exercise and more. It offers one of the only 175-meter special surface tracks in the area and will also offer
Patton dubs Plummer Park, TheCENTER as accomplishments
City plans for parking, recreation
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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EDWARDSVILLE Plummer Family Park, parking solutions and TheCENTER are among Mayor Hal Patton’s 2021 predictions as he looks ahead to his final few months in office.
The park, which opened last summer, is the crown of the city’s park system and Patton said he expects it to develop even further once restrictions are lifted and people can get more use from the baseball/softball diamonds and soccer/lacrosse/football/rugby fields. The three traditional grass fields should be ready for play this fall alongside the three artificial turfs already down.
April election taking shape as candidates emerge
New, previouscandidates emerge
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Candidate lists for the consolidated election were unveiled in Edwardsville and Maryville Tuesday.
Mayor Hal Patton announced during the spring that he is not running for a third, four-year term as mayor. Two people filed for that seat, Stephanie Malench of Bring Your Own Glen-Ed, and Ward 7 Alderman Art Risavy. If Risavy is elected mayor, a special election will be held to fill his city council seat.
Seats in wards 2, 4 and 6 are up for grabs. In Ward 2, incumbent Jack Burns is running against newcomer Yolanda Crochrell. Aldermanic terms are for four years. The odd-numbered ward seats will be up for re-election in April 2023.