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May 24, 2021
This release is part of a series focusing on the people, businesses, and organizations that benefited from the $173 million St. Louis County received through the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities (CARES) Act passed by the United States Congress on May 27, 2020.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY ‐ County Executive Dr. Sam Page committed funding from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Securities (CARES) Act to support small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The County distributed more than $23 million in grant funding to the small business community. We know that our small businesses have been hurt by this pandemic, Dr. Page said. That s why we invested more than $23 million in our small businesses, and I appreciate the Council s partnership in the design and administration of the program. It was a great success.
St. Louis County Circuit Judge Thomas Albus issued a ruling Tuesday in a county-funded lawsuit that divided County Council members over who was the rightfully elected council chair: 1st District Councilwoman Rita Days, D-Bel Nor, or 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, D-Maplewood. Albus sided with Days and the current bipartisan majority of the council and rejected the county’s legal arguments.
Clancy, the council chair for 2020, appeared to be elected chair Jan. 5 on a 4-3 vote that included outgoing council member Rochelle Gray, after a Charter change said that new council members wouldn’t be sworn in until the second Tuesday of January instead of Jan. 1, as had been traditional. Those same members appeared to elect 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville, as vice chair. Trakas voted with the four to elect himself and Clancy.
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âThe cohort itself was amazing. Just the people in there, the connection alone goes a long way. â Shavanna Spratt, Neighborhood Leadership fellow Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Even after nine months of leadership training through the Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Shavanna Spratt says she still feels like an ordinary, everyday person. The difference now is sheâs prepared and ready to take action to make Ferguson a better place.Â
âI think that s what makes my situation even more special, because that s kind of where I am now, fighting for people, the everyday, average person, to speak up and be involved and to be encouraged to get in their communities and do some work,â Spratt said in an interview..