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Webster Groves business district presses for streetscape design, explores building lighting ahead of county-led project
Summary
Crossroads business owners and city staff discussed the Big Bend/North Branch streetscape project, county coordination, a 2027 target for construction, and interim options for building-mounted and string lighting supplied by a city-contracted vendor.
Members of the Crossroads Business District Commission in Webster Groves devoted a large portion of their meeting to the status of the North Branch/Big Bend streetscape project and related lighting work.
Commission members said the formal streetscape design and county coordination are central to whether the district can add benches, banners and pole-mounted features along Big Bend. City staff described the project as still in the conceptual phase and said timing depends on county steps; the group repeatedly cited a target of 2027 for construction work.
The commission heard from city staff that Sanon (a project contact) and consultant teams have been slowed by winter weather and scheduling; staff said they will request renderings and public meetings once conceptual architects are engaged. "Once the conceptual architects are selected…we have to have public meetings," a city staff…
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