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Wildwood staff highlight new businesses, ribbon cuttings and upcoming community college opening
Summary
City staff reported several new storefront openings and upcoming ribbon cuttings, and noted the new St. Louis Community College building will be the city’s largest when completed and expects an April opening and ribbon cutting in 2025.
City staff told the Economic Development Committee on Jan. 27 about recent and upcoming openings in Wildwood and several ribbon‑cutting events.
City Administrator Lee reported the openings of Senia Spice Grocery at Dierbergs Plaza (official ribbon cutting Feb. 28 at 11:30 a.m.), Mattress Dogs (ribbon cutting March 20 at 11:30 a.m.), Casperick and Associates Inc. (opened Jan. 1 at 2642 Highway 109), Mason Mortgage Advisors (16759 Main Street, Suite 2108), and a remodeled restaurant, The Bros (16590 Manchester Road), expected to open in early February. Staff also said Wildwood Tobacco and Liquor recently leased multiple storefronts in Village Plaza.
Lee and staff described a recent tour of the new St. Louis Community College facility, which city staff said aims to open in April 2025 and will be the largest building in Wildwood once complete. Staff said the college has not yet supplied a full list of academic programs for public posting; city staff have requested those details from the college.
Staff reminded committee members about business‑related meetings: the local business organization meets Feb. 11 at Living Word Church and the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce meeting will be Feb. 27 at the Wildwood Hotel.
Members raised traffic and access questions for the community‑college site. Lee said the city pushed for a second access point to Manchester during site‑plan review, but the college did not secure funding for that work; Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has been notified and is monitoring the intersection of Route 109 for possible signal‑timing adjustments as the college opens.
No formal actions were taken on these informational items.
