Interesting Links

St. Louis Area Strategic Economic Development Plan.  A must read for anyone who is interested in business, politics and/or the future of the St. Louis Region.
http://www.slcec.com/cmss_files/attachmentlibrary/Chrysler%20Strategic%20Plan%20-%20sm.pdf

Wikipedia Commons
A database of 11,456,773 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

NPR follows six unemployed St. Louisans in their quest for a job. All six are keeping audio diaries to document the experience:
http://www.npr.org/series/133088535/st-louis-the-road-back-to-work

Thinking about starting your very own new business? Start here:
http://app1.sba.gov/training/sbabp/index.htm

Not many people can build a suspension bridge, or perform a heart transplant, but everyone can advertise a business... right? Wrong! Here are ten handy rules that apply to the art and science of advertising.  Don't throw your money away... create ads that work.
http://www.americanresearchgroup.com/adrules/

What is a TIF? Tax Increment Financing, explained.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing

Tired of big box stores pushing your community around? This guy can help:
http://www.sprawl-busters.com/

Direct links to all St. Louis area radio stations:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=63074&sid=&x=10&y=10

The US Debt Clock. A real time counter of every category of our country’s assets and debts:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Marine combat veteran and world renowned hippie, Stephen Gaskin’s blog:
http://www.stephengaskin.com/

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