On the panel this morning were Mayor Slay, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann, and St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern.
Newly back to town, I found this to be a nice overview of what's going on in the region. All four officials were optimistic about where things are headed, but clearly stated that there are a lot of hard decisions to be made.
A few themes ran through the morning: The need for excellent education; the need to retain and attract more young people and top-notch talent; the need for significant transportation infrastructure improvements; and the need for a cohesive regional voice and communications strategy to support a regional voice. It is the ability to communicate as a region that will be important to all the priorities achieving the success the officials believe is possible.
Here's Mayor Slay giving opening remarks to the crowd.
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