Gateway Arch Park Foundation has big plans for growth. The organization, in partnership with MODOT, will next year explore the possibility of expanding the national park across the Mississippi River into East St. Louis, as well as considering ideas to better connect Downtown with the Arch grounds. And these plans only add to Downtown’s momentum.
“If you haven’t been downtown recently, come,” he says. “Come to Winterfest. Come to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. Go to a Blues games, go to all the things that are happening Downtown. Go to the restaurants. It will change your mind about what’s happening here.”