Maryland Heights Bracing for Big Changes
Date Posted: June 16, 2016
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This city is poised to expand its identity beyond suburban cul-de-sacs, the global headquarters of World Wide Technology, and attractions such as Westport Plaza and Creve Coeur Lake Park.
The prospect of developing Maryland Park Lake District parcels — now occupied by farmland, golfing and other athletic activities — however, is raising questions about the direction this west St. Louis County community is headed, as well as the city’s role in the regional footprint.
On one side are pro-development forces that see a proposal by attorney Alan Bornstein to convert 1,800 acres of the Howard Bend Levee District into a retail and residential project as an imperative to economic growth.
Taking an opposite approach are environmentalists who believe development of the wetlands between the Missouri River and Maryland Heights Expressway will exacerbate flooding.
Concern also exists that development in the Howard Bend district will make it difficult to distinguish Maryland Heights from Chesterfield and other neighbors.
The changes afoot are connected to sports.