2000
January - June

May 10, 2000
For more information: Blair Forlaw
314-421-4220     618-274-2750
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Six young women successfully complete a year of continuous employment and transition from state welfare rolls to self-sustaining health careers

East-West Gateway Coordinating Council's Regional Jobs Initiative is planning a "Day of Recognition" for the Center for Health Careers Welfare to Work Program on Saturday, May 13, 2000, at the Greeley Center (formerly the Black Rep), 2240 St. Louis Ave (entrance on 23rd Street).  The center point of the program will be recognition of six young women; Marnee Williams, Antionette Catchup, Assunta Johnson, Regina Hall, Carolyn Lewis and Nicole Thomas who have successfully transitioned from the state welfare rolls to self-sustaining health careers with SSM Healthcare Systems. Each woman has fulfilled a challenging one-year milestone of continuous employment and will receive a monetary incentive awarrd and a certificate of accomplishment.

The Center for Health Careers program is designed to transition participants from welfare to health careers. It combines work readiness assessment skills training, job coaching, and 12 months of follow-up counseling to ensure that enrollees are on their way to a progressive career.  The program is funded by the Missouri Department of Social Services and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

These women have overcome tremendous odds to achieve their goals.  They are all single moms, some with very young children. They each have unique pathway to self-sufficiency:

• Assunta Johnson is from the Jennings area and has been employed for almost two years with Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Assunta first worked as a dietary worker, part-time with a wage of $6.00/hr., and has received promotions to reach her current position of permanent, full-time Unit Secretary. With a lack of transportation and a mom to four young children, a job in and of itself, she has overcome tremendous odds .
   
• Carolyn Lewis who lives in is the Meacham Park area is one of the first to enroll with the CHC program. She began her career with St. Joseph's Hospital of Kirkwood as a Certified Nurse Assistant. Because of Carolyn's caring spirit and willingness to accept new challenges, she was immediately embraced by the St. Joseph's staff and encouraged to learn new things. Carolyn remains with St. Joseph's and now has the desire to pursue other areas of health.  Carolyn has faced many trials and challenges that come with being a single mom of older children.
   
• Marnee Williams is from the city’s west end and enrolled in the CHC program as a newly trained LPN. Although she did not pass the state boards the first time, Marnee was determined to seek employment that would provide knowledge and experience for a second try. During her enrollment with CHC and employment as Clinical Partner with St. Mary's Hospital, Marnee has experienced many barriers to employment with two young children under the age of five, no transportation, and serious health concerns with her youngest child.
   
• Regina Hall from the Spanish Lake area came to the CHC program with a RN nursing license, a young child and no job! Regina had completed the requirements to become a Registered Nurse, but could not secure employment no matter how hard she tried.  The Center for Health Careers program embraced Regina and provided the right opportunity to begin work with SSM Rehab.   Regina has maintained her employment for more than a year. She has also extended her knowledge of nursing to other CHC women by volunteering as a tutor. Regina has big dreams and goals to further her studies for an advanced level of nursing.
   
• Nichole Thomas is from the Spanish Lake area.  Although she did not pass the state board exam the first time, Nichole did not let that stop her, and will again be taking the state board exam for LPN in June.  She was determined to provide for her and her two children. Since enrolling over a year ago, Nichole has made tremendous progress both on the job and in her personal life. She has received and accepted a better job opportunity with SSM Homecare, and she is engaged to be married in spring of next year. Nichole has extended a number of volunteer hours to the CHC program to tutor the CHC participants.
   
• Antionette Catchup is from the Soulard area and is one of the first CHC particpants. Antionette said her only desire was to begin a career in the healthcare field. She enrolled in the CHC program, and we immediately learned that Antionette was a chemistry major in the local community college and possessed the academic savvy to be successful in almost any area of healthcare.  Antionette began work with Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and has since moved on the BJC.  Antionette has decided to continue her education while focusing on being a good parent to her two young children.

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 MEDIA R E L E A S E

   For more information: Blair Forlaw, Director of Policy and Programming
314-421-4220/618-274-2750

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY 31, 2000

The regular meeting of the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council’s Board of Directors will be held Wednesday, May 31, 2000, at the Council’s offices at 10 Stadium Plaza in downtown St. Louis at 10:00 a.m. The Board will consider a full agenda of items including a discussion of Draft FY 2001-2003 Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Finding and Initiative for a Metropolitan Community - Recap of Legislative Proposals. The primary Action item will be the selection of locally preferred alternative transportation improvements.  A staff recommendation paper is available. Action items are listed below. The media and the public are invited to attend.

ACTION ITEMS

• Selection of Locally Preferred Alternatives in the Northside, Southside, and Daniel Boone MTIA corridors
   
• Modification of the FY 2000-2002 TIP to advance two projects (requested by MoDOT)
   
• Missouri Transportation Enhancement Program - Project Evaluation Criteria
   
• Community Improvement Challenge Grants
   
• Replacement of Office Copier
   
• Amendment of the Parsons Brinckerhoff contract to include estimations of costs of additional light rail segments in the Northside, Southside, and Daniel Boone MTIA corridors
   

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   For more information: Jim Wild, Manager, Project Programming & Evaluation
(MO) 314-421-4220  (IL) 618-274-2750

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM RECOMMENDS PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED IN ST. LOUIS REGION

ST. LOUIS, MO...The East West Gateway Coordinating Council is seeking public comment on a schedule of transportation-related projects that includes transit, road improvements, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and others proposed for the Bi-State - St. Louis region.

The schedule is the FY01-03 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) which sets priorities for surface transportation projects in the region, of those included in the TIP, federal funds can amount to up to 80 percent of project costs, with the remaining 20 percent matching funds by state and local governments. Projects cannot receive federal transportation funding unless they are included on the TIP, which is slated for adoption by the East-West Gateway Board in late June.

The new projects will be included in the current TIP, which divides approximately $923 million in federal expenditures on 731 transportation, transit, highway and bridge projects in the eight-county St. Louis region for federal fiscal years 2001 through 2003. The 83 new projects being added to the program approximate $61 million in federal funds and $89 million in total funds when the local share is added. This does not include MODOT’s program. A list of MODOT’s projects will be available and amended into the FYO1 TIP in late July, and a new set of public meetings will be held at that time.

Ten public meetings have been scheduled to allow comment on projects recommended for inclusion in the TIP and its associated air quality conformity determination. Copies of the list of new projects and air quality determination will be available at the meetings. The East-West Gateway Coordinating Council staff and local government representatives are expected to attend the meetings and will be available to answer any questions.

The meetings will be held from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The schedule is as follows:

• St. Louis County - North: Monday, June 5, St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley Campus Training Center, Rooms 105-107, 3400 Pershall Road in Ferguson
• Madison County: Monday, June 5, Illinois Department of Transportation District 8 Offices, Regional Conference Room, 1100 Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville
• Jefferson County: Tuesday, June 6, City of Hillsboro City Hall, Board Room, 102 2nd Street
• St. Clair County: Wednesday, June 7, City of Fairview Heights City Hall, Meeting Room A, 10025 Bunkum Road
• St. Louis County - South: Thursday, June 8, St. Louis County Library, Cliff Cave Branch, Room 2, 5430 Telegraph Road
• St. Louis County - West: Friday, June 9, City of Chesterfield City Hall, Council Chambers, 16052 Swingley Ridge Road
• St. Charles County: Monday, June 12, County Administration Building, Room 115, 201 N. 2nd Street in St. Charles
• Franklin County: Tuesday, June 13, City of Washington City Hall, Council Chambers, 405 Jefferson Street
• Monroe County: Wednesday, June 14, County Courthouse, Old Courtroom, 100 S. Main Street in Waterloo
• City of St. Louis: Wednesday, June 14, Missouri Botanical Garden, Beaumont Room, 4344 Shaw Blvd.

In addition, written comments on the new projects can be submitted to the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council and will be accepted through June 16. Written comments should be submitted to Mr. Les Sterman, Executive Director, East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, 10 Stadium Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63102.

The TIP is expected to be approved on June 28, 2000, by the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council’s Board of Directors, which is the region’s metropolitan planning organization, and works with local and state officials to select projects for the TIP. To be included, projects have to conform to federal air quality regulations. Project sponsors, whether they are local governments or state transportation agencies, have to commit to providing non-federal matching funds.

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 May 31, 2000
Contact: Laurna Godwin
 314-621-5566

MEDIA RELEASE

East-West Gateway's Board Unanimously Approves Major Transportation Improvements

(May 31, 2000) -- The Board of Directors of East-West Gateway Coordinating Council (EWGCC), the region's planning agency, unanimously selected today new MetroLink routes and major roadway improvements for the City of St. Louis and the majority of St. Louis County. The Board's decision culminates a 20-month multi-modal planning study called the Major Transportation Investment Analyses or MTIAs. "These transportation improvements are a comprehensive blueprint for creating a regional transportation system in three major St. Louis corridors," says Les Sterman, executive director of East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, which along with the Bi-State Development Agency and the Missouri Department of Transportation, sponsored the MTIAs.

 The study involved three corridors: north St. Louis city and county, south St. Louis city and county and west county, known as the Daniel Boone study area. Four build alternatives, two of which were light-rail options, were identified in each study area. The selected alternatives or investments are concepts, not completed designs. If all of them are built, the total projected cost will exceed $1.5 billion. However, there currently is no money available to build any of the alternatives. "Citizens said they wanted to see a plan first before deciding whether to support major transportation improvements," says Sterman. "Now that we have a plan, we must decide which improvements we make first and how we pay for them." The selected alternatives represent the blending of technical analysis with the public's input. Citizens were involved in every step of the MTIAs, from helping to define their area's transportation problems to commenting on which improvements they preferred. "Community input guided the planning process and the Board's selections reflect the public's preferences," says Sterman.

Now that the MTIAs are complete, the next step for EWGCC's Board is to decide which projects should be put into its long-range plan, eventually funded and implemented. Following is a summary of the alternatives the Board selected in each study area and the costs to build them . . .

Daniel Boone Study Area

 In the Daniel Boone corridor, residents said relieving congestion was their principal concern. The selected alternatives address this issue. The Board selected a new MetroLink route that would extend from I-170 to Westport at a capital cost of $249.5 million. It also supported an option to extend the line eastward to a connection with the Northside light-rail extension providing studies prove such a connection is viable. Technical analysis showed that this MetroLink alternative, rather than the one along I-64, would produce a higher number of rail and total transit trips, provide more households with a faster trip to downtown, serve more low-income families, and cost less to build and operate.

 Regarding the highway alternative, the Board chose a package of improvements. Included in the package are improvements to MO 141 between Conway Road and Olive Street Road, a new six-lane roadway on the Earth City Extension from Olive Street to the Page Avenue Extension, and a realignment of Long Road and Kehrs Mill Road at Wildhorse Creek. One of the roadway alternatives had included a plan to widen Clarkson Road; however, residents said they were against this idea. Therefore, instead of widening Clarkson, the Board approved building a new interchange at Baxter Road. All of the roadway improvements in the Daniel Boone corridor would cost $275.4 million to implement.

Northside Study Area

 Citizens in the northside area wanted transportation alternatives to provide access to opportunity, revitalize neighborhoods, and improve safety on the highways. The approved alternatives achieve these goals.

 EWGCC's Board selected a light-rail alternative that would extend from downtown St. Louis to Florissant Valley Community College (FVCC) using 14th Street, Natural Bridge Avenue, Riverview Boulevard, the Norfolk Southern Railroad and West Florissant Avenue. The alternative also includes a downtown loop that would connect both the Northside and Southside light-rail options. The Board recommended that this extension be built in two phases, with the first being from downtown to the Northland Shopping Center. It also approved the option of a west connection to the current MetroLink system and the proposed Daniel Boone light-rail alternative if studies show it is viable. This extension would provide higher access to households and greater development potential then the other MetroLink alternative that would have used part of the current light-rail system and connected the University of Missouri-St. Louis and FVCC. The cost to build the approved light-rail alternative with the downtown loop would be $485.5 million.

 The system of roadway improvements the Board selected is designed to improve safety and to enhance traffic flow and connectivity for north-south movements in the corridor. The improvements include upgrading MO 367 to a freeway, Lewis and Clark Boulevard to a parkway and West Florissant to handle the increased traffic flow from the north. In addition, the Board approved turning Riverview Drive from I-270 to Hall Street into an urban parkway with a landscaped median, and making signalization/intersection improvements along Hall Street and East Grand Avenue. The total package of roadway improvements would cost $149.5 million.

Southside Study Area

 Like the northside, residents in this study area wanted transportation alternatives to provide access to jobs and promote economic opportunities. Another concern was relieving congestion.

 Unlike the other study areas, the Board did not select a specific transit improvement for Southside. That is because this study area not only includes two light-rail options, but a bus rapid transit (BRT) option, which is a dedicated roadway for bus traffic only in the Union Pacific Railroad corridor from Chouteau Avenue to Loughborough Avenue. The BRT alternative would cost 40% less to build than the light-rail option using the same Union Pacific corridor and have significantly higher transit ridership. The MetroLink alternative along the Union Pacific right-of-way would serve more low-income families and employment opportunities, and provide a greater potential for development than the other light-rail option that would run along I-55.

 Because some BRT opponents believe the travel demand forecasts for Southside either underestimate rail ridership or overestimate the BRT ridership, the Board decided only to approve that a major transit capital investment should be made within the Union Pacific/I-55 corridor. It wants to wait until further technical studies are completed before selecting either the light-rail or BRT option. Depending on which one is selected, the capital costs would range from $283.3 million to $614.3 million.

 The package of roadway improvements includes adding lanes and a median to Hampton Avenue from I-44 to Oakland, to Telegraph Road south of I-255, and to Tesson Ferry Road south of I-270. The complete package would cost $98.5 million to build.

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June 6, 2000
Contact: David S. Boyd
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
3144214220 / 618-274-2750
Susan Allen
Missouri Historical Society
314-367-8877

MEDIA RELEASE

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Renowned Harvard University Professor Robert D. Putnam to Present Guest Lecture In St. Louis

“Something important happened to social bonds and civic engagement in America over the last third of the twentieth century...  During the first two-thirds of the century, Americans took a more and more active role in the social and political life of their communities - in churches and union halls, in bowling alleys and clubrooms, around committee tables and card tables and dinner tables. Year by year we gave more generously to charity, we pitched in more often on community projects, and (insofar as we can still find reliable evidence), we behaved in an increasingly trustworthy way with one another. Then mysteriously and more or less simultaneously, we began to do all those things less often.”

In 1995, Professor Robert D. Putnam published a short article in an academic journal, in which he described how league bowling had drastically declined and proposed that this apparently minor phenomenon symbolized a much broader and vitally significant social change.  Unexpectedly, the article caught the attention of both the popular media and the political world, provoking both effusive praise and sharp criticism.  Now, after years of exhaustive research, Putnam powerfully validates and deepens his original thesis: that over the past thirty years we have become ever more alienated from one another and from our social and political institutions, and that this disengagement poses a critical threat to our personal health, local communities, and national wellbeing. His findings are published in his latest book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (Simon & Schuster).

At 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, Professor Robert Putnam will present what promises to be a lively and informative lecture at the Des Lee Auditorium at the Missouri Historical Society. Professor Putnam’s appearance is sponsored through the collaborative efforts of the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, The Missouri Historical Society, FOCUS St. Louis, and Citizens for Modern Transit. Tickets to the event are free and open to the public by contacting the Historical Society (PHONE & CONTACT or the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council (contact Cynthia Anderson at 314-421-4220).

Punctuated with graphics, facts, and figures, Professor Putnam warns that our stock of social capital  the very fabric of our connections with each other, has plummeted, impoverishing our lives and communities. Putnam draws on evidence including nearly 500,000 interviews over the last quarter century to show that we sign fewer petitions, belong to fewer organizations that meet, know our neighbors less, meet with friends less frequently, and even socialize with our families less often.  We're even bowling alone.  More Americans are bowling than ever before, but they are not bowling in leagues. Putnam shows how changes in work, family structure, age, suburban life, television, computers, women's roles and other factors have contributed to this decline.

Individually and collectively, Putnam asserts, we are paying a heavy price for the loss of our "social capital," which is the product of communal activity and community sharing. Social bonds, for example, are by far the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction.  In terms of measured  happiness, getting married is the equivalent of quadrupling your income; attending a club meeting regularly is the equivalent of doubling your income.  Social capital is also a strong predictor of personal heath. If you both smoke and belong to no groups, it's a close call as to which is the riskier behavior. On the community level, the loss of social capital is reflected in critical ways: higher crime rates, lower educational performance, and more teen pregnancy, child suicide, low birth weight babies, and infant mortality.  Furthermore, American communities vary widely in the amount of social capital available to them. The states of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont rank highest on the Social Capital Index, for instance, while Georgia, Mississippi, and Nevada rank lowest.

Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard  University. He is also the director of the Saguaro Seminar, a national workshop for civic leaders on civic engagement.  Previously, he served as the Dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.  He is the author of six previous books, including, most recently, the awardwinning Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The American Prospect, and many other publications.

For more information, visit: www.bowlingalone.com

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June 19, 2000
Contact: Susan Mason
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
3144214220 / 618-274-2750
 

MEDIA RELEASE

HOW MUCH DOES IT REALLY COST TO SUPPORT A FAMILY IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA?

The 1999 edition of the report “The Family Supporting Wage for the St. Louis Region” addresses this very question. On Friday, June 30, 2000 at the offices of the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council the report will be presented and a panel of experts will discuss the implications of the reports' findings for the region. In its third edition, the report takes a look at several matters related to a living wage.

• How much do families need to earn to support themselves without being dependent on public assistance?
   
• How does the family supporting wage compare to other measures of minimum earnings?
   
• What are the wages, education and training needs for various occupations in our region? 
   
• How can our existing support systems assist people in achieving a family-supporting wage?
   

Drawing from the methods first conceived and developed by Dr. Diana Pearce in 1997 for the metropolitan markets of the state of Pennsylvania, the staff of East-West Gateway calculated the needs of different household sizes using nationally available data.  The family-supporting wage quantifies the level of earnings required to fully meet a household’s basic needs. The report presents information for single parent and two-parent families.  For a single parent family with a child 6-8 years old and a child 9-12 years old, an hourly wage of $11.85 will support basic needs. For two-parent families of the same household size, an hourly wage of $7.65 per parent will enable them to fulfill the needs of their family.

The event on June 30, 2000 will feature a diverse panel including Mr. Donald Eggleston (Director of Organizational Development, SSM Health Care), Ms. Charlotte Jackson White (Receptionist, Eye Associates), Ms. Karla Frye (Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services), and Dr. Lisa Morris (George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University).  The discussion will be moderated by Mr. Tom Rhodenbaugh, Director of East-West Gateway’s Regional Job’s Initiative, a multi-year demonstration project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The event is open to the public, please RSVP to Renee Orabka at the telephone numbers listed below or e-mail mailto:renee.orabka@ewgateway.org

East-West Gateway is the regional council of governments for the bi-state St. Louis region.  Formed in 1965, the agency is charged with the development of cooperative plans and problem-solving strategies addressing issues that cross jurisdictional boundaries. East-West Gateway is governed by a 21-member Board of Directors, of which 14 are the region’s chief locally-elected officials. For further information about East-West Gateway, or the June 30th event, visit our web site at ewgateway.org or call (314) 421-4220 (MO) or (618) 274-2750 (IL).      

June 20, 2000
Contact: Tom Rhodenbaugh
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
3144214220 / 618-274-2750
 

MEDIA RELEASE

WORKSHOP TO EXPLORE INNER CITY BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE CUSTOMER CALL CENTER INDUSTRY

The St. Louis Regional Jobs Initiative, a program of East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, in collaboration with AmerenUE, Southwestern Bell, Schnucks Markets and the Regional Commerce and Growth Association is sponsoring a half day workshop for leaders in the customer call center industry on business and employment opportunities in the inner city. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2000 at  AmerenUE’s, corporate office located at 1901 Chouteau. The workshop will be co-hosted by Ron Zdellar, Vice President AmerenUE, Jan Newton, President Southwestern Bell and Craig Schnuck, Chairman and CEO Schnuck Markets.

Bob Holden, Missouri State Treasurer and former chair of the Investors Group guiding the efforts of the Jobs Initiative will offer opening remarks. Mr. Holden noted that “If Missouri is to be competitive in the information/technology age . . . in a global economy . . . we cannot afford to leave anyone behind. Our inner cities and the people who live there represent huge potential for the future growth of our businesses and our economy.”

The workshop will feature the efforts of many businesses, foundation, government and labor leaders who are sponsoring an intensive  study of promising and competitively advantageous business opportunities that can provide employment to inner city residents. The study, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), to be released later this summer, will highlight promising business and entrepreneurial opportunities in the inner city and identify appropriate public and private sector strategies to achieve them. The study is being led by Edward Jones, Schnuck Markets, Bank of America, Danforth Foundation, Firstar Bank and Enterprise Rent a Car. As the study’s co-chair Craig Schnuck noted  “The city, government, business, labor, education and community leaders and non profit organizations must work together  to capitalize on our location,  available workforce and ability to leverage redevelopment and training subsidies if we are to be competitive with outlying areas. Based on our ICIC efforts to date we are confident that by working together we can attract and sustain new and growing businesses in the city.” The report, being finalized by Michael Porter and his group from the Harvard School of Business, is the culmination of an extensive review of business opportunities in the city.

The workshop will focus on one of the identified growth sectors, commercial services, which includes the expanding customer call center industry.

The workshop will also highlight successful customer call center business and training efforts underway in other cities, including SPRINT’s successful inner city operations in the heart of Kansas City located at 18^th & Vine and Southwestern Bell’s innovative call center/customer services training program, targeting welfare recipients, youth and older workers in San Antonio.  

The Honorable Clarence Harmon, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, will address the workshop at 10:45. Mayor Harmon, recently noted in an op ed article in the St. Louis American (May 25-31, 2000) that, “Two of the most important ways we will improve relations with business are assembling sufficient land and communicating more regularly with city businesses”

The Mayor’s presentation will be followed by a panel of economic and workforce development leaders who will detail the economic and workforce incentives available to business in the inner city. Pre employment and customized training support, as well as tax credits, employment incentives and related supports available will be featured. The panel, chaired by Subash Alias from RCGA, will include Mike Jones, Deputy Mayor, Joe Jaworski, Vice President of PeopleSupport, an online customer care business that recently located in the city and representatives of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, St. Louis Community College and the St. Louis Regional Jobs Initiative.

Tom Rhodenbaugh, Director of East-West Gateway’s Jobs Initiative, a multi year demonstration project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, noted that: “Our research has identified customer call centers as a rapidly growing industry that can offer entry level and career ladder employment for city residents. These enterprises currently employ more than 12,000 in the region and continue to expand spurred by the continuing growth in telecommunications and E-Commerce. Customer call centers can offer an entry point for those interested in pursuing technology, computer and/or customer service employment.” The Missouri Department of Social Services and the Casey Foundation recently approved the Jobs Initiative’s plan to initiate a pilot job readiness and pre employment skills training targeting this industry. It is scheduled to be launched in July.

Press and the media are encouraged to attend. A preliminary schedule of speakers and workshop presenters follows:

Urban Workforce Solutions for Customer Call Centers  
Speakers & Presenters (Draft)
June 21, 2000

• 8:00 -9:00

Ronald Zdellar, Vice President, AmerenUE
Bob Holden, Missouri State Treasurer
Craig Schnuck. President and CEO , Schnucks Markets, Inc.
 

• 9:00 -10:30

Jan Newton, President, Southwestern Bell Telephone
Jerry Glazier, Director of Community Affairs, SPRINT
Rex Decker, Manager Technical Support, Southwestern Bell
 

• 10:30-12:00  Honorable Clarence Harmon, Mayor, City of St. Louis

Mike Jones, Deputy Mayor, City of St. Louis
Thomas Rhodenbaugh, Director, SLRJI
Priscilla Martin, MO Division of Workforce Development
Lorna Finch, St. Louis Community College
Pat Bannister, St. Louis Development Corporation
Tom Nolan, MO Department of Economic Development
Joseph Jaworski, Vice President, PeopleSupport

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June 23, 2000
Contact: Blair Forlaw
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
3144214220 / 618-274-2750
 

MEDIA RELEASE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING JUNE 28, 2000

The regular meeting of the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council’s Board of Directors will be held Wednesday, June 28, 2000, at the Council’s offices at 10 Stadium Plaza in downtown St. Louis at 10:00 a.m. The Board will consider a full agenda of items including a discussion of Transportation Financial Capacity Assessment and Potential Financing Strategies. Action items are listed below. The media and the public are invited to attend.

ACTION ITEMS

• FY 2001-2003 Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Finding
   
• Modification of the FY 2000-2002 TIP to advance four projects (requested by MoDOT)
   

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