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Latest Editorial
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Love of Creve Coeur Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry - by Scott SimonMay 18, 2013The government of Creve Coeur, the name that means broken heart, is getting into the love business at a time when two former candidates and hundreds of their supporters have broken hearts and spirits.Read More...
Author Peter Kageyama on June 1 will attempt to teach Creve Coeur residents what love means when the city hosts a half-day workshop the publicity describes as, "Focus on how, as a community, Creve Coeur can better capitalize on those things which make our city lovable and how we can further enhance the emotional connection between citizens and our community."
Maybe this really is the tonic to cure what ails us!
Creve Coeur in recent years has become a 21st century Peyton Place, The city's last two elections saw Donna Dill of Maryland Heights, who works at Overland-based Mark's Quick Printing, mail nasty-grams to help get Mayor Barry Glantz and Councilwoman Cynthia Kramer elected.
Donna Dill should get a special VIP invitation to attend the Love of Creve Coeur seminar.
Dill is the kind of person the Love of Creve Coeur workshop has in mind. She's involved. Dill got involved in the 2012 mayoral election because in her campaign letter, she was tired of Bryant's dirty style of politics and urged her Creve Coeur neighbors, "It's time we get involved and bring back honor and ethics to government."
Dill spread the love for her clients Mayor Glantz and Councilwoman Kramer. Her letters worked. They won!
Bryant was described in Dill's letter bomb, "Barry's opponent has a long history of being embroiled in controversy and turmoil. She has wasted valuable city resources by engaging in divisive political actions." But she presented no examples or evidence of her false claim. That would have required explaining how standing up for residents was divisive.
This year, Dill's magic worked again in Kramer vs. Caldwell, Creve Coeur City Council, Ward 1. Her campaign letter called the City Council's 2011 Citizen of the Year a bully. It was a classic...
Latest Journal Entry
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Every 50 YearsApril 09, 2013
Latest News and Information
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Laura Bryant MovingApril 18, 2013Former distinguished City Council member Laura Bryant is moving to Clayton. She will be downsizing and moving closer to her work at Enterprise Holdings.Read More...
Laura moved to Creve Coeur in 1995, the year her neighborhood was annexed and became part of Ward 4. In 1996 she led a grass-roots effort to stop a massive office and apartment complex proposed along Mason Road; the site was rezoned and became Millennium Park. She was appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission in 1997. In 2001 she was elected to the City Council, focusing on one major issue: the city should start following well-established state land-use...
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2013 Election ResultsApril 03, 2013The results of the April 2, 2013 Creve Coeur municipal election for City Council members are as follows:Read More...
Ward 1: Cynthia Kramer - 467, David Caldwell - 201
Ward 2: Ellen Lawrence – 382, Jay Steinback - 119
Ward 3: Charlotte D'Alfonso - 314
Ward 4: Scott Saunders – 445
The elected representatives will serve a two-year term and will all be eligible for re-election in 2015.
Latest Meeting Notes
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City CouncilJanuary 28, 2013
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Planning & ZoningJanuary 21, 2013
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City CouncilJanuary 14, 2013
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Planning & ZoningJanuary 07, 2013
Vision and Mission
Mission Statement
The mission of CCV is to provide timely, useful information and informed commentary about the governance of Creve Coeur. CCV's objective is to inform the public on the issues and decisions which affect everyday life in Creve Coeur and the direction that the City is taking for the future. CCV believes that an informed public will be better prepared to influence the governance of Creve Coeur through feedback to elected representatives and through the political process.
Vision for Creve Coeur
CCV supports a vision for the future of Creve Coeur. CCV believes that Creve Coeur should be a model residential community with limited population density and with commercial development targeted to the everyday needs of the residents. Limiting population density means limiting apartments, condominiums, "cluster" houses, and other zoning changes which would increase the population. Targeted development would include retail businesses focused on household needs such as groceries, hardware, pharmacy, dry cleaning, financial services, medical services, automobile services, etc., NOT high rise office buildings, regional or "big box" retail developments, etc.
CCV believes that Creve Coeur is already developed beyond its optimum capacity and that limiting and controlling additional development will maximize property values by establishing Creve Coeur as a premium residential and business location. CCV believes that additional over-development will lead to congestion, high vacancy rates, population turnover, and a decline in the quality of life in Creve Coeur.
CCV envisions reducing taxes over time by limiting the costs of government services imposed by high density development. CCV believes that city government can be downsized over time through attrition, while maintaining key services such as police, street maintenance, parks, and sanitation.
Creve Coeur still has an opportunity to be a unique community in St. Louis County- less congested than Clayton or Richmond Heights, newer and fresher than Olivette or Kirkwood, more "livable" than Chesterfield, Frontenac, or Ladue- in general smarter and better than the rest.
The mission of CCV is to provide timely, useful information and informed commentary about the governance of Creve Coeur. CCV's objective is to inform the public on the issues and decisions which affect everyday life in Creve Coeur and the direction that the City is taking for the future. CCV believes that an informed public will be better prepared to influence the governance of Creve Coeur through feedback to elected representatives and through the political process.
Vision for Creve Coeur
CCV supports a vision for the future of Creve Coeur. CCV believes that Creve Coeur should be a model residential community with limited population density and with commercial development targeted to the everyday needs of the residents. Limiting population density means limiting apartments, condominiums, "cluster" houses, and other zoning changes which would increase the population. Targeted development would include retail businesses focused on household needs such as groceries, hardware, pharmacy, dry cleaning, financial services, medical services, automobile services, etc., NOT high rise office buildings, regional or "big box" retail developments, etc.
CCV believes that Creve Coeur is already developed beyond its optimum capacity and that limiting and controlling additional development will maximize property values by establishing Creve Coeur as a premium residential and business location. CCV believes that additional over-development will lead to congestion, high vacancy rates, population turnover, and a decline in the quality of life in Creve Coeur.
CCV envisions reducing taxes over time by limiting the costs of government services imposed by high density development. CCV believes that city government can be downsized over time through attrition, while maintaining key services such as police, street maintenance, parks, and sanitation.
Creve Coeur still has an opportunity to be a unique community in St. Louis County- less congested than Clayton or Richmond Heights, newer and fresher than Olivette or Kirkwood, more "livable" than Chesterfield, Frontenac, or Ladue- in general smarter and better than the rest.