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Summer Picnic at City Foundry STL
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: City Foundry STL (3730 Foundry Way, St. Louis, MO)
Cost: Free, but registration is required and space is limited
Join us to experience a guided presentation and tour by Matt Sorth, with developer New + Found, at City Foundry STL, an award winning example of historic preservation, placemaking, and adaptive reuse. City Foundry STL is a nationally recognized model of urban revitalization, transforming a 1920s-era foundry into a vibrant hub for food, commerce, and innovation in the heart of Midtown St. Louis. City Foundry STL is a transformative redevelopment project that demonstrates how cities can activate underutilized industrial space to foster inclusive urban growth. Located in Midtown St. Louis, the 15-acre site was once home to the Century Electric Foundry, a vital engine of the city’s industrial economy in the early 20th century. Today, it has been reimagined by developer New + Found, in partnership with The Lawrence Group, into a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly destination that celebrates the site’s architectural heritage while addressing contemporary urban needs. Anchored by a dynamic food hall featuring local chefs, the development also includes retail, office space, entertainment venues, and open gathering areas. Its strategic location between Saint Louis University and the Cortex Innovation Community makes it a central link in the city’s innovation and cultural corridor.
City Foundry STL exemplifies best practices in adaptive reuse, historic preservation, and community-centered development. The project’s emphasis on local entrepreneurship, multimodal connectivity, and activated public space aligns with core urban planning principles. Notably, the integration of flexible public spaces and transit-adjacent design supports both daily urban life and broader regional goals for sustainable development. City Foundry STL offers a case study in how design, policy, and historic context can converge to create a new civic commons — one that honors the past while shaping a more connected and inclusive future for the city.
Great Rivers Greenway, a major office tenant at City Foundry STL, will also host a presentation about their mission and greenway projects in the region. Great Rivers Greenway is a public agency, created by a vote of the people in St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County in the year 2000 to create a sales tax dedicated to connecting the region with greenways. The mission is to make the St. Louis region a more vibrant place to live, work and play by developing a network of greenways with partners and communities, enhancing healthy habitats and watersheds along the way. Whether people want to walk, run, ride a bike, roll a wheelchair or push a stroller, there are 135 miles of greenways (and counting) to explore and enjoy across the St. Louis region!
Schedule
- 11:00 am - Arrive and gather at the Food Hall
- 11:10 am - Attendees will be assigned to a group (2 total)
- 11:10 am - 12:00 pm - Presentations with City Foundry STL and Great Rivers Greenway (20 to 25 minutes each)
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm - Lunch - Choose your own adventure at any of the 15+ food vendors and gather at the Food Hall (prepaid gift cards will be provided)
Register today! Space is limited. Registration closes on Friday, June 20th or when full.
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