![]() ![]() Workforce hours broken down by trade can be found here, with 14.4% minority and 2.2% female workers on site. To ensure good stewardship, we enlisted the help of an outside firm (KWAME Building Group, Inc.) to monitor and report DBE participation on our redevelopment of the Central Riverfront portion of the Mississippi Greenway near the St. Minority Participation: Great Rivers Greenway values inclusive construction projects. In fact, 158 contracts went to local firms, representing almost 90% of the total value of all contracts. ![]() Local Contracting: Part of our goal in stewarding the local taxpayers’ investment was to ensure that this major investment went to local contractors. Pre-bid meetings and mixers encouraged local firms to form teams and work together to competitively bid on the work. We created and hosted a thorough pre-bid process so that contractors understood the varying ways to bid on projects, especially through federal bureaucracy to bid on contracts posted by the National Park Service. One of our primary roles was to break the $380 million project into many different components, so local contractors had opportunities to bid on work. We serve as one of six major partners on the project, overseeing the public funds but also actively collaborating on construction, operations and maintenance. Great Rivers Greenway is the proud steward of the taxpayers’ investment in this project through Proposition P, passed in April 2013. Louis’ beloved Gateway Arch National Park, the Mississippi Riverfront and Kiener Plaza easier and safer for everyone to experience by connecting, invigorating and expanding the park’s grounds and museums. ![]()
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