Friday, May 3, 2013
Maryland Heights is in the midst of a six-month study of ways to improve Dorsett Road with a $500,000 federal grant from St. Louis Great Streets Initiative. What do you think would make Dorsett Road a better roadway?
What makes a great street? According to Hilary Perkins, Maryland Heights' comprehensive planner, a great street is, "a place that you want to go. You're comfortable there in whatever mode you're traveling. Whether you're walking, running or in a car. It's a destination in itself—look at the Loop or Washington Avenue." Perkins and other officials in Maryland Heights are trying to tackle this issue with Dorsett Road, a road Perkins said is nothing to write home about but has potential to be destination roadway. That's why in January, Maryland Heights embarked on a six-month study of ways to improve Dorsett Road with a $500,000 federal grant awarded through the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative. The initiative was started in St. Louis by …
Friday, April 26, 2013
Developers are working on new plans for a building that could possibly be multiple levels and feature outdoor seating. What would you like to see in this new strip center?
Plans to demolish the former Pasta House restaurant off Dorsett Road are well underway. Now, city officials are deciding what should take its place. If one developer has his way, the space will be used to build a new strip center. But those plans have stalled as the Marylnad Heights Planning and Zoning Commission has twice rejected plans for the project. Michael Zeek, zoning administrator for Maryland Heights, said no vote was taken at Tuesday's planning commission meeting, where Baldridge Properties, LLC, was requesting a rezoning of the plot of land. Zeek said the commission directed the company to consider possible alternatives to the site's plans, including a two-story building with a smaller footprint, a larger patio and outdoor …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Start thinking about how you imagine the Dorsett Road corridor in a perfect state because the City of Maryland Heights wants to hear what its residents have to say on April 24.
If you are tired of lacking sidewalks, ready to ride your bike in its own lane on Dorsett Road, or ready for a traffic free drive home at night, voice it to the City of Maryland Heights on April 24. Your ideas will be heard and help with planning for improvements to the corridor to make it more pedestrian and cyclist friendly. The goal is to reinvent Dorsett Road into a Great Street. The meeting will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Maryland Heights Centre, located at 2344 McKelvey Road. Input from those that live and work in the city is wanted. According to the City of Maryland Heights website, those in attendance will be asked to provide input on: The city is also engaging public input via its project page on an online community …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Proposed designs/plans/maps were available for the public to view and an electronic poll was taken to gather the general concensus for any changes to the road improvement plans.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
First of two public meetings regarding the Dorsett Road Great Streets Initiative will be held Wednesday at the Maryland Heights Centre beginning at 6:30 p.m.
What businesses would you like to see on Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights? What type of landscaping, if any, should be placed along the road? And how can cars and pedestrians best share its lanes? Those are just a few questions Maryland Heights officials are looking answers in regards to the city's Dorsett Road Great Streets Initiative. And they want the answers to come from residents of Maryland Heights. They'll be looking for those answers on Wednesday during a public meeting and presentation held at the Maryland Heights Centre, located at 2344 McKelvey Road. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to last about two hours. In January, Maryland Heights embarked on a six-month study of ways …
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Event is Saturday, April 20.
Friday, February 1, 2013
In January, Maryland Heights embarked on a six-month study of ways to improve Dorsett Road with a $500,000 federal grant awarded through the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative.
On Tuesday, Maryland Heights Patch reported on the city's effort to turn Dorsett Road into a "Great Street." In January, Maryland Heights embarked on a six-month study of ways to improve Dorsett Road with a $500,000 federal grant awarded through the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative. The initiative was started in St. Louis by East-West Gateway in 2006 as a way to help local communities think differently about creating interesting, lively streets that serve everyone in the area. - - - - - Read the full story on Maryland Heights' efforts to turn Dorsett Road into a "Great Street" here. - - - - - The city's comrehensive planner, Hilary Perkins, went as far as saying Dorsett Road was "not anyting to write home about in terms of a great …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Maryland Heights will examine ways to make Dorsett a more pedestrian and bike-friendly place.
For better or worse, if Maryland Heights had a "downtown Main Street" it would be Dorsett Road. "Dorsett Road is not anything to write home about in terms of a great place to be," said Hilary Perkins, comprehensive planner for Maryland Heights. But the city look at ways to turn Dorsett Road into a "Great Street." In January, Maryland Heights embarked on a six-month study of ways to improve Dorsett Road with a $500,000 federal grant awarded through the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative. The initiative was started in St. Louis by East-West Gateway in 2006 as a way to help local communities think differently about creating interesting, lively streets that serve everyone in the area. Perkins applied for the funding for the study and said …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Police said the man previously was found guilty of a DWI in Maryland Heights and driving with excessive blood-alcohol content in Kirksville.
A Maryland Heights man faces a felony charge after Maryland Heights Police pulled him over for driving while intoxicated at Progress Parkway and Dorsett Road. Charles J. Hochstein , 41, of the 12000 block of McKelvey Road in Maryland Heights, was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated as a persistent offender. Maryland Heights Police said officers pulled Hochstein over on Jan. 11, 2012 for DWI. He also was found guilty of DWI in Maryland Heights in May 1996, and was found guilty of driving with excessive blood-alcohol content in October 1993 in Kirksville. Bail was set at $10,000 for Hochstein. For more crime information on Maryland Heights Patch, see the following articles:
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tell us what you think of the new sidewalks along Dorsett Road near Creve Coeur Park.
Construction on Dorsett Road is complete! Sidewalks now pave the way along Creve Coeur Park's Dorsett Road entrance for walkers and joggers to enjoy. Are you glad to have the sidewalk complete? Or are you more happy to have Dorsett Road open for business as usual? Be sure to tell us in the comments!
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Vanessa Meadows
9:36 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
I live near the Dorsett and McKelvey Hill Drive (Wood Hollow and Cedar Trace) intersection. This is an incredibly dangerous spot with pedestrians running back and forth for bus stops and the constant battle to ever turn left from any direction or angle, on or off of Dorsett. There definitely needs to be a traffic light there, even if it is self directed by approaching traffic or pedestrian … more ›