North St. Louis County cities back special sales tax district for roads, sidewalks

“Too often we bemoan there’s too many communities and they’re not working together and they aren’t finding ways to collaborate,” said Chris Krehmeyer, president and CEO of Beyond Housing, a community development nonprofit that works in the area and has helped coordinate the project. “We hope people view this as, ‘Wow, that’s 18 communities deciding to do something together.’ ... This kind of stuff is possible — not simple, not quick, but it is possible.” Participating municipalities, who have discussed the plan for more than two years, are in the...