A message from Councilmember

Pam Bliss

Upon the close of the 2023 budget planning season, I was reminded of the importance of our boards and commissions, and the

Earlier this year, after many months of diligence and collaboration, the Sustainability Commission completed the Forever Webster Groves Strategic Plan. They’ve presented FWG to Council and in the coming weeks, Council will review and discuss adopting the plan. In the meantime, Council has made sure the improvements to City Hall and our streets are made through a lens of green stewardship for our future. Together with additional funding from the American Rescue Plan, strategies to retain the beauty of our natural and built environment include: walkability, bikeability, and traffic calming; solar roofs for City Hall and the Public Works Service Center; electric vehicles for our Police and Public Works Departments, and phase one of EV charging stations for public use have begun and will continue through the next 3-4 years.

The Business Development Commission has, through various methods of gathering data from our business owners, helped