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Area residents exchanged thoughts and ideas and studied some of the option soffered for the future of Jamestown Mall.\u00a0 The four-day\u00a0 public design session were held at Florissant Valley Community College.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sandy Delcoure photo<\/strong><\/p>\n By Carol Arnett<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing conclusive resulted following a 4-day series of meetings on the future of Jamestown Mall held last week.\u00a0 However, nothing conclusive was expected as the project was called “a work in progress.”<\/p>\n The planners hired by St. Louis County to look at Jamestown Mall held a concluding meeting last week to discuss the outcome of their previous\u00a0 4-day citizen planning meetings. Victor Dover, with Dover, Kohl, and Partners, the planning company, explained the process.<\/p>\n In the week prior to this meeting, the firm held a session where anyone who wanted to come could have a say in the planning process. At this meeting, participants were divided into groups, given a map of the site and information about the site, and asked to brainstorm ideas for the property.<\/p>\n At last week\u2019s meeting, the Dover presented the results of that planning meeting. \u201cIt is very much as work in progress,\u201d Dover said. He explained that after the planning session, his company worked with the ideas generated to formulate a plan. He explained that while some ideas were good, they were probably unworkable at the site.<\/p>\n He noted, for example, that several groups at the planning suggestion included an aquarium in their design. However, he pointed out, aquariums rarely do well if they are not on the water. An IKEA store was another idea several groups had. Dover said that the company will not locate a store as far from an interstate as Jamestown.<\/p>\n Another difficulty of the site, Dover said, was the fact that there are five owners of the property. For example, Macy\u2019s and Penney\u2019s are not owned by the same company that owns the rest of the mall.\u00a0 Portions of the parking lot are owned by another company.<\/p>\n Dover said that the county wanted a plan that included input from neighbors, that was sustainable and achievable.\u00a0 His company looked at the ideas and determined which ones were sustainable and achievable. \u201cSenior housing was on several of the plans,\u201d he said. \u201cMost plans included some retail.\u201d<\/p>\n Dover presented one plan for the portion of the site that currently has the old Sears store. The plan included a street with senior housing, residential housing, and retail stores. Dover explained that this would be a start, and showed plans of how the site could progress and develop through the years.<\/p>\n In addition to being a work in progress, Dover said, this was also only the start of what would probably be a long process.<\/p>\n County Executive Charlie Dooley echoed Dover. \u201cChanging landscapes takes time,\u201d Dooley said. \u201cThe county is committed to this process.\u201d Dooley also added that the county was looking \u201cnot for a short term fix, but for long term results,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Area residents exchanged thoughts and ideas and studied some of the option soffered for the future of Jamestown Mall.\u00a0 The four-day\u00a0 public design session were held at Florissant Valley Community College.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sandy Delcoure photo By Carol Arnett Nothing conclusive resulted following a 4-day series of meetings on the future of Jamestown Mall held last week.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackjack-spanishlake","category-florissant-business-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n