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The long-delayed expansion of St. Louis' downtown convention center is underway, with officials celebrating the start of the $210 million project despite setbacks.

Community leaders say a new north county recreation center will be a boon to the area.

St. Louis County lawmakers OK'd issuing $105 million in bonds to expand the downtown convention center, plus $40 million for a north county recreation center.

Steven Lillicrap, 21, started his shift at about 7:30 am on a cold Feb 3, 2009 at a construction site near St. Louis, Missouri. He was an apprentice Operating Engineer and this was his first big assignment. He would be working with more experienced men to dismantle a 100-ton crawler crane.

SM Wilson step away from building TheCENTER Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net FacebookTwitterEmail EDWARDSVILLE — TheCENTER is one goal away from its first hat trick – getting built. At its administrative and community service meeting Thursday, the committee unanimously picked S.M. Wilson & Co. to build the facility at a cost of $10,828,950. The engineers’ estimate was $11,375,000. All that remains is full council approval at its next meeting. “I appreciate the mayor’s gu...