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"Arch Tax"
4:30 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Breaking Down The 'Arch Tax'

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The planned changes to the Arch, creating a "park over the highway."
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What the Arch currently looks like now.
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What the new entrance to the Arch would look like.
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What that area currently looks like.
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Next Tuesday, you’ll have a chance to decide on Proposition P: a 3/16th of a cent sales tax increase which amounts to about two cents on a $10 purchase. The measure is often referred to as “the Arch Tax,” but the nickname doesn’t tell the whole story.

“Between 1995 and 2005, the Arch had about 3.3 million visitors a year," Ryan McClure with the CityArchRiver project told me as he walked me through the Arch grounds."Right now they’re averaging about 2.3.”

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Arch tax
3:42 pm
Fri January 18, 2013

Arch Tax Goes To City Voters

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Supporters of a sales tax increase to fund an upgrade of the Arch grounds, along with local parks and trails, are gearing up for a two-and-a-half month campaign.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted today 20-3-1 today put the measure on the April 6 ballot, when it will also be considered in St. Louis County. Aldermen Sam Moore, Antonio French and Scott Ogilvie voted no, and Ald. Terry Kennedy voted present. Two aldermen were absent.

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