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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) 鈥?Pounding rain and tornado watches didn't deter hundreds of protesters Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters, where they stayed for almost four hours to mark how long 18-year-old 's body was left in a street after he was fatally shot by police.
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D'IBERVILLE -- Nearly $141 million in building permits were issued in the last fiscal year in D'Iberville and city officials say more construction is on the way.
Organizers of the four-day Ferguson October protests dubbed the day "Moral Monday" and committed acts of civil disobedience across the St. Louis region. In addition to the initial march on Ferguson police headquarters, protesters blocked the entrance to a major employer, held a loud rally inside St. Louis City Hall, disrupted business at a Ferguson shopping center and three  stores and tried to crash a private fundraiser for a St. Louis County executive candidate where U.S. Sen.  was scheduled to appear.
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"Oh, that's good," Hank Rogers, the city's community development director, said of the level of building. "That's up at post-Katrina levels."
At the  Monday night, protesters briefly draped a banner over a Jumbotron video board that read "Rams fans know on and off the field black lives matter."
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The largest permit in the 2013-2014 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was for Scarlet Pearl Casino, going up at the foot of Central Avenue. Mayor Rusty Quave said work is progressing toward the opening in December 2015 and he sat in on meetings for the designs of a championship miniature golf course that have lots of people curious.
More than 50 people were arrested, including scholar and civil rights activist .
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A new Coast Transit center also is under construction in that area where, since the groundbreaking for the casino, there has been lots of interest on the city's master plan development, Quave said Monday before meeting with a group of developers. The elevation and insurance in the old town near the water has developers looking to build more multi-family, higher income housing near the casino and downtown, he said. If the city can get people back downtown, Quave said he thinks more development will follow.
West was among 42 arrested for peace disturbance at the Ferguson police station. Some protesters used a bullhorn to read the names of people killed by police nationwide. Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy members 鈥?some of whom were among the first arrested 鈥?led a prayer service before marching to the station two blocks away.
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Other large projects in the past year were the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Store that will open Nov. 5, the continued renovations at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, a $3.1 million city fire station, site work for Academy Sports off Sangani Boulevard, more stores at The Promenade, a Volkswagen dealership, a new building at Arbor View Apartments to replace the one that was destroyed by fire and 24 homes.
Protests have been common since Brown, who was unarmed and black, was killed by a white Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9. Tensions escalated last week when a white police officer in St. Louis shot and killed another black 18-year-old,  Jr., who police say shot at officers.
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Construction continues on the Interstate 10-110 intersection, and Quave said crews seem to be ahead of schedule. While that work won't be done until next year, this will be the first Christmas shopping season in a couple of years that road work is done from The Promenade through stores at Sangani Boulevard.
"My faith compels me to be here," Bishop  of the of Missouri said outside Ferguson police headquarters. "I want to show solidarity, and call attention to the structural racism of St. Louis."
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People continue to shop and dine in D'Iberville, Quave said. "Even through construction, our sales tax held in there." From January to August, sales tax diversions in D'Iberville are up 2 percent from a year ago.
Protesters were met by about 40 officers in riot gear. Several clergy members approached individual officers and asked them to "repent" for Brown's killing and other acts of violence. Some officers engaged the protesters, while others ignored the efforts.
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Quave said it's too early to talk about some of the development being proposed in the city, other than to say developers of a couple of hotels want to get property rezoned so they can build.
"My heart feels that this has been going on too long," Ferguson officer  told the clergy. "We all stand in fault because we didn't address this."
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"We're anticipating Ramco and CBL group will make a report to us pretty soon," he said. The companies propose building The Galleria shopping center at the southwest corner of I-10 and 110, and Quave said the city doesn't want to have to close new roads while construction of access roads is under way.
Outside Emerson Electric headquarters in Ferguson, six people were arrested for failing to disperse after blocking a street, spokesman  said. Emerson is one of the region's largest employers.
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At St. Louis City Hall, about 100 protesters blew whistles that echoed off the marble walls. Protest leader  presented a list of four demands to , chief of staff for Mayor . Slay was not in the office Monday.
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The demands called for an end to participation in a program providing military equipment to police, body cameras for all officers, a civilian review board for police and mandatory independent investigations whenever police kill someone.
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Rainford said St. Louis is not part of the militarization program; he promised the other demands will be taken seriously.
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"We are already working on all of these things," he said.
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Williams said that wasn't good enough, and pledged further disruptions in days to come. One protester was arrested for property damage.
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Hundreds of people marched to in the pre-dawn hours. A small group held a brief demonstration inside the upscale Plaza Frontenac shopping center in St. Louis County. Another group was turned away by police and security at a Ferguson Wal-Mart, but the store closed out of concern about the protest.
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County police spokesman Brian Schellman said Monday night that several protesters were arrested there but could not provide a precise total. He added that an unspecified number of additional arrests were made at the Webster Groves fundraiser for County Councilman , a Democrat who has come under criticism for his political links to St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney .
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Ferguson October began Friday with protesters marching to the St. Louis County prosecutor's office and renewing calls for charges against , the officer who shot Brown. A grand jury is reviewing the case, and the is conducting a civil rights investigation.
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Revision as of 09:56, 31 October 2014

D'IBERVILLE -- Nearly $141 million in building permits were issued in the last fiscal year in D'Iberville and city officials say more construction is on the way. "Oh, that's good," Hank Rogers, the city's community development director, said of the level of building. "That's up at post-Katrina levels." The largest permit in the 2013-2014 fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 was for Scarlet Pearl Casino, going up at the foot of Central Avenue. Mayor Rusty Quave said work is progressing toward the opening in December 2015 and he sat in on meetings for the designs of a championship miniature golf course that have lots of people curious. A new Coast Transit center also is under construction in that area where, since the groundbreaking for the casino, there has been lots of interest on the city's master plan development, Quave said Monday before meeting with a group of developers. The elevation and insurance in the old town near the water has developers looking to build more multi-family, higher income housing near the casino and downtown, he said. If the city can get people back downtown, Quave said he thinks more development will follow. Other large projects in the past year were the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Store that will open Nov. 5, the continued renovations at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, a $3.1 million city fire station, site work for Academy Sports off Sangani Boulevard, more stores at The Promenade, a Volkswagen dealership, a new building at Arbor View Apartments to replace the one that was destroyed by fire and 24 homes. Construction continues on the Interstate 10-110 intersection, and Quave said crews seem to be ahead of schedule. While that work won't be done until next year, this will be the first Christmas shopping season in a couple of years that road work is done from The Promenade through stores at Sangani Boulevard. People continue to shop and dine in D'Iberville, Quave said. "Even through construction, our sales tax held in there." From January to August, sales tax diversions in D'Iberville are up 2 percent from a year ago. Quave said it's too early to talk about some of the development being proposed in the city, other than to say developers of a couple of hotels want to get property rezoned so they can build. "We're anticipating Ramco and CBL group will make a report to us pretty soon," he said. The companies propose building The Galleria shopping center at the southwest corner of I-10 and 110, and Quave said the city doesn't want to have to close new roads while construction of access roads is under way.

Although some drivers may be confused by the new traffic patterns, City Manager Bobby Eleuterius said he hears only compliments about the bridge over 67/115 and how much better traffic already flows in the city.

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