Ask the Patch Pro: Seeking Local Chiropractors

Patch is looking for experts who can talk health and offer their expertise this week.

We want to help you find answers to your questions about your back, neck and joint aches this week, but we need a little help. In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local chiropractors who can answer readers' questions and offer advice. If you're a local expert and can answer these questions and more, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post along with your email address. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, March 7. Curious as to what we are looking for? Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts: So what do you say, who wants to be our expert?  

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Jordan Lanham

1:49 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Thanks for all the comments! I will email each of you with additional info today!   more ›

Ask the Patch Pro: Seeking Local Experts on Starting Your Own Business

Patch is looking for experts who can answer reader questions and offer advice about starting your own small business.

Thinking about starting your own business, but not quite sure where to start? Patch wants to help you find answers to your questions this week, but we need a little help. In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can offer advice about starting your own business.  If you're a local small business owner or consider yourself a business expert and can and can offer advice to other aspiring entrepreneurs, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post along with your email address. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Feb. 28.  Curious as to what we are looking for? Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts: So what do you…

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Michelle Walker

12:33 am on Thursday, February 28, 2013

I would be happy to participate. I have owned STL Buy & Sell Real Estate Services in St. Peters for 6 years. I have a lot of insight into professional organizations and being involved in the community. Michelle@STLBuyRentSell.com   more ›

Ask the Patch Pro: Seeking Local Pediatricians

Patch is looking for experts who can talk kids health and offer their expertise this week.

With flu season upon us, Patch wants to help find the answers to questions about your kids' health this week, but we need a little help. In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can answer readers' questions and offer advice. If you are a local pediatrician or consider yourself an expert and can answer these questions and more, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Nov. 8.  Curious as to what we are looking for? Take a look at some of our previous Patch Pro posts: So what do you say, who wants to be our expert?

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Philip Brandt Brings Business Expertise to St. Louis Companies with AAIM EA

The full-service human resources provider serves 1,600 members throughout Missouri and Illinois and has a 114-year history.

Chief Executive Philip Brandt can't say enough good about his new role at St. Louis-based AAIM EA. The full-service human resources (HR) provider offers networking opportunities, education and more. Why is Brandt so excited? While he's only been in his new role for a short time, he has a long history with the organization, having been a member since 1990. From his perspective, the value in AAIM Employers’ Association is evident because of the services it provided to him while he held management positions at businesses such as Ralcorp Holdings, Nestle Purina, GKN Aerospace and Patriot Coal Corporation. What's more, Brandt is someone who loves to solve problems, and he wants to use that skill to help member businesses succeed. AAIM EA dates …

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Clayton-Piloted Bread Company Cafe Launches in Chicago

Patrons of the restaurant are asked to pay what they can, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Chicago now has a specialized Saint Louis Bread Company cafe patterned after one in Clayton, the Chicago Tribune reported. Quoting from the Tribune article: "Panera is turning one of its first Chicago stores over to the community. The store at 616 W. Diversey Pkwy. is converting to a pay-what-you-can model Thursday with only suggested prices and donation boxes." Read reaction to the transition and find out what the company hopes to achieve with the initiative in the complete Tribune article. Read more about Bread Company on Patch:

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Taste of Clayton, Now in 18th Year, Planned June 3

Guests can sample food from 15 of the city's restaurants, enjoy live music and more on Brentwood Boulevard.

The 18th annual Taste of Clayton is planned June 3 along the section of Brentwood Boulevard between Forsyth Boulevard and Maryland Avenue. "There is no admission fee, and as always, we are looking forward to a great crowd," stated Clayton event specialist Janet LeMay in a news release. (Download a menu from the City of Clayton website.) Fifteen of the city's restaurants will offer cuisine for between $2 and $7 during the event, which runs from 1 to 8:30 p.m.: Canned goods benefiting Operation Food Search will be collected. Attendees who give five cans or $5 can enter to win prizes. From 2 to 7:30 p.m., children can participate in Taste Jr., a kids area featuring food, balloon artists, face-painting, a circus workshop and more. St. Louis-…

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Want Out Of The Kitchen For Thanksgiving Day? We've Got Some Options

From fast food to sit down, there are plenty of choices if you find yourself eating out on Turkey day.

While Thanksgiving Day means getting up before sunrise to put in the turkey and start cooking for many families, some people prefer to avoid the cleanup and eat out instead. Or maybe you misread the directions on your bird or find yourself in a cranberry sauce crisis. Whatever your reason, if you’re not in the mood to turn on the oven this year, there are several restaurants in the area ready to accommodate you. Fun, Fast and Frugal Hardee’s, located at 12004 Lackland Rd. in Maryland Heights, will be open and serving its regular menu between 5am until 11pm. Steak 'n Shake is open on Thanksgiving serving its regular menu. Steak 'n Shake is located in Maryland Heights at 12607 Dorsett Rd, in Florissant at 1955 Highway 67 N., in Hazelwood at …

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Best of Business

Profile: Local Man's Personal Vision Makes Business Sense

An active member of the Ladue and Olivette communities, Greg Yawitz envisioned and built a shopping center designed around what he believed the community wanted.

It’s not often that a shopping center is developed by someone who created it to suit his own interests. But that’s exactly what Greg Yawitz of McKnight Investors and Keat Properties, LLC did when he built The Shoppes at Price Crossing in 2006. “I had a vision for what we wanted in Olivette and part of that was my selfish vision of what I wanted in that space and what I knew my neighbors wanted,” he said. “I wanted a place where people in the community would congregate, which is what’s behind the extremely large patio in front of the building. I even put in a fountain that shoots down, not up, so water doesn’t blow on customers. I wanted a local hangout, like a Cheers-type environment.” Formula for success With 90 percent occupancy of the …

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Daily PatchCast: St. Joe's Angels Defeat Notre Dame, Chaminade Hoops Star Shines in Chicago Game and More

A roundup of St. Louis news headlines for Thursday.

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The Virtual Life

The Third Space: When Home and Office Just Won't Do

There are local options that provide a physical working space and other business services.

A dog barking in the background when you're trying to take a business call. A pile of laundry that seems to be calling your name. Running out of room on the dining room table. These are just a few things that might make you rethink your decision to work from home. In a previous installment of this column, I discussed the benefits and challenges of working from St. Louis Bread Company. But, a cafe or coffee shop may not be quite the right ambience for your professional life. This week I learned a new phrase: the third space. Not home, not office: a physical or virtual location in which you can function professionally. The Three C's: Coolness, Collaboration and Creativity I learned about St. Louis Coworking on Twitter. Intrigued by its very …

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