The year was 1997,  Joe Edwards was brainstorming ways to bring more people to the area of town known as the Delmar Loop that he has been an instrumental part of making a success.  It came to him suddenly,  “Lets make a trolley that goes down the middle of the street and continues all the way to Forest Park.”   Well 13 years, hundreds of hours of work,  millions of dollars of financial support, and a 25 Million dollar check from the government, and Edwards plan is well on its way.  Wednesday 7/28/10 at the Market Pub house on the flourishing Delmar Loop was a party to celebrate the recent announcement.  Joe Edwards, the Loop Special Business District President was in attendance along with the Vice President, Jessica Bueler, and many other Loop business owners and influential people.

Our broker, Adam Kruse, has been involved for several years with helping to promote “The good of the loop”  participating in activities such as loop cleanup day and unofficially helping to plan small parts of the wildly successful Loop Ice Carnival.  Kruse says, “Joe Edwards is one of my Heroes” as he flashed a big smile for being in a photograph with our St. Louis Hero Joe Edwards.  Edwards is well known for owning such businesses as Blueberry Hill,  PinUp Bowl,  Moonrise Hotel, among many of the buildings that are rented to businesses such as HSB Tobacconist and others.  Adam Kruse has a great respect for Edwards due to his success as a real estate mogul and marching to the beat of his own drum, Edwards is well known for his long hair, bear, and Hawaiian shirts, shorts, and sandals.

Congratulations to the Loop on their receipt of the recent funding and Hermann London is looking forward to tracking the progress of the Trolley and the positive impact on the homes and businesses along the route.  We feel that a project of this size will continue to build positive press for St. Louis, and will hold the Delmar Loop as a mainstay on such lists as “Top 10 greatest streets in America”.   We don’t know the exact timeline until we can expect ground to be broke, or to jump on the trolley for the first time and ride over to the History museum, but we will keep our readers in the “loop”  on the progress.