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WELCOME FROM MAYOR BILL HOOK

WELCOME TO

THE CITY OF BEL-NOR!

On behalf of our Board of Aldermen, City Employees, and Police Department, I want to welcome you to our City. We take great pride in being an inclusive, diverse part of the greater Normandy area, with a rich history and a bright future. Since our founding in 1937, the Village and now City of Bel-Nor has been a special place in St. Louis County where neighbors become friends and multi-generational families come back to live, work, and worship like their parents and grandparents before them.

-Mayor Bill Hook

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (10-19-2020)

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1. There will be an important Town Hall meeting held this Wednesday, October 21, at 6:00 p.m. at Incarnate Word Academy. Two items will be on the agenda. Chris Krehmeyer, Executive Director of Beyond Housing, will provide information concerning that organization's plan to purchase Normandie Golf Club from UMSL. As you may recall, a few years ago a group called NormandieFore, which was a partnership between Beyond Housing and the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, approached UMSL about buying the course and implementing a number of innovative ideas all aimed to preserve and protect this historic entity. This led to a re-opening of the course last April under a lease agreement with UMSL, and a search for new ownership. The lease is due to expire soon. Mr. Krehmeyer will update us on the status of that original plan and the projected timing and financing required.

2. Our second guest at the Town Hall will be Ken Nuernberger, principal at ND Consulting, who will outline plans to redevelop the Incarnate Word Convent (Normandie Hall) into senior housing. UMSL also decided earlier this year to seek a buyer for this property, and ND Consulting was the winning bidder (contingent upon the award of government tax credits for the project). You can read more about ND Consulting and the project by clicking on the button below. 

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Previously Noted

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1. Work is nearly complete on the Horatio Park Trail project in Bel-Nor South. For more information and plan views, please click on the Horatio Park Trail page on this site. We are anxiously awaiting notification from the Municipal Park Grant Commission as to whether we will receive an additional grant for improvements to the islands  at Arlmont and Bellerive and Clearview and Racquet.

2. Halloween trick or treating – On October 1st, the County Department of Public Health put out their safety advice, which reads in part:

• "RED (high-risk activities): any indoor gathering; large outdoor gatherings; traditional, door-to-door trick-or-treating; celebrating in restaurants or bars that don’t provide for sufficient social distancing; public haunted houses. 

• It’s important to note that any large, public event, including block parties, haunted houses and other holiday gatherings, MUST submit a safety plan to DPH and have it approved before opening."

• In light of the above, we strongly discourage trick or treating in the City this year. Nor will we close streets to allow for Halloween block parties. Individual residents should proceed at their own risk. 

• You may read the entire County Halloween Safety Advice by clicking on the button below. 

Our Resident Handbook is now on-line. Please look under the City Information tab for a copy. The Handbook contains valuable contact information and answers to everyday questions about City codes and regulations.You can find our updated code book by clicking on the link below.