Welcome To Creve Coeur Patch!

Welcome to what I hope is the start of a great community conversation. I'm Gregg Palermo, the local editor for Creve Coeur Patch.  Patch.com is a national network of hyperlocal news websites, staffed by professional journalists who live in and around the communities they cover.

Here in Creve Coeur my job is to provide you with news about what's going on in your neighborhoods, in our businesses and in our schools. You can count on yours truly and a team of local contributors to be at City Council and school board meetings for Parkway, Ladue and Pattonville Schools. We'll track your tax dollars  and how decisions which impact your family are made. We'll deliver breaking news, athlete profiles and cover the games they play.

I am one of those people who at a very early age knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. Telling people about what's going on in the world has been in my blood since I was a child, when I wrote game accounts of my father's law firm's softball team and started a neighborhood newspaper.  For the past 15 years, I have worked at television stations around the country, from here in Missouri to Minnesota, New York and Florida. I'm a big fan of transparent reporting that holds those in power accountable and I'm fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with other journalists who share my commitment to transparent, responsible reporting. That continues in this new adventure.

But that's only part of what helps Creve Coeur Patch stand out. The site features a comprehensive business directory. You'll find all you need to know about locating that cup of coffee, a car, something for your cat, or just about anything else you can imagine. If you don't see it listed, tell us.

I hope you'll come to Creve Coeur Patch to interact directly with your neighbors, too. Have a Creve Coeur question?  Get answers in the Patch Q &A section. Looking for something to do in the community, somewhere to go, or a chance to volunteer? You can find an extensive list of events and announcements, and you can post your own too. You can also submit your own photos.

We've been active in social media, on Twitter and Facebook for a while already, and would love to add new friends and followers.

Creve Coeur is a fascinating city, home to top-notch schools, Fortune 500 companies and a diverse religious community. Much of the work done here has an impact far outside our borders. I'm looking forward to being on the front lines, out in the community, covering it all with a team of reporters dedicated to serving the public interest.

Like I said, I hope today marks the start of a community conversation here in Creve  Coeur. You can count on us to provide news coverage we can all be proud of, and I'd like to invite you to help us do it. Have a story idea? Email me: Gregg.Palermo@patch.com. Call me: (314) 258-5768. Welcome to the conversation. What's your story?