The City of Lake St. Louis is named the 9th Best Place to Live in the USA by Money Magazine in 2009. It is one of our country's top planned communities, meaning that is was planned with growth in mind for the success of businesses and residents. The city has its own umbrella Community Association, nearly 50 neighborhood associations, and includes two large lakes for recreation. Not only that, but the city offers golf courses, riding stables, beaches, and parks for its community. All of these amenities have made Lake St. Louis one of the fastest growing cities in Missouri.

This city is also environmentally minded, providing a number of recycling programs and green alternatives for living and working, including concentration on green energy and celebrating Earth Day. In addition, a Safe Community Program and a Citizens Police Academy help keep crime rates low and property values higher.

The city was planned and implemented in the mid-1960s by a group of six investors that wished to build a private resort community. Their plans exceeded their expectations and produced a growing city. Through successful planning and implementation, Lake St. Louis grew to a city of over 16,000 people and numerous businesses.

Lake St. Louis is located conveniently within an angle fromed by I-70 less than one mile to the north and State Routes 61/40 running northwest to southeast. The two lakes of the city are Lake St. Louis (the larger of the two) and Lake St. Louise. The city is located to the north of Busch Memorial Conservation Park, Weldon Spring Conservation Area, and Howell Island Conservation Area, with several other parks to the southeast. A State Fish and Waterfowl area and Pere Marquette State Park are to the northeast. 

The City of St. Louis is approximately 10 miles to the east off I-70. This highway has been very well maintained and the pavement extremely smooth between the two cities on each visit I have made to this area.

1. Registered Nurses (RNs)
2. RNs - Clinical Specialty
3. Tax Professionals
4. Project Managers
5. Physical Therapists
6. Sales Representatives
7. Financial Advisors
8. Salespersons
9. Assistant Managers
10. Store Managers
11. Occupational Therapists
12. Sales Representative
13. Business Analysts
14. Teachers – Preschool/Daycare
15. Administrative Assistants
16. Part-Time Shift Leaders – Food service
17. Medical Assistants
18. Cashiers
19. Independent Beauty Consultants – contractor positions
20. Project Managers
21. Retail Clerks
22. Franchise Salespersons
23. Commission-only Salespersons
24. Team Members – Food service and retail
25. UPS seasonal jobs
26. Team Leaders – various types of businesses

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This city, more than any of the other nine of the Top 10 List of Best Places to Live in America, offers such a large number of employers listing job openings via Internet resources and such large numbers of often-listed job titles. Additional positions may be found through government listings and additional companies that do not post via Internet pages.

Lake St. Louis enjoys access to thousands of job openings inside the city and along the corridor of businesses and communities along I-70 and State Routes 40 and 61, all the way to St. Louis. This included some 16,000+ plus jobs in late autumn 2009.

Official State and local projections for fast growing occupational titles to 2016 include the following entries, bold print indicating jobs already most frequently listed by local employers.

1. Sales Representatives in Manuacturing, Wholesale, and Services
2. Registered Nurses (RNs)
3. Accountants, Acct. Clerks, and Auditors - Taxes and other
4. Mainstream Elementary School Teachers (K-5)
5. Musicians and Singers - especially hotels, resports, theme parks, etc.
6. Computer Systems Analysts
7. Network Systems and Data Communciations Analysts
8. Network and Computer Systems Administrators
9. Computer Software Engineers
10. Electricians
11. Insurance Sales Agents
12. Financial Services Salespersons
13. Construction Laborers and Pipefitters
14. Business Operations Specialists
15. College Level Teachers and Instructors

Missouri and the corridor from St. Louis through Lake St. Louis and beyond to the West is full of caves that were used for brewing beer and ale by Germans, and perhaps used for passage in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War.

I enjoyed seeing Meramac Caverns as a youth and find that it is still a popular attraction. Located just about an hour west of St. Louis, it is a fun vacation and tourist attraction on a highway that passes shopping malls and dining establishments to visit along the way.

Guided tours provided multicolor light shows and musical concerts, along with a look at a ballroom that used to be used for square dancing. Another area was used by the old Art Linkletter Program when he matched up couples on their air, sometimes with the use of the giant Univac computer. One such couple agreed to dress like a caveman and woman in the 1960s and scare tourists in their area of the caves in exchange for their wedding.

Don't miss the Mirror Room - an underground lake inthis room is only 1.5 feet deep, but looks miles deep, mirroring everything around it.

• Lindenwood University: www.lindenwood.edu
• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts: http://www.chefs.edu/st-louis/
• Maryville University‎: http://www.maryville.edu/
• Midwest University: www.midwest.edu
• Midwest Theological Seminary: www.midwest.edu
• Missouri Baptist University: http://www.mobap.edu/
• Sanford-Brown College - St. Peters: www.sbcstpetersprograms.com
• Vatterott College: O'Fallon‎: http://www.vatterott-college.edu/
• Webster University: The St Charles Winghaven Campus: www.webster.edu

Several additional colleges and university are located in nearby St. Louis.