 However, the project might have been ideal for areas such as the east side of the city where many buildings and businesses have become run down or closed.While Mayor Lowery and former Florissant city councilwoman Geri Debo pushed to promote the Old Town Florissant area as an Old St. Charles type area to potential businesses, the area did attract a few new stores, but the promised increased foot traffic did not come to fruition and those businesses closed and had problems selling their property.Another controversy that Lowery has tried to keep quiet about is his support for his son, Robert Lowery Jr.

Robert Lowery Jr. served as the city administrator for the city of O'Fallon, Missouri in nearby St. Charles County, Missouri.