Beginning April 11, SLMPD and Highway Patrol Collaborate on New Task Force in CWE

As 9th District Captain, Mike Caruson explains in the video below, the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are collaborating on a special task force to bring down the number of automobile break-ins in the central corridor of St. Louis.  This initiative, which begins on April 11, 2010, will target […]

Watch Last Night's Central West End Security Forum

Last night (Wednesday, March 31st), the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative held it’s monthly security forum at the Schlafly Library.  At each meeting, CWE NSI Director James Partee, Board President Brooks Goedeker, law enforcement officers and neighborhood residents and business owners meet to discuss the current state of safety and security in the area, […]

WUMCRC Work Honored by Focus St. Louis

For the last 14 years, WUMCRC Executive Director Brian Phillips has overseen the many positive initiatives that have helped transform Forest Park Southeast and the Central West End into the  neighborhoods they are today.  In those years, the areas have seen a dramatic decrease in crime, a critical expansion of economic investment, a burgeoning improvement […]

Resident Spotlight…Patrice Willis

Forest Park Southeast resident Patrice Willis moved into the neighborhood only two years ago and in that time she has become a member of the beautification and infrastructure committee,  chair of the safety and security committee, and is now a board member on the new Park Central CDC. As chair of the Forest Park Southeast […]

FPSE…10 Years as Historic District

In 2000, Forest Park Southeast became a nationally registered historic district in the City of St. Louis.  WUMCRC was the funding source for the logistical work needed to complete the application.  Since receiving the historic designation Forest Park Southeast has seen a great amount of preservation, historic rehab, and allotment of historic tax credits.

More Murals to Come

When strolling along Manchester Avenue, its hard to miss the abundance of murals decorating the exteriors and even insides of buildings.  In an effort to continue to decorate the area and restore some of the unique identity of FPSE’s past, WUMCRC has funded Grovefest’s paint-by-numbers mural each year. Currently, WUMCRC is working with Colossal Media […]

Q&A with Park Central Development Corporation Board President

WUMCRC Executive Director and Park Central Development Corporation Board President, Brian Phillips sat down with us and answered some questions regarding the newly consolidated CDC.  Here’s what he had to say… What are the reasons behind the consolidation? The consolidation provided the CDC an opportunity to look holistically at planning, security, infrastructure and development opportunities […]

Central West End Midtown to Enact Form Based Plan

Central West End Midtown Development and H3 Studios are in the final stages of implementing a form based plan for the southern portion of the Central West End.  The plan is designed to regulate development practices and to protect the area’s urban identity.  The proposal also encourages green development and helps to enhance the pedestrian […]