Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation (WUMCRC) and residents of the Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhood are working together again to eliminate a neighborhood eyesore. WUMCRC decided to step up and beautify the corner of Hunt and Vandeventer, taking the vacant piece of land that was collecting trash and turning it into yet another attractive […]
Over the past few months, a committee has been hard at work to design an effective strategy to promote public safety in the Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhood. Explaining the Special Business District (SBD) The SBD is a local government entity that provides services when voters and property owners in an area vote for a […]
It take more than police efforts to make our neighborhoods safer; it also takes effort from neighborhood organizations and the community. Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation (WUMCRC) and the Central West End (CWE) Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) are teaming up to reduce crime in the CWE and Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhoods by creating […]
Some of our Community Development interns, Brooke and Jessie, ventured out into the neighborhood last week to revitalize some of the intersections before the temperature drops too much. The corners of Taylor, Newstead, Tower Grove, and Boyle Avenue all received a little tender loving care and some new spruce trees, pansies, and creeping myrtle in […]
Whitney Matt, Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation’s newest Communications Intern graduated from local Maryville University with a Bachelors degree in Strategic Communication in 2011. Whitney grew up in Imperial, Missouri and has lived there all of her life. Whitney joins WUMCRC with almost two years of marketing and communications experience, that includes positions with […]
Representing the Grove’s wide array of creativity, talents and energy, the 7th Annual Grove Fest eclectic street party took place on Saturday October 6th, featuring an array of local music, interactive art, street performances and local food and drink. Estimates of those that attended are between 18,000 – 20,000 people! Throughout the day, a wide […]
Local St. Louis artist Rebecca Haas, of Haas Studios, with the help of FineLineStudio is bringing life to the Grove by painting the area’s trees, sprucing up the facades of local buildings and creating an art installation on an open lot on the 4200 block of Manchester. “Turning unused community space into art,” Rebecca […]
Dance party in the street, fashion, interactive live art, bikes, games, great local bands, DJ’s, brews and food…plus national headliner, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, a mechanical bull, mimes and mustaches! It’s that time of year, the most outrageously eclectic and funky street festival to hit St. Louis is back. The 7th Annual Grove Fest […]
Introducing the Grove’s latest installation, the Exclamation Marquee Sculpture! Situated at the highly trafficked corner of Chouteau and Vandeventer, the newest addition to the Grove neighborhood serves as a message board, announcing upcoming events for all to see! It was collaboratively designed by Grace McCammond, Andrew Woodard and Brooks Goedeker, with the purpose of standardizing […]
WUMCRC would like to welcome our newest community development intern, Jessie Mueller. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Mueller is currently obtaining her graduate degree in social work at St. Louis University. Prior to her current education, she received her undergraduate degree in english education from Lindenwood University and taught eighth grade for four […]