The following excerpt was written by Brooks Goedeker for the upcoming Central West End Association Newsletter The Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) has been in existence for 2 years. The program, in that short time, has excelled in bringing accountability to its supplemental patrols and advancing the neighborhood’s use of diverse security tools […]
As we discussed recently here, here, here, here, and oh yeah here, WUMCRC and the Forest Park Southeast Public Infrastructure and Beautification Committee have teamed together to work on improving the arteries of the neighborhood. With Manchester receiving a $3 million face lift in the very near future, the committee has concentrated its efforts on […]
With the addition of street trees, painted fire hydrants, and new bollards, Newstead has become one of the more attractive streets in Forest Park Southeast. Take a look at these photos shot today.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Grove CID has just released a new brochure for the entertainment district. Keep an eye out for them around town or at any of the Grove establishments, but here is a sneak peak!
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 […]
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.
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 […]
