Each holiday season, WUMCRC partners with other local organizations, including various departments from the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, to provide food, gifts, and financial resources for those in need through our Holiday Outreach program. The positive connections made from this program allow WUMCRC to assist needy families and individuals with utility, […]
Last week, development professionals gathered in the CORTEX Innovation District for a night of networking and celebration of phenomenal building activity occurring in the Forest Park Southeast and Central West End neighborhoods. Over $1.5 billion has occurred or is underway collectively in both neighborhoods. Several developers were on hand to highlight their specific projects. The […]
For Nicholas Georges, being a part of the Central West End runs in the family. His parents emigrated from Greece to the Central West End in 1955 where they began work in food services at establishments such as The Chase Park Plaza and Forest Park Hotel. In 1977, they invested […]
FPSE/CWE Court Advocate Position Announcement The Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (CWE NSI) is looking to fill a Court Advocate position. The position of FPSE/CWE Neighborhood Court Advocate is to advocate on behalf of both the Forest Park Southeast and Central West End neighborhoods in the circuit and city courts of the City of […]
The Central West End’s Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) has been located at 4746 McPherson Avenue for the past 2 years, but come May 1st they will have a brand new office. The new office is an upgrade at 1600 sq. ft. and is located at 447 N. Euclid. The Neighborhood Security Initiative was formed in […]
The Central West End and Forest Park Southeast neighborhoods surrounding the Washington University Medical Campus increased safety efforts in 2012, which resulted in the decline of crime numbers for both neighborhoods. There were a number of factors that contributed to the overall increase in safety for the area. Central West End Crime Statistics for 2012 […]
The WUMC 2012 Year in Review highlights the continued progress in the Forest Park Southeast and Central West End neighborhoods. Both neighborhoods continue to flourish and grow. In FPSE the new Aventura development is rising on the northern edge of the neighborhood, completing transforming Chouteau Avenue into a pleasant walkable urban vista. In the CWE, […]
In the summer of 2012, WUMC’s Community Development Manager’s Nathan Bishop and Brooks Goedeker were meeting with NSI Director, Jim Whyte to discuss the latest safety and security efforts in the Central West End. Whyte mentioned that he was having a lot of success following the cases through the court system and presenting impact statements […]
An initiative that has been in the works for the last two years will be fully implemented by this spring. Washington University Medical Center and the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI) are teaming up to install 91 cameras throughout the Central West End. Prior to WUMC’s contribution, the cameras were expected to be […]
After the first NSI executive director resigned, WUMCRC assisted the five Central West End (CWE) Special Business Districts with an exhaustive national search for a new director.