Last Fall, WUMCRC’s Community Development Manager, Brooks Goedeker wrote a successful grant funded by the St. Cronan Housing Corporation and the Grove Community Improvement District. The project partners Forest Park Southeast adolescents from the Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club with local artist, Grace McCammond to design and implement 4 murals along Manchester Avenue in […]
Warmer weather has finally arrived in the Grove! The Manchester streetscape improvement project has crawled out of hibernation from the cold and brand new pedestrian street lighting is being installed today. The streetscape is really shaping up!
In November 2010, Gelinda Connell joined the newly created Park Central Development Corporation (PCDC) as the project manager of security and social services. Gelinda assists in creating a more unified community by collaborating with the residents of the 17th ward. Spending the past decade of her life in and out of the 17th ward, she […]
Choices Federal Credit Union is an instrumental financial institution in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The credit union has successfully served the employees, clients and volunteers of eight area organizations that offer social services for low-income communities.
Cold weather combined with fresh snow has stalled the sidewalk work along Manchester Avenue, but progress continues on other improvements with the arrival of the new pedestrian street lights. The first group of the pink granite base columns is now on site and awaiting installation. These lights will replace the current “Cobra” style fixtures that […]
Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation (WUMCRC) continues to partner with the Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) neighborhood to further strengthen and stabilize this important community. Since 1997, WUMCRC has provided incentives for employees of BJC HealthCare and Washington University to purchase homes in FPSE through the Employer Assisted Housing Program (EAHP).
Phil Minden is a man that wears many hats. Not only is he the president of the Forest Park Southeast Development Corporation (FPSEDC) administers Choice’s Federal Credit Union located in Forest Park Southeast (FPSE), and in his day job he runs the local Fannie Mae office here in St. Louis. Recently, I had the opportunity […]
Recently, Tara Bolen had the opportunity to chat with Shakira Nasiruddin, an employment specialist from MERS-Goodwill. The organization offers adult education/GED preparation classes for residents of Forest Park Southeast (FPSE) and Botanical Heights. New classes will begin on February 1 , 2011, and will take place every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am – 12 […]
The holidays are fast approaching. With all of the hustle and bustle of the season, gift shopping and preparing for holiday parties it’s easy to have a lapse in everyday safety practices. Here are a few safety tips from James Partee, the Director of the Neighborhood Security Initiative for the Central West End.
The parts came in and the weather cooperated so Eberhardt Sign Company was able to level the Grove entry marker today!