On June 13th, Forest Park Southeast will be the site of one of only 27 professional cycling events in North America, The Tour de Grove. This event has been on the National Racing Calendar for the past five years as the Tour de Winghaven in West St. Louis County and has attracted top professional riders […]
Since its incorporation in August of 2008, Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corporation has provided the administrative oversight for the Grove Community Improvement District. The work includes: Bookkeeping Contractual Agreements Agendas, Minutes, and Meeting Notices Sunshine Law Procedures and Requirements Updates to the Website
The Forest Park Southeast public improvements committee has focused on improving the condition of the drive corridor streets (Taylor, Newstead, Tower Grove and Boyle) throughout the neighborhood. At the request of the committee, City of St. Louis forestry crews were out in the neighborhood today planting Redbud trees along Newstead and Tower Grove. These new […]
All of the familiar planters and barricades scattered throughout Forest Park Southeast are in the process of being replaced with more attractive concrete bollards. For the past 4 days, the City of St. Louis and Gateway Contractors, Inc. worked through snow and ice to remove planters along Newstead at Gibson and Arco. The bollards each […]
The Forest Park Southeast Public Infrastructure Committee has set the priority of enhancing the neighborhood’s north and south corridors (Taylor, Newstead, Tower Grove, and Boyle Avenues). Brooks Goedeker, WUMCRC’s Community Development Manager, recently shared the committee’s vision with Tom Niemeier, Space Architecture’s principal and founder. Niemeier and the Space team ran with the idea and […]
For over a decade, households in both Forest Park Southeast and Botanical Heights experiencing hardships during the holiday season, have been the recipients of support from the staff at Washington University School of Medicine. Each year, WUMCRC works with resident stakeholders and various social service agencies in the area to locate families experiencing extraordinarily tough […]
Yesterday, WUMCRC hosted representatives from a Davenport, Iowa neighborhood that is undergoing a revitalization of its own. The Hilltop neighborhood, adjacent to St. Ambrose University, is faced with many issues regarding abandoned structures and inadequate infrastructure. Davenport local officials, university representatives, citizen activists and a local news film crew wanted to learn how WUMCRC has […]
For the past 8 years, WUMCRC has fully funded and supported MERS/Goodwill to operate a full-time employment agency geared at helping Forest Park Southeast residents with employment. Residents, free of charge, can participate in three weeks of classes that include vital job search methods, the importance of self-esteem and self-respect, as well as skills training […]
After nearly two years of construction and just in time for holiday travel, all sections of Interstate 64 will open Monday, December 7th. Crews are currently busy removing heavy machinery and construction materials from the highway, as well as finalizing striping in preparation of the opening. For your only chance to walk on the interstate […]
Rebuilding Together St. Louis and Washington University Medical Center recently collaborated for another home improvement in Forest Park Southeast. This time the project included a new wheelchair ramp for improved entry and exit of the household. The addition looks great and will vastly help the day-to-day mobility of the resident.