Construction has begun as the Missouri Department of Transportation, in partnership with Washington University Medical Center and BJC Healthcare, has teamed up with contractor Fred Weber Inc. to construct an interchange at Interstate 64 and Tower Grove Avenue which will improve traffic around Kingshighway and the medical campus. The $17.9 million project, when completed, will […]
Are you looking to start or expand your business and locate in Forest Park Southeast? The next step may be a microenterprise loan through Choices Federal Credit Union, a neighborhood credit union in FPSE. There has been such a high level of interest in the FPSE neighborhood to start and expand businesses within the neighborhood; […]
Throughout the year, Washington University Medical Center (WUMC) interfaces with agencies and stakeholders in the community to identify families in the Forest Park Southeast and Botanical Heights neighborhoods that have had an extremely discouraging year. Since 1997, WUMC has matched these families in need with a department from the Washington University School of Medicine and […]
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 […]
Grab your family and friends and head out to the Grove this Friday, December 7th! The Grove is throwing its first holiday party, Holly Daze, from 7-9 p.m. Stroll along Manchester between Sarah and Taylor to enjoy live outdoor music, seasonal food and drinks specials at participating venues, and of course, good company! Jessie Mueller, […]
Today, the Forest Park South Business Association debuted its new format. Moving forward the association will hold a quarterly meet-and-greet luncheon that will include a relevant guest speaker. The speakers will range from government officials to business experts who will discuss current issues involving community and business enhancements. Included in the $150.00 annual membership […]
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 […]