For 10 years, Dana Scott-Person was the Executive Director of the North Newstead Association, developing over 100 units of low and moderate income housing in the O’Fallon Park neighborhood. She has also served as a Board Member of the St. Louis Public School District and the St. Louis Public Library. Today, she is the Chief […]
Carole Anne Von Eschen is a 35-year resident of the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood and is the Block Captain on the 4400 block of Arco. In her words, she describes her experience as a block captain and FPSE resident. For more information about the Block Captain Program in FPSE, please contact Ashley Johnson, Community Development […]
“Restoring community…one historic building at a time” This is the mission of Guy Slay and his restoration company, Mangrove Redevelopment, located in the heart of the Grove. As a St. Louis native, he has always loved the St. Louis City architecture and strives to preserve it. Since their beginning in 2000, Guy has done just […]
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 […]
For years, Forest Park Southeast resident Craig Nashville has given back to his community by providing his professional expertise on the Forest Park Southeast Development Committee, which he chairs. Nashville, a project manager at Grice Groups Architects, grew up in St. Louis. After graduating from Rice University in Houston, Texas, he worked in New York […]
Marc Dangerfield’s passion for the Central West End, and urban living in general, is made evident by his contributions to many different organizations and committees that make the city a better place to live. Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Dangerfield arrived in the Greater St. Louis region in 2000, working for Environmental Systems Research Institute […]
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, […]
A Central West End resident of 21 years, Maggy Malcolm has not only experienced a great amount of change in her neighborhood, she has helped facilitate it with her memberships on various neighborhood associations and boards. Maggy has accumulated a wealth of knowledge after selling real estate since 1981, and she has been able to […]
A Central West End resident with long-standing ties to the neighborhood, Dr. Yusef Scoggin sat down with Steve Stricklan, WUMCRC GIS intern, for our latest resident highlight. He talks about his love of his surroundings, while advancing the effort for continued improvements.
Alan Rowlson has been a resident of Forest Park Southeast since 2002 and over the years has seen the area undergo a dramatic transformation. He and numerous other residents now possess a new-found sense of pride in the neighborhood and are doing all they can to beautify and strengthen the area. As a result Alan […]