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, […]
Rookie developer, Jeff McCurdy, with Above All Development is gearing up to break ground the first week in February on his first project, which just so happens to be down the street from another new development that Above All Development is heading, Aventura at Forest Park. This project is at the corner of Tower Grove […]
Our social media contest begins TODAY! CONTEST RULES: Each time the contest runs, we will post a different photo each time. The photo will be of part of an element within the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. Guesses must be DIRECTLY MESSAGED to us on our Facebook page by Wednesday at midnight. If you do not have […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Representing the Grove’s wide array of creativity, talents and energy, the 7th Annual Grove Fest eclectic street party took place on Saturday October 6th, featuring an array of local music, interactive art, street performances and local food and drink. Estimates of those that attended are between 18,000 – 20,000 people! Throughout the day, a wide […]