WUMCRC teamed up with The Grove CID to highlight some of the salons in the Grove. The Nappy Kitchen and Kolors Salon, chatted with us about why they decided to open their business in the Grove and what services they offer clients. Kevyn Idoux, an experienced business owner here in the Grove, discusses his salon […]
On Saturday, May 14th, the premiere professional bicycle racing event in the Midwest will be touring through the streets of Forest Park Southeast. And this second installment of the Tour de Grove will be bigger, better and faster than the year before! With an impressive list of professional racers from around the world already committed […]
Pete Rothschild, owner of Red Brick Management, has been purchasing and developing buildings from the time he was twenty years old. His property management group has been around for 42 years and they own buildings all over the St. Louis area, including Central West End and the Grove. WUMCRC sat down with Rothschild to discuss […]
Washington University Medical Center (WUMC) continues its commitment to improving the gateways into Forest Park Southeast. Brooks Goedeker, community development manager for WUMC, has been working with Confluence Design to introduce new planters to the neighborhood. Confluence Design is a custom design & fabrication studio, which utilizes emerging digital design & traditional fabrication technologies. […]
Saturday, May 14th, 2011 the Tour de Grove will be racing though one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in St. Louis-The Grove. The professional bicycling race will feature the fastest male and female cyclists from the United States competing to win a overall purse of $25,000. It is the highest paying, single day race in […]
The Grand Bridge is closing Monday, March 14, 2011 before the morning rush hour at 5am. The route closure will affect 30,000 drivers for roughly 14 months as a new bridge is constructed. On the official press release St. Louis Mayor Slay’s stated, “The signed detour for the Grand Bridge closure will be on Compton […]
The Grove mural project continues with completed designs for the first two murals. The project is being led by 11 to 14 year old Forest Park Southeast residents at the Hoover Boys & Girls Club. The project is funded by St. Cronan’s and the Grove Community Improvement District. Below is a three minute video interview […]
WUMCRC’s Community Development Manager, Brooks Goedeker and intern, Matt Green have been working with the City of St. Louis and Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to take the traffic signal boxes within Forest Park Southeast and turn them into something a little more attractive. Both Goedeker and Green will be presenting the concept and designs […]
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!