In 2009, the economic downturn delayed and even killed many development projects throughout the St. Louis area. One delayed project, the construction of the new Shriners Hospital, is now ready to resume. Shriners Hospital is set to begin construction on their new, six-story, 247,000 square foot building in late 2010 at a site just two […]
For the last 14 years, WUMCRC Executive Director Brian Phillips has overseen the many positive initiatives that have helped transform Forest Park Southeast and the Central West End into the neighborhoods they are today. In those years, the areas have seen a dramatic decrease in crime, a critical expansion of economic investment, a burgeoning improvement […]
New WUMCRC brochure is here. Feel free to come by 4400 Chouteau and pick one up. Brochure January 2010
After 14 years of investment in Forest Park Southeast and a great amount of resources aimed at improving the housing stock, much of WUMCRC’s work is clearly visible. Since 1996, over 40 new infill homes have been built as a result of WUMCRC’s pre-development efforts. These efforts consist of matching properties with appropriate developers and […]
Thanks to local artist Diane Ottinger, WUMCRC’s office is now much brighter and home to a one-of-a-kind painting of Forest Park Southeast. “Mega the Cross-Eyed Dragon”, a painting based off the first ever paint-by-numbers mural at Grove Fest I (2006), now hangs at 4400 Chouteau.* The painting took months to complete and this progression shows […]
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 three years, WUMCRC has collaborated with Saint Louis University’s Public Policy Studies Department for both on-site and remote technical assistance on various projects. This school year we welcome: Vincent Haynes is a recent graduate of SLU’s Urban Planning and Real Estate Development master’s program and continues to work on his GIS (geographic […]
WUMC and residents of the Forest Park Southeast Neighborhood are working to secure a grant from Operation Brightside for plant material for the neighborhood. FPSE is asking Operation Brightside for more plants for the garden at Tower Grove and Gibson, but there is room in the grant for additional sites. WUMC would like your ideas […]