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![Rebecca Tallman, executive director for the Veterans Community Project of St. Louis, gives a tour of the community’s homes under construction on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “It feels surreal right now,” Tallman, who is also an Air Force veteran, said roughly a month ahead of the community’s first veteran moving in. “We’ve come a long way in such a short time. [It’s] exciting knowing that we’re going to hep my fellow brothers and sisters in arms.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8521ffe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+113/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Fe3%2Fb1f2fbc243ffa2e26becd13c1832%2F090623-bm-vet-homes-1.JPG)
The goal of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project of St. Louis is to help transition homeless veterans to permanent housing. -
22 of the 26 new homes will be designated for families who are ready to buy a home and make below 80% of the area median income, $75,900 for a family of four. -
The Gamma Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority plans to turn the north St. Louis home of Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, one of its founders, into a museum for Black women. The chapter’s foundation also will build a community center next to the museum. -
The Tabernacle church is also a community development corporation, and it’s making an impact in north St. Louis. -
When Tawana Lawson’s 8-year-old grandson visits his new home, he heads straight for the cupboard under the stairs.“Logan loves books, so he decided it… -
This story originally aired on St. Louis on the Air on July 26, 2017. It was rebroadcast on Oct. 12, 2017.If you’ve undertaken any kind of home renovation… -
Five girls from the JeffVanderLou neighborhood of north St. Louis are headed back to school this year with a jump-start on thinking critically.They’ve… -
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 9, 2010 - St. Louis Community College officially opened the new William J. Harrison Education…
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![Rebecca Tallman, executive director for the Veterans Community Project of St. Louis, gives a tour of the community’s homes under construction on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “It feels surreal right now,” Tallman, who is also an Air Force veteran, said roughly a month ahead of the community’s first veteran moving in. “We’ve come a long way in such a short time. [It’s] exciting knowing that we’re going to hep my fellow brothers and sisters in arms.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ea4d4d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1671+0+113/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9d%2Fe3%2Fb1f2fbc243ffa2e26becd13c1832%2F090623-bm-vet-homes-1.JPG)
