Neighborhood Revitalization

Crumbling homes, missing bricks, dangerous streets, and crushing poverty — these details make up the overwhelming narrative of north St. Louis often…

A part of downtown East St. Louis will likely be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the end of September, and city officials hope that…

Making art transforms artists. It can also revolutionize the world around them. St. Louisans like Dail Chambers, Peat Wollaeger, James McAnally and…

As the population of St. Louis began to shift away from the city’s core in the 1970s, many of the city’s older neighborhoods entered a state of decline.…

If all goes according to plan, a hydroponics factory could soon be located on Martin Luther King Drive. It’s the newest effort by St. Louis nonprofit…

The Luminary Center for the Arts credits numerous supporters, volunteers and long-range thinking for the purchase of its own building.To be successful in…

Community leaders and local politicians from across the St. Louis region gathered at Harris Stowe University on Saturday to network and share ideas on how…

Drive through the streets of St. Louis, and it becomes obvious that some neighborhoods are doing better than others. Overall, population is down in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 29, 2013 - Henry Shaw was only 19 when he purchased parcels of land in a swath of St. Louis…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 22, 2013 - This week, the Beacon has been hosting open mics in four areas that have been…