Vacant Land

Mayor Lyda Krewson stands with community members at the announcement for the 2018 Clean Up campaign. The program will kick off this month and will aim at cleaning up four neighborhoods in St. Louis.

‘Clean Sweep’ project gears up for second summer of neighborhood clean-ups

Chad Davis

A volunteer effort to clean up north St. Louis neighborhoods is getting a big lift from local construction companies.Better Family Life began the “Clean…

Economy & Business

Coalition aims to ease city of St. Louis' vacant property issue

The city of St. Louis has more than 25,000 vacant and abandoned properties, attracting crime and arson, lowering property values and reducing tax revenue…

Economy & Business

St. Louis saves city-owned home from demolition in pilot program

Maria Altman

The two-story brick home at 3735 California St. got a second chance.The property, owned by the city of St. Louis' Land Reutilization Authority, was slated…

A vacant building at 4030 Evans Ave. owned by the city's Land Reutilization Authority. Prop NS would allow the city to issue up to $40 million in bonds to help stabilize such buildings.

Government, Politics & Issues

Discussing Proposition NS, which would raise funds to stabilize and market vacant buildings

Kelly Moffitt

On Monday, St. Louis on the Air hosted a conversation about Proposition NS, one of the ballot measures that St. Louis voters will decide on during the…

A vacant building at 4030 Evans Ave. owned by the city's Land Reutilization Authority in March 2017.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis ballot measure Prop NS seeks to stabilize city-owned vacant buildings

Maria Altman

St. Louis voters will decide next month whether to increase their property taxes by a penny in order to help stabilize vacant buildings owned by the…

Economy & Business

MSD to help demolish vacant buildings

Maria Altman

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District could spend up to $13.5 million demolishing abandoned buildings in the city.MSD’s board approved an agreement on…

A crew member with Matt's Health Woods & Wildlife plants hybrid poplar trees in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis. Fresh Coast Capital is leasing 42 parcels from the city for an urban tree farm. July 13, 2016

Economy & Business

Urban tree farm going in on vacant LRA land

Maria Altman

A small crew spent Wednesday morning planting poplar trees on several parcels of vacant land in St. Louis’ Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood.A company called…

Economy & Business

St. Louis takes new look at old problem: What to do with vacant land and abandoned buildings

Maria Altman

The Land Reutilization Authority owns more than 11,000 parcels in the city of St. Louis.It’s a land mass roughly the size of Forest Park.St. Louis has the…

Economy & Business

City-owned lot next door? Mow to own it

Maria Altman

The parcel next to Eltorean Hawkins’ home looks like his side yard.He’s been mowing the grass and cutting the weeds since he bought his house two years…

This property on N. Grand Blvd has been in the city's land bank since 2001. It's one of more than 3,000 abandoned buildings the city is trying to find a use for or sell.

Economy & Business

St. Louis officials discuss best practices for reducing vacancy and blighted buildings

St. Louis’ strategy for combating blight and reducing the amount of abandoned property in the city is getting revamped. A team from the city spent much of…