by SLACO Admin | Oct 23, 2019 | Media
In 2018, Mayor Lyda Krewson’s office found that of the 129,000 properties in the city of St. Louis, about 25,000 were vacant and abandoned. Beginning this month, residents and community organizations in four high-vacancy neighborhoods will have extra support...
by SLACO Admin | Oct 2, 2019 | Media, News
On Tuesday, October 1st, our Executive Director, Kevin McKinney, sat down with Charles Bryson of the City of St. Louis’s Civil Rights Enforcement Agency for an interview about who we are and what we do. Check it out below or click here for an audio-only version....
by SLACO Admin | Sep 30, 2019 | Media
“A development north of Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis is encouraging to residents in the area. “It gives people hope,” said Judith Arnold. “It gives them hope that their neighborhood can change for the better.” Arnold points to new homes being built along Finney...
by SLACO Admin | Jul 15, 2019 | Media
How Neighborhoods United for Change transforms St. Louis into a journey toward equity. As we drove by properties and land slated for development, St. Louis residents, black and white from north and south, expressed frustration the type of development that centered...
by SLACO Admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Media
“The grassroots community group that worked to persuade voters to raise taxes to shore up vacant homes in St. Louis has a message for City Hall: Don’t mess this up. In fact, the group is speaking out in desperate hope of derailing Board Bill 222, which...
by SLACO Admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Media
“On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh explored how community organizing has evolved in the St. Louis region over the past 40 years. Joining the discussion was Kevin McKinney, executive director of SLACO – the St. Louis Association of Community...
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