by SLACO Admin | Mar 9, 2020 | News
by SLACO Admin | Mar 2, 2020 | News
STL- SLACO Economic Development Associate VISTA SLACO’s mission is to improve the quality of life for the residents and stakeholders of neighborhoods of the St. Louis region through community-based initiatives, citizen empowerment, and neighborhood organizing,...
by SLACO Admin | Mar 2, 2020 | News
New home groundbreaking ceremony with CF. Vatterott Construction, Ald. Clark-Hubbard, and Mayor Krewson. Thanks to everyone who attended, and partnerships like this rebuilding our community!
by SLACO Admin | Jan 8, 2020 | Media
The battle against derelict buildings in St. Louis just got a new leader and $6 million-a-year war chest. On Monday, Sean Thomas started work as leader of Project NS, a city effort to shore up salvageable homes owned by the Land Reutilization Authority.In April 2017,...
by SLACO Admin | Jan 2, 2020 | News
In 2019, SLACO was chosen to be a partner of the Talyor Community Consulting program at the Olin Business School at Washington University: The Taylor Community Consulting Program (TCCP) provides students the opportunity to impact the local nonprofit sector....
by SLACO Admin | Jan 2, 2020 | News
After our biggest year ever – 14 trips! – SLACO invited the participants in all of our neighborhood field trips back to SLACO’s Offices for a wrap-up party. Participants heard from community advocates, discussed what they’d learned from the...
by SLACO Admin | Jan 2, 2020 | News
On November 20th, 2019, SLACO Board President Sundy Whiteside accepted the Community Planning Champion Award on from the American Planning Association’s St. Louis Metro chapter. The Vacancy Collaborative (VC) is a coalition of partners committed to the reduction...
by SLACO Admin | Nov 18, 2019 | News
Thanks to all who attended our Blues Off Grand event! Enjoy selected pictures!
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....
