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Sticking to the Mission

2 years 7 months ago

The Tower Grove Neighborhoods CDC mission is to promote responsible development, affordable housing and diverse character and vibrancy in the neighborhoods surrounding Tower Grove Park. We serve as a resources and vowed to keep our tenants safe and in secure housing throughout the pandemic. When tenants fell on hard times, we offered programs and resources to help. Our goal was to ensure that all of our tenants would be able to meet their basic human needs: food and shelter.

Over the past 18 months we have:

  • secured $127,600 for rental assistance in total. We worked with Prosperity Connection & Red Dough to provide $32,100. When state funds were released, we secured $95,500 in rental assistance through ERAP (Emergency Rental Arrears Program) and SAFHR (State Assistance for Housing Relief). As the pandemic continues, we will continue to support our tenants in need of rental assistance. 

  • provided $875 of grocery gift certificates to those who needed support.. The majority of our 90 tenants are low to middle income and many are or were employed in industries hit hard by the pandemic.

  • connected with our tenants and encourage tenants to shelter in place and build community within the buildings. We kept our tenants informed by sending emails about city guidelines and how to stay safe. We supported tenants with creative ways to relieve stress like backyard gardens, fire pits and community spaces helped tenants socialize safely.

  • compiled an extensive list of resources for tenants and procedures for property management and maintenance during Covid-19. This list includes free mediation services, as we encourage all landlords to use these resources before filing an eviction during this time.

We want to express our gratitude to TGNCDC’s Asset Manager, Kristan Nickels, who lead all of the efforts to date and continues to help our tenants and other members of the community navigate new programs. Because of her dedication, we can continue to provide safe, stable housing to our tenants now and in the future!

Ella Gross

Rise Partners with UMSL for Community Data Support

2 years 7 months ago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    RISE PARTNERS WITH UMSL FOR COMMUNITY DATA SUPPORT Rise and the St. Louis Regional Data Alliance at UMSL come together to help expand Rise’s Informed Community Development Data ST. LOUIS, MO (October 1st, 2021) –Rise Community Development (Rise) formed a partnership with the St. Louis Regional Data Alliance (RDA) at the University […]

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Larry Perlmutter

Butler now leads Forsyth in 2021 and beyond

2 years 7 months ago
Forsyth School welcomed Robert Butler, Jr., as new head of school on July 1, 2021. Butler returned to St. Louis and joined Forsyth with more than 20 years of experience as a teacher, coach, and administrator. He comes to Forsyth…
For the St. Louis American

Sign The KDHX 34-Year Birthday Card!

2 years 7 months ago

KDHX is celebrating 34 years of broadcasting this October!

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the success of this station for more than three decades. Whether you have contributed your time, your efforts, or your financial support, all of us thank you for collaborating with the staff and volunteers to make KDHX one of the most successful independent stations in the country.

We would love your help in celebrating KDHX by asking you to “sign” the KDHX Birthday Card. Please take a moment to share any birthday wishes, special messages or anything else you would like to share about your history with KDHX. 

Thank you!
The KDHX Team

 

 

Making Missouri: Compromising Missouri

2 years 7 months ago
“It is the failure to apprehend this great truth that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at final compromise between the slave and free States, and it is the existence of this great fact that renders all such pretended compromises, when made, vain and ephemeral.” —William Seward, 1858 The existence of the “peculiar institution” in Missouri shaped the discussion about slavery’s expansion in 19th century America. As slave-produced …
Brittany Krewson