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Neighborhood Toolbox
Neighborhood Toolbox
The Neighborhood Toolbox is here to hold community building and community development resources that neighborhood residents and organizations may find helpful.
Ready to dig deeper into neighborhood development? Check out the dynamic tools and resources from our regional partners and community. The toolbox will grow and evolve with input from our community, so look around, dive in, and check back in soon.
ROOTED
POWERBOOK
Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place
This Powerbook documents our approach to merging wealth building and financial planning in a place-based effort to prevent displacement. We hope this powerbook inspires learning and provides step-by-step guidelines on how to build a similar wealth-building and anti-displacement project for your city.
This cyclical fund offers small grants to help community members connect with their neighbors and take action together. Facilitated by a partnership between SLACO and Invest STL, Small Dollars Action Fund is intended for neighborhood-based resident groups to build community connection and engage neighbors.
This Powerbook captures lessons learned when the people of the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods in St. Louis harnessed their power to self-determine the direction of the place they call home. We hope this playbook is a useful roadmap to resident-led processes and that it encourages everyday people to embrace neighborhood planning.
STL NEIGHBORHOOD MAP
STL Vacancy Collaborative and CBN’s Community Engagement Group are mapping neighborhood associations, community development corporations, and community-building organizations that have specific footprints in the St Louis metro area.
SDAF
ACTION
MAP
The SDAF Action Map highlights all the activities awarded by the Small Dollars Action Fund, facilitated by a partnership between SLACO and Invest STL. Click around to see descriptions, photos, and stories from funded neighborhood activities.
STL
COMMUNITY L.A.B.
STL Community L.A.B. creates space for our region to Learn, Act, and Build strong communities. This is a hub for community development trainings, programs, and courses in the St. Louis region brought together by MU Extension.
HOW WILL YOU LEVERAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLBOX?
Invest STL wants to know how you are finding value within this collection of resources. How have you been able to engage your work and your goals with these tools? Drop us a line and let us know.