ABOUT

This manual serves as your guide to understanding the significance and application of the Planning Powerbook. It introduces the core principles and importance of equitable planning in the St. Louis region. By familiarizing yourself with this manual, you’ll gain the context and insights needed to fully appreciate and utilize the Powerbook’s strategies. To explore the actionable steps, be sure to enter the Powerbook and begin your journey towards impactful, resident-led, community development.

GO TO RESIDENT-LED PLANNING

ABOUT

This manual serves as your guide to understanding the significance and application of the Planning Powerbook. It introduces the core principles and importance of equitable planning in the St. Louis region. By familiarizing yourself with this manual, you’ll gain the context and insights needed to fully appreciate and utilize the Powerbook’s strategies. To explore the actionable steps, be sure to enter the Powerbook and begin your journey towards impactful, resident-led, community development.

CONTEXT:

The Planning Powerbook captures lessons learned from the people of the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods in St. Louis when they harnessed their power to self-determine the direction of the place they call home. With more groups learning and practicing this approach, resident-led planning can become the new yet ever evolving standard, especially for St. Louis.

WHO WE ARE

St. Louis, Missouri, our home, is where we get to be in community with daring, brilliant spirits who are all working for a just and equitable region. Invest STL is part funder, part convener and full-time partner to neighborhood stakeholders striving to transform their communities to be worthy of their lifetime.