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Invest STL Pilot Program focused on keeping residents Rooted in the community

Invest STL Pilot Program focused on keeping residents Rooted in the community

“This is not just a dream or something that is so far away that you can’t reach. This is happening in our community and it’s happening with people that are here.” – Star Stinson, West End resident and Rooted participant. Watch the Fox 2 story to learn more about Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place and how the new initiative from Invest STL is supporting residents’ ability to stay and grow in the place they call home.

 

Rooted initiative provides 20K to some city residents

Rooted initiative provides 20K to some city residents

The Rooted initiative hopes to create “a multi-generational approach to wealth building” by providing $20,000 to 50 participants that live in the city’s West End or Visitation Park neighborhoods who applied and qualified for the grant. Each participant will have access to free services including financial planning, credit counseling, and estate planning. Click here to read the whole article from the St. Louis American.