How West End residents took control of their community’s future development
WeCollab hit a critical milestone in their journey to bring resident vision and leadership into their community’s planning and development conversation. On June 14, 2023, the WeCollab Neighborhood Plan was adopted by the City of St. Louis’ Planning Commission as a Neighborhood Plan and a supplement to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. On the heels of this historic moment, WeCollab steering committee member Lisa Potts and lead neighborhood ambassador April Walker, sat down with St. Louis On the Air to talk about their journey and what it means for the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods. Invest STL’s executive director Dara Eskridge also joined the conversation on St. Louis Public Radio to share more about our organizations role in creating a neighborhood-level investment strategy that is both monetary and programmatic. Read more and access the on-air segment at: https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-16/how-west-end-residents-took-control-of-their-communitys-future-development