Overview
Strong neighborhood associations are at the crux of vacancy reduction efforts in St. Louis. These resources are designed to inform and empower neighborhood association members to take action.
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The Basics |
A Guide to Understanding and Addressing Vacant Properties
This foundational document will lead you through reasons properties go vacant and legal strategies your association can employ to address the vacant properties in your neighborhood.
This foundational document will lead you through reasons properties go vacant and legal strategies your association can employ to address the vacant properties in your neighborhood.
St. Louis Association of Community Organizations
SLACO has been addressing a broad range of issues related to strengthening neighborhoods throughout its 40-year history.
SLACO has been addressing a broad range of issues related to strengthening neighborhoods throughout its 40-year history.
Community Benefits Agreement
Community Benefit Agreements are contracts between community groups and developers requiring developers to provide specific community benefits as a part of their proposed project.
Community Benefit Agreements are contracts between community groups and developers requiring developers to provide specific community benefits as a part of their proposed project.
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Maps |
Community Organizations Map
This is a map of all the community based organizations in St. Louis and their service areas. The map can also provide you with meeting times and contact information for each group.
This is a map of all the community based organizations in St. Louis and their service areas. The map can also provide you with meeting times and contact information for each group.
Vacancy Collaborative Vacant Property Explorer
The Vacant Property Explorer is an online portal for viewing and exploring potentially vacant properties in the City of St. Louis. Data are collected from the publicly-available datasets of several City departments.
The Vacant Property Explorer is an online portal for viewing and exploring potentially vacant properties in the City of St. Louis. Data are collected from the publicly-available datasets of several City departments.
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Legal Help |
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's (LSEM) Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative (NVI)
NVI is designed to help neighborhood groups obtain title to vacant properties through litigation, clear title issues so that property can be bought and sold, draft and file governance documents, and understand vacancy prevention tools such as beneficiary deeds.
NVI is designed to help neighborhood groups obtain title to vacant properties through litigation, clear title issues so that property can be bought and sold, draft and file governance documents, and understand vacancy prevention tools such as beneficiary deeds.
Saint Louis University School of Law's Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
This clinic provides transactional representation to entrepreneurs, nonprofits, community groups, and small businesses. They can help neighborhood associations get their bylaws and paperwork together to become legal entities who can take legal action against vacant properties.
This clinic provides transactional representation to entrepreneurs, nonprofits, community groups, and small businesses. They can help neighborhood associations get their bylaws and paperwork together to become legal entities who can take legal action against vacant properties.
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Report Problem Properties |
Step-by-Step Video on Reporting a Problem Vacant Property
As part of UMSL’s Neighborhood Leadership Fellows program, the Educate, Educate, Don’t Vacate! Group created this video to guide residents through the process of reporting a vacant property and what to expect.
As part of UMSL’s Neighborhood Leadership Fellows program, the Educate, Educate, Don’t Vacate! Group created this video to guide residents through the process of reporting a vacant property and what to expect.
Report a Problem Vacant Property (Citizen Service Bureau of the City of St. Louis)
File a request online for service regarding a vacant property.
File a request online for service regarding a vacant property.
Find A Property Owner (City of St. Louis Property Lookup)
Use this tool to identify the owner of a problem property.
Use this tool to identify the owner of a problem property.
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Training Opportunities |
Creating Whole Communities (CWC)
CWC links the efforts of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension and the St. Louis region's neighborhoods to strengthen communities through research, organizational capacity building and leadership development, and civic dialogue.
CWC links the efforts of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of Missouri Extension and the St. Louis region's neighborhoods to strengthen communities through research, organizational capacity building and leadership development, and civic dialogue.
Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA) and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows (NLF)
NLA prepares neighborhood residents to create community change by providing leadership training that emphasizes community building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. The NLA Community Toolkit was created to provide effective tools for successfully implementing community plans and creating stronger organizations.
NLF provides advanced training with the aim of producing more equitable regional policies for neighborhoods within the St. Louis Promise Zone.
NLA prepares neighborhood residents to create community change by providing leadership training that emphasizes community building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. The NLA Community Toolkit was created to provide effective tools for successfully implementing community plans and creating stronger organizations.
NLF provides advanced training with the aim of producing more equitable regional policies for neighborhoods within the St. Louis Promise Zone.
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