STL VACANCY COLLABORATIVE
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    • General Info
    • Who We Are
    • Work Plan 2022-2023
    • Work Plan 2019-2021
    • Working Groups
    • Calendar
    • News & Updates
    • Reading List
    • Get Involved
  • Resources
    • For Neighborhoods
    • For Residents
    • For Rehabbers
    • Vacant Lot Toolkit >
      • Clean and Green
      • Naturescaping
      • Butterfly Garden
      • Rain Garden
      • Produce Garden
      • Urban Orchard
      • Play Space
      • Gathering Space
      • Public Art
  • Maps & Stats
    • Vacant Property Explorer
    • Demolition Tracker
    • Community Organizations
  • Donate

Who We Are

Who We Are

As a coalition, Vacancy Collaborative convenes neighborhood leaders, nonprofits, academics, community development corporations, and businesses into two committees and six working groups to put our vacant properties back into productive use. These organizations work collectively toward agreed upon goals outlined in our work plan.   

Structure

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The Vacancy Collaborative structure includes two committees and cross sector working groups that coordinate closely:
  • Vacancy Advisory Committee (VAC): a community-oriented committee made of up private, non-profit, and community members who represent a variety of viewpoints and expertise. The VAC provides input to VacancyStat and works on private-side responses to vacancy.
  • VacancyStat: a committee made up of City agencies setting priorities for the City’s efforts to combat vacancy.
  • Cross-Sector Working Groups: groups that advance priority areas and tackle specific projects related to community input and the Vacancy Collaborative’s action plans. These working groups are informed by the six priority issue areas shown below. 

Find out more about the Working Groups Here

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Courtesy of Chuck Ramsay and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Vacancy Advisory Committee
Bob Lewis, SLU Urban Planning (Co-chair) 
Sundy Whiteside, St. Louis Association of Community Organizations (SLACO) (Co-chair)
Crystal Avery-Morris, Commerce Bank
Patrick Brown, Ameren 
Keith Crawford, SLACO & Northpointe Neighborhood Association
Angela Drake, SLACO 
James Forbes, Good Life Growing

Dana Malkus, SLU Law 
Sean Spencer, Tower Grove Neighborhoods CDC 
Andrew Weil, Landmarks Association 


VacancyStat City Departments
Office of the Mayor
St. Louis Development Corp. & Land Reutilization Authority
Community Development Agency
Information Technology Services Agency 
Problem Properties Unit
Parks, Recreation & Forestry
Planning & Urban Design Agency 
Building Division 

Citizens’ Service Bureau & Office of Neighborhood Stabilization
Streets Department
SLMPD Trash Task Force
Department of Health

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Working Group Co-Chairs
Jane DeRonne
Angela Drake
Laura Ginn, St. Louis Development Corporation
Na’im Gray, Custom Rehabs 
Stephanie Herbers, St. Louis City Senior Fund
​​​Dana Malkus, SLU Law

​Pamela McLucas, Inhabit Properties
Maureen McMillan 
Daniel Pate, Engaged Citizen, 8th Ward Resident,  St. Louis REALTOR® and Equity Advocate
Alderwoman Tina "Sweet-T" Pihl, 17th Ward, City of St. Louis
Samantha Smugala, Pocket Parks
Sean Thomas, St. Louis Development Corporation


Vacancy Collaborative Pledge 
Signing the Vacancy Collaborative Pledge helps us identify our network, but more importantly, it allows us to celebrate the work that organizations and individuals have put into reducing the negative impact of vacancy in St. Louis.
Add Your Name To The List

The following organizations have signed the pledge:
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Covenant Blu Grand Center Neighborhood Association

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The following individuals have signed the pledge:
Anders Walker, Saint Louis University  

Angela Serwin

Brian Adler

​Brian Matthews
, Cultivation Capital ​ 
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Candy Boyd

Cara Spencer, City of St. Louis 

Cecilia Dvorak, Planning and Urban Design Agency 

Charlie Hinderliter, St. Louis REALTORS 

Chrissie Barfield, The Ville and Hyde Park  

Christie Holland  ​​ 

​Christy Fry, Southampton Neighborhood Association 

Dana Gray, Tower Grove Neighborhoods CDC 

Dave Menninger, Volunteer Web Developer
Erica Hallman, St. Louis Roots  ​

​Fatimah Muhammed, Hyde Park Neighborhood Association

James Fister, Southwest Garden Neighborhood Association

John Fisher, YouthBuild  

John Albright, Missouri Community Service Commission 

Joshua Lawrence 

Julia Allen, Retired Social Worker 

Kacey Cordes Mahrt, U.S. Bank CDC + ULI St. Louis  

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Katy Shackelford, Lochmueller Group 
Keith A. Crawford, North Pointe Neighborhood Association  

Latasha Barnes, Legal Services of Eastern MO

Leela Moon

Leo Walker, 1978 
 
Lorine Pattin, Hyde Park Neighborhood  

Marva Colvinx, Construction Management Services

Marsha Nelson, GROUND$KEEPERS 

Mark Groth, St. Louis City Talk  

Michael Deeba, Urban Revitalization Strategies, LLC

Nick Howlett
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Nikki Woelfel,
Carrollton Bank 

Paradise Smith

Peter Hoffman
, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri  

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Peter Taylor

Ravi Rao
, Grace Hill Settlement House 

​Richard Walter Savin 

Sahir Majid


Sandra Jacobson

​Simon Nogin
, HeartLands Conservancy 

Sophie Abo, Des Sales CDC 

Stephanie Co  

Trisha H Whelan, Lindell Bank
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Troy Guzman,
Arcturis 

Yoni Blumberg 
Add Your Name to the List

Support

​Funding to support coordination of the Vacancy Collaborative was provided, in part by:
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  • About Us
    • General Info
    • Who We Are
    • Work Plan 2022-2023
    • Work Plan 2019-2021
    • Working Groups
    • Calendar
    • News & Updates
    • Reading List
    • Get Involved
  • Resources
    • For Neighborhoods
    • For Residents
    • For Rehabbers
    • Vacant Lot Toolkit >
      • Clean and Green
      • Naturescaping
      • Butterfly Garden
      • Rain Garden
      • Produce Garden
      • Urban Orchard
      • Play Space
      • Gathering Space
      • Public Art
  • Maps & Stats
    • Vacant Property Explorer
    • Demolition Tracker
    • Community Organizations
  • Donate