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
The Vacancy Collaborative structure includes two committees and cross sector working groups that coordinate closely:
Find out more about the Working Groups Here
- 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
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Vacancy Advisory Committee
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Bob Lewis, SLU Urban Planning (Co-chair)
Sundy Whiteside, St. Louis Association of Community Organizations (SLACO) (Co-chair) Patrick Brown, Ameren Angela Drake, SLACO Yaphett El Amin, Efficacy Consulting/Mokan Travis Estes, SLACO |
James Forbes, Good Life Growing
Eltoreon Hawkins, SLACO Dana Malkus, SLU Law Timetria Murphy-Watson, Urban Strategies Sean Spencer, Tower Grove Neighborhoods CDC Andrew Weil, Landmarks Association Michelle Witthaus, Health Equity Works |
VacancyStat City Departments
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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 |
Working Group Co-Chairs
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Matt Ampleman, Legal Services of Eastern MO
Latasha Barnes, Legal Services of Eastern MO Michele Bildner, City of St. Louis Dept. of Health Jane DeRonne Laura Ginn, St. Louis Development Corporation Na’im Gray, Custom Rehabs Peter Hoffman, Legal Services of Eastern MO |
Jonathan Leek, CIAC
Dana Malkus, SLU Law Pamela McLucas, Inhabit Properties Maureen McMillan Daniel Pate Tina Teresa Pihl, Intentional Connections, LLC 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.
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:
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Anders Walker, Saint Louis University
Brian Adler Brian Matthews, Cultivation Capital 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 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 |
Katy Shackelford, Lochmueller Group
Keith A. Crawford, North Pointe Neighborhood Association Leo Walker, 1978 Lorine Pattin, Hyde Park Neighborhood Marsha Nelson, GROUND$KEEPERS Mark Groth, St. Louis City Talk Nikki Woelfel, Carrollton Bank Paradise Smith Peter Hoffman, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Ravi Rao, Grace Hill Settlement House |
Richard Walter Savin
Simon Nogin, HeartLands Conservancy Sophie Abo, Des Sales CDC Stephanie Co Troy Guzman, Arcturis Yoni Blumberg |
Support
Funding to support coordination of the Vacancy Collaborative was provided, in part by:
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