The Riverwest Neighborhood Association meeting covered several important development and safety issues last month, as well as accepting nominations for its first slate of elected board members. Topic covered: Snail’s Crossing (Baby Park) progress – Art Bar Cafe & Gallery plans – The Riverwest Investment Co-op (RIC) house rehab – Biopak Building – Watertower Park Trust & Property Taxes – Crime and Safety – Bylaw Amendments – Upcoming RNA Elections
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Posted inNeighborhood News
NIP Helps Low Income Homeowners Maintain Properties
If you own your home and have a low income, you may qualify for a grant that would pay for major home repairs. The YMCA Community Development Corporation (CDC) is one agency that does major home repair under the NIP program. The program is funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars.
Posted inRNA News
Doctors at Your Door and a Face-Lift for Baby Park
The Riverwest Neighborhood Association met at 7 p.m. on August 12, 2003, at 604 E. Center St. It was announced at the meeting that interns from Columbia St. Mary’s Clinic are accompanying Community Partner Mark McInerney on his door-to-door route in the neighborhood. …. The neighborhood group working with Marina Lee approved a design for Baby Park at Bremen and Burleigh. …. Four RNA committees offered reports.
Posted inFurther Down Stream
June 2003
News briefs for Riverwest and surrounding environs… June is a month of controversy! A furtive, anonymous person has charged the Riverwest Currents with “censorship.” The River Neighbors Association is trying to muscle the Riverwest Neighborhood Association into changing its name. RNAmail members are pondering gentrification and dog poop. And the Brewzerkus was jailed in St. Louis. CASH has only begun to fight freeway expansion….
Posted inCommentary & Opinion
Help Keep the CDC Office Open in 2003!
The [Riverwest] CDC is funded by CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) funds from the city which were drastically cut by for 2003. Therefore, the Y has had to reduce staff and cut back on overhead. The YMCA CDC planned to close the Center St. office and move the staff person over to the YMCA Holton Youth Center. RNA members, both Aldermen and both Supervisors disagreed with that plan and prefer to have the Center St. office remain open to provide a more prominent and visible location. The YMCA CDC has agreed to a one-month extension – the Center St. office will stay open until January 31. THIS GIVES US TIME TO ACT. We need your help. We would like to raise $5,000 towards office overhead costs.
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