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Seminar to explore what really grows in community gardens

Community gardening organizations and health advocates have lauded community gardens as a means to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in urban food deserts. A review of the literature...

Panel to focus on youth, summer programs

Todd Swanstrom knows the value of communities working together. He is, after all, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of...

Want to be a good neighborhood leader?

More than 170 neighborhood leaders from throughout the St. Louis region share something in common. They have all participated in the Neighborhood Leadership Academy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis...

Panel to focus on rental housing in St. Louis

Panel to ‘Focus on Retail Development’ in St. Louis

As his title implies, Todd Swanstrom wants to see St. Louis-area communities work together. The E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University...

Political scientist to lead panel examining prospect of St. Louis re-entering St. Louis County

St. Louis separated from St. Louis County 135 years ago. Many conversations since then have centered on a possible reunification. Most recently, the topic has been popular in political campaigns...

Panel to focus on ‘Creating Whole Communities’

With many urban and inner suburban neighborhoods still in decline, St. Louis needs to increase its capacity for strategic community development, according to a recent report by researchers from the...

Campus, community collaboration wins state award

For the last two years, students from the University of Missouri–St. Louis have been working in local food pantries, tutoring children in after-school programs and cleaning up homes going through...

UMSL Seminar Series explores lessons learned from Prop A

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Community Partnership Project will present, as part of their Seminar Series, “One Year Later: Lessons from the Passage of Prop A” from 4 to 5:30...