The 18th Annual Holiday on the Plaza festivities and the first of 3 Window Walk events occurred last Saturday, December 3. An initial concern that turnout might be light, due to an overnight drop in temperature, evaporated as a steady stream of neighbors and visitors filled the sidewalks throughout the afternoon. Performers from Mostly Tap…
Category: Services
A plan to ramp up CWE’s Outreach Program as seen in CWEA Griffin
With articles about the unhoused in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch and New York Times, it seems like an opportune moment to post my article originally published in the November issue of CWEA Griffin on how the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative has been dealing with this challenge and its plans for the future. Read…
New neighborhood services & a discount at AC Hotel CWE
A locally-owned Batteries Plus opened last month at the corner of Forest Park and Taylor in Forest Park Center. This is a great example of the sort of specialized service businesses that help to complete an urban neighborhood such as ours. From the time the shop opened, Manager Matt Tamasi said: “The response has been…