"The violence just keeps happening across the city. We must do something, we must do more," said Sharon Webb-Steele with Mothers Advocating Safe Streets
For decades, the former Carter Carburetor manufacturing building just south of the Herber Hoover Boys and Girls Club stood as a toxic eyesore along Grand Avenue.
On March 7, 2023, the Primary election for the City of St. Louis Municipal Election will take place. This election will determine the candidates for the President of the Board of Aldermen.
There are almost 25,000 vacant houses, commercial buildings and land plots in St. Louis, and about 60% are privately owned. Some nuisance properties can be a blight on communities, so neighborhood associations have been trying to acquire them or compel owners to fix them.