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What's New in Forest Park Southeast
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Right now, this
"what's new" section headlines current and recent meetings
of the Community
Council. Additionally, the page links to the neighborhood archives, giving some history of the
present neighborhood-wide organization.
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Our neighborhood organizations
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The Forest Park Community Council is a Missouri not
for profit, public benefit corporation. The
Corporation page has links to
the Interdependence Proclamation (which includes a brief history of
the Council's evolution), the Articles of Incorporation, and the rules
for conducting the affairs of the corporation.
Other organizations in the neighborhood are:
The earlier form of the Council included representatives
from eight
organizations and fifteen at-large members. At that time, the Council
operated under a
Constitutuion and meeting
Groundrules.
The Council participates in the
Neighborhood Cabinet
and the neighborhood has the
Forest Park Southeast Housing Corporation.
Forest Park Southeast is a "wedge" south of Forty (I-64), east of
Kingshighway, and bounded on the east and south by Vandeventer and the railroad tracks
just south of Hunt Avenue. It is one-half mile north of I-44. Kingshigway links us to the
Interstates and Manchester Avenue is our east-west "Main Street." Here is the
area map.
Downtown and Clayton are only a ten-minute drives away. MetroLink is within
walking distance and served by
six bus lines in the neighborhood.
Forest Park Southeast had been desirable place to live for more than 100 years.
The construction of the Missouri Pacific tracks and
Manchester Road to Jefferson City in the 1850s made the neighborhood
accessible. As a result, it was developed as the city's first
"subdivision," and marketing highlighted affordability and
convenient location. The same holds true today because FPSE's diverse housing stock includes
appealing brick row
houses, single-family, two-family and four-family homes.
Rehabilitation and infill in the last twenty years - including Habitat for Humanity
construction - offers both new housing and all-new insides for some of the century-old homes.
Opportunities remain for rehabilitation of more buildings, both residential and commercial.
Pictures of three examples (94.7kb total).
The neighborhood's focus in 1999 is the refinement and implementation of
plans that include ambitious
physical revitalization (the reopening of Adams School, home repair support, a new
community center, the historic "main street" project for Manchester, and traffic calming).
Over 100 area businesses contribute to the vitality of the neighborhood. This
business page will evolve into a directory of our businesses
and highlight items of commercial interest to the neighborhood.
St. Louis Missouri's Forest Park Southeast has many churches with pastors and
congregations that participate in neighborhood activities. Here is the
beginning list.
The neighborhood has a plan for
comprehensive, local human services (stable employment for
parents, school readiness for our young children, school success for our children,
prenatal and infant care, reduction of lead poisoning and asthma, and improved graduation rates).
The page links to a list of the twenty-six agencies that regularly meet to plan and coordinate their
efforts.
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