In the coming weeks and months, the City of St. Louis will be carrying out a massive city-wide neighborhood improvement program with a $10 million Public Works grant from the Economic Development Agency of the United States Department of Commerce.
Every citizen in the City of St. Louis stands to benefit from these improvements. Major street and parks improvements will be implemented in virtually every area of the city. Moreover, the program will create hundreds of job opportunities for the citizens of St. Louis.
Two major projects to be carried out in Forest Park under-this program will be improvements to the Government Hill Center and the Jewel Box. Repairs will be made to the World’s Fair Pavilion, the electric fountain will be totally renovated, and sidewalks and steps will be replaced. Both the Jewel Box building and the waterfall will be renovated.
All city residents are invited to attend a ceremony highlighting the beginning of this program Tuesday, December 13, 10:30 a.m., at the World’s Fair Pavilion in Forest Park (entrance from Concourse Drive). Mayor Jim Conway will be joined by a host of city officials and community leaders at this event.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1977.
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