Historical October 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
On September 20, Darlene Green became the budget director of the City of St. Louis.
She has been a resident of Skinker DeBaliviere since 1989 when she purchased a home on 59xx DeGiverville.
She is very proud of her block and happy that she was able to find a home there.
There is a strong block unit and she has worked with them on many activities. Currently, she’s looking forward to the annual Christmas party. Green is a native St. Louisan.
She first lived in Pruitt-Igoe and then with her family moved to the 3rd ward on the north side.
She graduated from Vashon High School. Green attended Washington University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
While a student, she lived on 56xx Waterman and also got to know our neighborhood.
After graduation, she lived in Columbia for five years and worked for the state of Missouri and the University of Missouri.
On returning to St. Louis. Green became an accountant in the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. Within 3 months, she was promoted to Finance Manager and served in this position for almost 7 years until being named Budget Director, As the Budget Director, Green reports to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and is responsible for preparing the city’s operating budget each year.
The budget is then submitted to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Aldermen by the dates mandated by law.
She has a staff of seven. Throughout the year, they work on several projects analyzing anticipated revenues and expenditures. Green remarked that the passage of sale taxes I and S in August will help the city a great deal. Service levels will be maintained to benefit citizens. And, it will be possible to make certain improvements that previously could not be considered.
These improvements will be designed to stabilize St. Louis’s neighborhoods. Green is very excited about being able to help develop these new programs.
Her major goal is to see that revenue is used for neighborhood stabilization: to uplift the downsides of certain neighborhoods and to continue to serve the high quality neighborhoods.
She really wants to see neighborhoods that are down come back up. Green has worked for Mayor Bosley since 1986 and strongly supported his bid to become mayor. Throughout the campaign, she always felt that he would win.
She never prepared for how she would act if he lost.
She said that he has always been genuine and supportive of her.
He could see her good points even if she couldn’t and “helped enable me to continue with my career.” Green was attracted to the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood when she was at school at Washington University.
She prizes its close proximity to downtown. Clayton. and everywhere north and south.
She finds Skinker DeBaliviere to be very diverse, stable. and both conservative and liberal.
She likes seeing the students, the elderly, black and white.
She particularly likes the older people who kind of watch and see things like her grandmother did when she was a child.
There is a good mix and she loves her block and the neighborhood.
Her favorite recreation is walking in Forest Park where she does 3 miles at a stretch.
She is very thankful for a loving supportive family and some wonderful friends.
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Darlene Green. Photo by King Schoenfeld.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1993.
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