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Category: SDCC

The Recreation Committee reports that the city sponsored after-school playground was not functioning during the teachers’ strike because staff and students are not able to enter Hamilton Branch 3.
The Operation Ident engraving tool, available without charge through Skinker-DeBaliviere, The Women’s Crime Crusade, the Police-Community Relations Office, and many public libraries, has only been used by four or five hundred households in the entire 7th Police District, according to the latest estimate.
Recent freezing of Federal funds for housing and redevelopment programs will cause a significant delay in plans for the Kingsbury Redevelopment project in the area just west of DeBaliviere.
Three vacant lots in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area have recently been offered for sale at reduced prices to neighbors who wish to expand their yards.
Calvin Stuart, executive director of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, has asked HUD to let the Council or another party sponsor seven parcels of foreclosed property so that they can be rehabiliated.
The Kingsbury Redevelopment Project has all but $5000. of the $40,000. seed money needed to start the project.
Chris Thomas, a graduate student at St. Louis University, is working on a program designed to increase the use of the Operation Ident engraving tools in this neighborhood.
Rosedale-Skinker and Washington Heights will elect five new Council members in February representing specific areas.
A guide for prospective home buyers in our area is available at the Council office.
The Residential Service reports that since February 1, 1972, it has been involved in the sale of 18 houses in this area.

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Editor’s Notebook: The Notebook

I have been struck by generational differences in participation here in our neighborhood. Those who weathered the difficulties the neighborhood experienced in…

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Our neighborhood has survived numerous challenges to construct a stable and diverse neighborhood. Another challenge now rears its head. As a member…

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SDCC Aging in Place Program for Seniors

Through funding from the Community Development Administration, Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council is hosting "Aging in Place," a series of 10 community workshops and…

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Upcoming Events Calendar

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Centennial Fundraising Update

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Upcoming Events Calendar

Historical November–December 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established. November 10th: Neighborhood…

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