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Historical November–December 2013 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Delmar Commercial Committee is one of several standing committees of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council that have met continuously and productively for many years.
In 1988, Mayor Vince Schoemehl’s “Operation ConServ” initiative was helping neighborhoods plan for the future. Out of that came the Delmar Commercial Committee, and a core group was recruited to help improve our desperate border street, Delmar east of Skinker. At that time, there was a feeling of “falling off the edge of the earth” at Skinker, and the group began planning for a Redevelopment Plan and Ordinance (sponsored by both Aldermen, Dan McGuire and Irv Clay) to prohibit undesirable commercial uses and encourage development. Grants were applied for to redo the streetscape with wider sidewalks and trees and lighting. One of our core values was– and remains–for full cooperation between neighborhood residents and the business community. That tradition continues as planning ever eastward.
My fellow “charter members” Lana Stein, Loretta Lloyd, and Anne Voss; former members Nancy Farmer, Dennis Townsend of Boulevard Cleaners, Dan McGuire and Irving Clay; and great neighbors Jack Wright and Sam Green, who have passed away, formed our original committee, joined early on by Loop mentors Joe Edwards, Paul and Suzanne Schoomer, and Neal Shapiro, and later by David Mastin and Jeff Mugg. Alderman Lyda Krewson has been a faithful attendee and leader for all the years she has been alderman of the 28th Ward. Meeting frequently for more than 20 years, it’s a great mix of businesses and residents from all parts of the neighborhood: Randy Vines, who lives on Washington, and owns a small business, STL-Style, on Cherokee; Richard Bose, an engineer who lives on DeGiverville; attorney Paul Hales; Cynthia Watson, Sharon Spann, James Handson, and Brenda Simpson are all residents from the north side of Delmar near Hamilton. Cheryl Adelstein represents Washington University, and David Whiteman and Liz Pund assist from SDCC. Unlike some of the SDCC committees which meet every month, we call meetings when there is a specific need, to hear about applications for zoning variances (remember the pawn shop debate?) and to learn about new businesses who actively seek our support.
As we met recently to learn about the new Global Market coming soon, we were pleased to see a great diversity of independent business owners and neighborhood residents from north and south of Delmar, and a wonderful extra was Francis Yueh, who owns the Bubble Tea on Delmar and also the St. Louis Chinese American News, who took many pictures of our committee at its collaborative work.
To see the full array of pictures in this publication, go to: http://www.scanews. com/2013/08/ s1198/119802/.
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Delmar Commercial Committee at work.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2013.
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