The City of St. Louis consists of 79 different neighborhoods, each with its own distinctive style and characteristics. Many of these neighborhoods have very active community organizations and associations. Some are on the rebound, while others have remained stable for decades, and still others are striving for renewal. A variety of sources for information about neighborhoods exist, both on and off the Community Information Network. None of these sources include everything there is to know about a neighborhood, but by putting together information from each of these sources, one may get a sense of the incredible variety of lifestyles available in the diverse neighborhoods of the City of St. Louis.
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Neighborhood Web Pages. These pages are maintained by neighborhood organizations and tell the story of the people and challenges existing within each of the 79 neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Stabilization Team. The neighborhood stabilization team is made up of 27 Neighborhood Stabilization Officers (NSOs) and 6 other staffers who work to ensure the stability of various City neighborhoods by coordinating City services and serving as the main point-of-contact in City government for neighborhood residents.
History of St. Louis Neighborhoods. These histories, written in the late 1970s by CDA's Norbury Wayman, have been reproduced for the Internet. They are also available for checkout in printed form (complete with photographs) from most branches of the St. Louis Public Library.
Neighborhood Profiles. These neighborhood profiles, prepared by Planning and Urban Design Agency staff, interns and consultants as part of the Consolidated Plan Five Year Strategy, attempt to summarize the current (1999) conditions of each of the 79 neighborhoods under several categories: Location, History, Characteristics, Institutions and Organizations, and Planning and Development.
ABOUT ST. LOUIS -- Neighborhood Statistics (.pdf). Within the About St. Louis section are datasets broken down to the neighborhood level regarding a variety of topics in the following categories: Demographics, Housing & Real Estate, Building Permits, Public Safety, and Business Profiles.
Non-CIN Neighborhood Pages. Within several St. Louis neighborhoods, residents and business groups have developed and maintain their own independent web sites providing information about events and issues within their neighborhoods. These include:
