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Forest Park Southeast News
CWEMD becomes Park Central Development: Central West End Midtown Development has adopted a new service area – and a new name to go along with it: Park Central Development Corp. The boundaries of the newly minted Park Central Development have expanded to include the entire 17th Ward, including all of Forest Park Southeast, Botanical Heights, the southern part of the Central West End, and parts of Midtown, Tiffany, Shaw, Kings Oak and Cheltenham. The new name reflects the relationship of these neighborhoods to Forest Park, Tower Grove Park, and the Botanical Garden, as well as smaller community parks.
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 Tour de Grove: The first Tour de Grove is coming to our local neighborhoods this summer on June 12 and 13, 2010. The bicycle-filled weekend will start out on the 12th with events open to professional, amateur, and children cyclists at the Midtown Alley Grand Prix Cycling Race during the day, followed by Street Sprints and Drag Races at night in the Grove neighborhood.
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 17th Ward Holiday Party: More than 200 guests brought in the season and toasted the 2009 community award winners at 17th Ward Holiday Party at the brand-new Library Annex in the Spring Street Lofts.
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 Chouteau Park planning: The latest plans for the new Chouteau Park were revealed at a public meeting Nov. 11 at Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club Adam's Park Unit. John Hoal of H3 Studio walked meeting attendees through a presentation of the plans, which have been developed with input from a local advisory committee. The meeting was hosted by 17th Ward Alderman Joseph D. Roddy.
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Best of St. Louis: The 17th Ward was once again well-represented in the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2009 issue.
Who made the list?
Look it up: The first Forest Park South Community Directory, a joint project of Forest Park Southeast Development Corp. and the Forest Park South Business Association, is now available. The directory, which contains listings of local businesses and organizations and community information, is being distributed to residents in the area. To receive your free directory, contact Kristin Rapinac at 314-229-2115.
 Home repairs: A Forest Park Southeast resident recently got a helping hand for much-needed home repairs thanks to Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corp., Rebuilding Together St. Louis and Home Depot. About a dozen volunteers spent a day fixing up Julie Glenn's home in the 4500 block of Chouteau, building a new font porch, repairing a bathroom wall, replacing roof tiles and making several other needed repairs. Glenn, who had neither the funds nor the expertise to repair her home, expressed gratitude to the organizations and volunteers who pitched in to help. "I was just overwhelmed. It's just like a miracle," she said. For more information on the program, contact WUMC Community Development Manager Brooks Goedeker at (314) 747-2332.
Businesses of the Year: Mayor Francis Slay and the St. Louis Development Corp. recently honored several 17th Ward businesses and developments:
Business of the Year:
Habitata Building Products (Tiffany)
Hotel Indigo (Central West End)
Renaissance Financial (Cheltenham)
Weissman Theatrical Supply (Cheltenham)
Neighborhood Business of the Year (17th Ward):
6 North Coffee Co. (Central West End)
Development of the Year:
Nine North (Central West End)
Highlands Plaza Two (Cheltenham)
 Sanctuaria: Touted as "St. Louis' wildest new tapas restaurant and bar," Sanctuaria is opening for dinner Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the space previously known as Agave, 4198 Manchester.
Sanctuaria website
Doggy day care: K-9 Carnival, a center offering daytime boarding, playtime and training for dogs, recently opened at 4501 Chouteau in Forest Park Southeast. The facility offers a chance for city pooches to frolic together rather than lounging on the couch or in a kennel all day. “Our main goal at K-9 Carnival is to provide hours and hours of daily exercise along with mental stimulation to dogs living in this crowded urban area, ” says co-founder Dr. Pam Clary, a veterinarian and Central West End resident.
Information: (314) 534-DOGS or K9_Carnival@yahoo.com
 Grove Fest: Thousands flocked to the Grove for the fourth annual Grove Fest Saturday, Sept. 19 on Manchester Avenue. This year's street festival featured St. Louis' hottest bands and DJs, live art demonstrations, a community mural painting, street performers, the Zombie Squad, Arch Rival Roller Girls, the Future Legend Skaters, and a Freakers Ball starring Clownvis Presley. Festival-goers also sampled food and drink from the Grove's top eateries and clubs.
 City Talk: About 125 neighbors and friends of the 17th Ward gathered on Nine North's urban garden patio for 17th Ward City Talk Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Alderman Joe Roddy hosted the event, which was sponsored by CWE Midtown Development and Forest Park Southeast Development Corp. Joseph Downs of Opus Northwest, developers of Nine North and the Park East Tower, talked about Opus' investment in the CWE. The event was catered by Wild Flower restaurant.
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 Community Garden: Garnders in Botanical Heights are beginning to see the fruits of their labor at the Community Garden near Folsom and Thurman. The Botanical Heights Community Garden is tended by a mix of experienced and new gardeners who share an interest in growing vegetables, herbs and flowers.
 Portes ouvertes, puertas abiertas: St. Louis' first language immersion school opened its doors to 180 kindergarten and first-grade students Aug. 17 at the school's freshly renovated quarters in Forest Park Southeast. St. Louis Language Immersion Schools founder and executive director Rhonda Broussard announced the charter school's opening at a press conference and open house on Friday, Aug. 7. Former St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl and 17th Ward Alderman Joseph D. Roddy were on hand to congratulate Broussard and her team.
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 National Night Out: Residents of the Botanical Heights, Tiffany and Gibson Heights neighborhoods came out to celebrate National Night Out on Tuesday evening, Aug. 4.
National Night Out photo slideshow
 Chouteau Park Workshop: What's your vision for a perfect neighborhood park? That's what Forest Park Southeast community members were asked at a park planning workshop hosted by 17th Ward Alderman Joe Roddy Wednesday, July 22 at Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club – Adams Park.
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FPSEDC Development Committee: Forest Park Southeast Development Corp.'s Development Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tues., July 21 at FPSEDC, 4371 Arco. On the agenda: requests for support for a variance for Details, a proposed auto detailing shop at 4014 Chouteau; a liquor license for Big Moe's, a new bar at 1072 Tower Grove; tax abatement for the renovation of 4162-4168 Manchester for Space architectural firm; and tax abatement for the renovation of 4300 Manchester by Mangrove Redevelopment.
FPSEDC Development Committee Agenda
Green Grove: Restoration St. Louis, owned by Amrit and Amy Gill, has been awarded $2.5 million in New Markets Tax Credits for the Green Grove project in Forest Park Southeast. The $14 million project will include both new and renovated mixed-use buildings along Manchester between Kingshighway and Vandeventer. The developers will seek LEED certification for the projects, which will include the first zero carbon-emissions building in St. Louis.
Read more in the St. Louis Business Journal
 Sauce Awards: Congratulations to the 17th Ward establishments named in the 2009 Sauce Magazine Readers' Choice Awards.
Who made the list?
 Fired up: Taking a cue from the Hill, Washington University Medical Center has teamed up with local artist Grace McCammond to transform the fire hydrants in Forest Park Southeast into art. The goal is to create a calling card for the neighborhood. Fire hydrants along Manchester from Tower Grove to Vandeventer in the Grove will be painted first in a design inspired by the new Grove logo. Fire hydrants in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood will be painted in a different theme in the second phase of the project.
Re-Revival: The restaurant formerly known as Revival is reopening Wednesday, July 1 as Chouteau's @ 39th.
Chouteau's @ 39th website
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Bar 5: Nancy Novak has opened a third location in the Grove in the former home of the Church Key, 4127 Manchester. Bar 5, just a few steps from Novak's Bar and Grill, is a sports bar featuring pizza, pool tables and darts. Novak opened Nancy's Place at 4510 Manchester earlier this year.
Demolition, dogs & detailing: Forest Park Southeast Development Corp.’s Development Committee voted to oppose a proposal to demolish a three-family building for parking, voted to support a day care center for dogs and tabled a decision on a detailing business at its June meeting.
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Most Enhanced Sites: Three buildings in the 17th Ward – two in Forest Park Southeast and one in the Central West End South – were recognized at Landmarks Association's 2009 Most Enhanced Sites ceremony Friday, May 15.
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 Pedestrian tunnel opens: The new underpass connecting Forest Park and Oakland Avenue is now open. The lighted tunnel connects Saint Louis University High School and the St. Louis Science Center with Forest Park between Bowl Lake and the Planetarium.
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 New footbridge opens: Forest Park Southeast neighbors, local leaders and MoDOT officials and workers celebrated the opening of the new pedestrian bridge over Interstate 64 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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