Vacant Land /tags/vacant-land Vacant Land en-US Copyright © 2024 Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT St. Louis’ fight against vacancy is more of a long war than a single battle /economy-business/2025-02-24/st-louis-vacancy-long-war It’s a problem that metastasized over decades, making it unrealistic to expect a speedy solution to the roughly 25,000 vacant buildings and lots inside city limits. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-02-24/st-louis-vacancy-long-war Eric Schmid Laclede’s Landing adds a new art park to bring more life to its riverfront /economy-business/2024-10-10/laceleds-landing-new-art-park-mississippi-riverfront The park replaces two previously vacant lots with a few disk golf cages, several metal flower planters, benches and sculptures from local youth artists. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-10-10/laceleds-landing-new-art-park-mississippi-riverfront Eric Schmid St. Louis receives $500,000 from the EPA to assess and clean vacant brownfield properties /health-science-environment/2023-08-24/st-louis-receives-500-000-from-the-epa-to-assess-and-clean-vacant-brownfield-properties The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given St. Louis $500,000 to remove hazardous materials from vacant properties. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:13:54 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-24/st-louis-receives-500-000-from-the-epa-to-assess-and-clean-vacant-brownfield-properties Chad Davis Midwest cities have plenty of vacant lots. So why can't urban farmers buy that land? /health-science-environment/2022-11-15/midwest-cities-have-plenty-of-vacant-lots-so-why-cant-urban-farmers-buy-that-land Urban farmers are trying to buy vacant lots for their farms to bring fresh, healthy food and green space to their neighborhoods, but they face challenges in acquiring that land. Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-11-15/midwest-cities-have-plenty-of-vacant-lots-so-why-cant-urban-farmers-buy-that-land Eva Tesfaye St. Louis neighborhood groups try to acquire vacant properties or get owners to fix them up /government-politics-issues/2022-11-14/st-louis-neighborhood-groups-try-to-acquire-vacant-properties-or-get-owners-to-fix-them-up There are almost 25,000 vacant houses, commercial buildings and land plots in St. Louis, and about 60% are privately owned. Some nuisance properties can be a blight on communities, so neighborhood associations have been trying to acquire them or compel owners to fix them. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-11-14/st-louis-neighborhood-groups-try-to-acquire-vacant-properties-or-get-owners-to-fix-them-up Chad Davis North St. Louis group wants to reclaim vacant properties, fill them with homeowners /economy-business/2022-02-17/north-st-louis-group-wants-to-reclaim-vacant-properties-fill-them-with-homeowners Community leaders in the Baden neighborhood of north St. Louis are going to court to claim vacant houses for potential new homeowners. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:12:48 GMT /economy-business/2022-02-17/north-st-louis-group-wants-to-reclaim-vacant-properties-fill-them-with-homeowners Chad Davis Pocketparks aims to beautify St. Louis, one vacant lot at a time /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-16/pocketparks-aims-to-beautify-st-louis-one-vacant-lot-at-a-time The nonprofit is also purchasing its first property in the next six months to transform into a park. Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:25:38 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-11-16/pocketparks-aims-to-beautify-st-louis-one-vacant-lot-at-a-time Lara Hamdan St. Louis Hires Contractors To Be 'Stewards' Of Vacant Land /health-science-environment/2019-10-09/st-louis-hires-contractors-to-be-stewards-of-vacant-land Thaddeus Gerdine maintains more than 60 vacant lots in the city of St. Louis. “They just seemed like no one was taking care of them,” said Gerdine, who… Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:00:53 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-10-09/st-louis-hires-contractors-to-be-stewards-of-vacant-land Shahla Farzan McKee faces fines for building violations and a lawsuit over unpaid sewer bills /economy-business/2018-12-05/mckee-faces-fines-for-building-violations-and-a-lawsuit-over-unpaid-sewer-bills Updated at 5 p.m. to include comment from Paul McKee — St. Louis–area government agencies have begun fining Northside Regeneration developer Paul… Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:11:39 GMT /economy-business/2018-12-05/mckee-faces-fines-for-building-violations-and-a-lawsuit-over-unpaid-sewer-bills Kae M. Petrin St. Louis' development agency seeks community input for economic growth strategy /economy-business/2018-08-15/st-louis-development-agency-seeks-community-input-for-economic-growth-strategy The St. Louis Development Corporation has kicked off a campaign of town hall meetings aimed at improving its public image.SLDC executive director Otis… Thu, 16 Aug 2018 00:54:35 GMT /economy-business/2018-08-15/st-louis-development-agency-seeks-community-input-for-economic-growth-strategy