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  • Kaid Benfield Praises Old North St. Louis Revitalization

    Kaid Benfield, Director of the Smart Growth Program at the National Resources Defense Council, has once again praised Old North St. Louis revitalization efforts on his blog.  In 2008, he published several blog posts about the ongoing revitalization...

RHCDA is Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance, a nonprofit organization that creates and supports the alliances that make smart, sustainable neighborhood revitalization possible in the St. Louis region.

"Since our first partnership with RHCDA helped us create the Lillian Park development of mixed-income quality housing, crime in that neighborhood has declined by more than 50% and residents feel like they can sit on their front porches again.  It feels like a community.  And even though that partnership was initiated some years ago, RHCDA is still very much engaged in that neighborhood, helping us to serve our residents and keep them involved." 

- Toni Cousins, Executive Director, Riverview-West Florissant Development Corporation