Community Investment (Outreach)
The Community Investment team works with St. Louis City and County to help businesses grow. We work with municipalities to help them create sustainable communities through economic growth. We are intentional about equitable economic development and work to ensure that our under-served communities have access to the resources that they need to thrive.
You will find us in communities gathering information about issues that businesses, municipalities, and neighborhoods are facing, connecting them with resources that lead to positive solutions. The Community Investment division provides support for redevelop projects that need assistance planning, assessing, or implementing the cleanup of environmental hazards.
The Connection
The Connection is a community-centered newsletter powered by the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. Evolving from the Promise Zone initiative, it reflects a continued commitment to strengthening relationships, expanding access, and ensuring community voices remain at the center of the work.
This space was created to share meaningful updates, resources, opportunities, and stories that capture the resilience, collaboration, and momentum happening across our region. It is designed to keep residents, partners, and stakeholders informed while fostering alignment across neighborhoods and municipalities.
The Connection provides a place to stay informed about ongoing efforts, upcoming engagements, and ways to participate.
It reinforces our commitment to working alongside the community.
Brownfield Redevelopment
A brownfield is a property that may have hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants that need to be cleaned up before the site may be redeveloped.
Transforming Neighborhoods
With the anticipated public opening of Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park in 2027, the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)—known for providing real estate analysis and action plans for municipalities—examined potential economic development opportunities in Spanish Lake, Mo., in unincorporated St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding area. Their visit to the region took place as part of Transforming Neighborhoods, a technical assistance program from the National Association of REALTORS®, through which STL Partnership and St. Louis REALTORS® hosted nationwide members of CRE from Oct. 13–15. CRE’s subsequently released report recommended public transit access, long-term land leasing, capital programming for first-time homebuyers and a host of other means to help foster growth.
The fully detailed report is available here.
Clean Up Build Up Kinloch
Clean Up Build Kinloch is a community-oriented event where organizations and community members come together to clean up the illegal dumping plaguing the City of Kinloch.