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Project Connect Our Plan
About Project Connect
Spearheaded by SLDC, Project Connect ensures coordination and collaboration between neighborhood revitalization, transportation/infrastructure improvements and other redevelopment efforts — and the City of St. Louis’ investments to support the Next NGA West Campus — in six North St. Louis neighborhoods: St. Louis Place, Old North St. Louis, JeffVanderLou, Carr Square, Columbus Square and Hyde Park.
Through Project Connect, SLDC is working to ensure disinvested areas don’t get left behind during future growth and development — and that residents, business owners and community stakeholders have their voice and vision heard during the planning and redevelopment process.
What Is Project Connect?
Project Connect began as a City of
St. Louis initiative to understand the potential benefits and impacts the relocation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) would have on surrounding neighborhoods and future development. It has since evolved into an effort to create alignment between the needs & desires expressed by the people of those neighborhoods, existing projects and future neighborhood opportunities.
Goals of Project Connect
Project Connect’s purpose is to support existing residents and encourage compatible new development by optimizing the impact of public investment. While the initial goal of Project Connect was to understand the benefits and challenges of NGA's relocation to North City and the impact it would have on the surrounding neighborhoods, currently the Project Connect initiative seeks to attract investment opportunities and leverage community assets to transform the six neighborhoods surrounding the new NGA facility. The Project Connect team works in partnership with residents and community stakeholders to accomplish this.
Project Connect aims to accomplish the following:
Project Connect’s purpose is to support existing residents and encourage compatible new development by optimizing the impact of public investment.
While the initial goal of Project Connect was to understand the benefits and challenges of NGA's relocation to North City and the impact it would have on the surrounding neighborhoods, currently the Project Connect initiative seeks to attract investment opportunities and leverage community assets to transform the six neighborhoods surrounding the new NGA facility.
The Project Connect team works in partnership with residents and the community to accomplish this.
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