Community Development – UM System Community Connect

Risco, MO seeks to change its food desert status

MU Business, Collaboration, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Food, Rural Development, Small Business Development

MU Extension Community Economic Development Field Specialist Richard Proffer meets regularly with Risco residents to guide them to establishing a local limited use food store.

UMKC Receives $300K to Study Urban Entrepreneurship

UMKC Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Neighborhood Development, Workforce Development

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation supports Center for Neighborhoods three-year research project

Chancellor’s Certificate in Planning & Zoning

UMSL Community Development

Entering its 18th year in 2021, the Fundamentals of Planning and Zoning Chancellor’s Certificate has educated hundreds of members of the St. Louis planning community.

The Vacant House Next Door

UMSL Community, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Health, Economic Development, Neighborhood Development

Join community experts and partners at an interactive event to explore solutions for vacant property issues across St. Louis County!

Rise & Shine: KC Streetcar Extension

UMKC Community Development, Engagement Month, Engagement Week

Join us for a moderated panel on the future of the Kansas City Streetcar.

UMKC Professor Calls on Community to Help Understand Climate Change Effects

UMKC Climate Change, Community Development, Community Engagement, Neighborhood Development, Research and Data, Volunteerism

Volunteers from across the metro helped collect data for a national research project

Sherman and Sunderland Gifts Amplify Education Program Success

UMKC Child Development, Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Education, Youth Programming

Foundation support accelerates Institute for Urban Education growth, progress

UMKC Center for Neighborhoods releases study on small apartment buildings for the City of Kansas City, Missouri

UMKC Affordable Housing, Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Neighborhood Development

The UMKC Center for Neighborhoods has released a study of small apartments in the Central City Economic Development (CCED) area, including parts of 18 neighborhoods in KCMO.

UMKC Faculty and Alumni to be Featured in Conversation on the Racial Wealth Gap

UMKC Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Neighborhood Development, Small Business Development, Workforce Development

Brent Never, Associate Professor of Public Affairs in the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, and UMKC alumni Dr. Rebecca Baumgarnter and Justice Horn are several of the speakers that will be featured in a panel discussion hosted by Central Exchange.

North St. Louis County Small Business Accelerator

UMSL Business, Community Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development, Workforce Development

A six-week small business success workshop series for North St. Louis County restaurants and retail businesses.

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