2019 Beyond the Backpack is a Huge Success
We’re excited to share that this year’s Beyond the Backpack event, held this past August 10th at Normandy High School, was a great success. Helping students and families prepare for the first day of school sets the tone for the rest of the year. This is why each year, Beyond Housing and Normandy Schools Collaborative […]
Beyond the Backpack Event Prepares Students and Families for a Successful School Year
Students, families, and members of the community are invited to attend a back-to-school community event on Saturday, August 10th from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Normandy High School in North St. Louis County. The back-to-school event is sponsored by Beyond Housing and the Normandy Schools Collaborative in partnership with other organizations, volunteers, and corporate partners. […]
Novo Nordisk Helps Thousands of Area Students Prepare for a Successful School Year
Novo Nordisk—a global pharmaceutical company and innovative pioneer in diabetes and chronic conditions care—will be donating 3,000 backpacks filled with school supplies and other essentials for Beyond Housing’s Beyond the Backpack event, this Saturday, August 10th at Normandy High School in North St. Louis County. Basic needs items like school supplies can be expensive and […]
Community Leaders Unveil $5.6M North County Park Project
Veneta Rizvic – Digital Producer , St. Louis Business Journal Leaders from Gateway Design Studio, Beyond Housing and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District recently celebrated the $5.6 million completion of the Pine Lawn Community Park and Pasadena Boulevard Parkway. The Pine Lawn Community Park and Pasadena Boulevard Parkway are now complete after a $5.6 […]
Gateway Design Studio, LLC Celebrates Pasadena Parkway and Pine Lawn Community Park Project Completion
Gateway Design Studio, LLC – a professional planning, landscape architectural and environmental design firm located in St. Louis – was one of the key partners on hand at the ribbon cutting event for the recently completed Pine Lawn Community Park project. The event commemorated the completion of both Pine Lawn Community Park and Pasadena Blvd. Parkway—a new walkable […]
Beyond Housing Nominated for $15,000 Award from FHLB. Please Vote to Help the 24:1 Community Win!
We’re excited to announce that Beyond Housing’s work in Pagedale Town Center has been nominated for a FHLB Strong Communities Award. The award recognizes the impact of small business and economic development projects on creating stronger communities. Winners are chosen through a public vote. Please help support the 24:1 Community by voting early and often […]
Beyond Housing Partners with Cincinnati Agencies to Build a Culture of Health
We’re thrilled to announce that Beyond Housing has received $20,000 to take part in a peer-learning initiative between community organizations in St. Louis and Cincinnati. This effort will look at the social determinants of health, focusing on the ways in which community leaders and organizations can improve youth engagement, community policing, and community development to […]
We’d Like to Thank All Our Sponsors and Guests for Making Beyond Housing’s Inaugural Casino Night a Huge Success!
We would like to thank you for joining us on our inaugural Casino Night this past Friday. Being our first year hosting this type of event, we didn’t know exactly what to expect. But thanks to you, it was a huge success and a whole lot of fun —especially for the communities we serve as community development […]
St. Louis Business Community Invests in Local Organizations to Strengthen the Region’s Neighborhoods
Civic Progress, Regional Business Council invest $1,040,000 to rebuild communities Today, members of Civic Progress and the Regional Business Council, whose companies represent more than 125 of the region’s leading businesses, announced $1,040,000 in new funding for several local organizations aimed at strengthening the area’s underserved neighborhoods. In addition, another $1,200,000 worth of in-kind contributions […]
Home Buyers Get Government Help with Down payments
Ben Eisen and Laura Kusisto Maiya Jones didn’t have money saved up for a down payment when she started looking for a house in the St. Louis area last summer. Her real-estate agent told her about a program that would cover the 3.5% required on a Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgage for those who meet certain […]