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We’re Kicking Off Our Month of Giving — And You’re Invited to Make It Count

We’ve got exciting news: for the first time ever, St. Louis Art Place Initiative is participating in Give STL Day to launch our Month of Giving this May — and we’d love your help to get off to a powerful start. As a past supporter, you already know how transformative...

API awarded one of two Neighborhood Implementation Awards

For the first time, the City of St. Louis has funds available through its economic development sales tax to implement neighborhood plans. Creating neighborhood plans to guide future change and development within communities is a best practice. Knowing this, API's...

Block Dreams launches

API has launched a new planning process to gather residents' dreams for how some of its remaining parcels can be used for green and art spaces. The Block Dreams conceptual plan will draft high-level concepts for such spaces and create architectural guidelines that API...

API awarded one of two Neighborhood Implementation Awards

For the first time, the City of St. Louis has funds available through its economic development sales tax to implement neighborhood plans. Creating neighborhood plans to guide future change and development within communities is a best practice. Knowing this, API's...

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Block Dreams launches

API has launched a new planning process to gather residents' dreams for how some of its remaining parcels can be used for green and art spaces. The Block Dreams conceptual plan will draft high-level concepts for such spaces and create architectural guidelines that API...

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We’re building an artist residency!

With funding from a Neighborhood Transformation Grant award from the City of St. Louis – Community Development Administration (CDA), API is building a neighborhood-embedded artist residency. It will be housed in an accessory dwelling unit adjacent to one of API’s...

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The next three homes are moving forward!

As part of an innovative New Market Tax Credit program issued through ARPA funds, and in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis, API has commenced three more rehab projects in Gravois Park.  All three of these projects are under construction and will be...

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API construction ramping up to close out 2023!

While we did not complete any houses in 2023, it was a huge year for API, as we began various stages of pre-construction, design and stabilization on our next 9 properties! Three rehab projects are under construction As part of an innovative New Market Tax Credit...

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