Old North St. Louis Restoration Group

As neighbors, we share a common vision: Old North is a historic, sustainable, and welcoming neighborhood that offers a high quality of life for a diverse community.

With a commitment to a comprehensive community revitalization that will meet the needs of current residents and transform the neighborhood into a dynamic urban village, ONSLRG:

-Has initiated home-building partnerships with Rise Community Development to rehabilitate historic buildings to provide rental and for-sale housing and build new, market-rate and affordable homes that blend in with their historic surroundings;

- Intervenes to preserve endangered historic buildings through the purchase and marketing of properties to buyers with the commitment and capacity to carry out rehabilitation projects:
Coordinates beautification efforts that include volunteer clean-ups of vacant lots, establishing community gardens, planning for park improvements, and routine maintenance of nearly 100,000 square feet of greenspace throughout Old North St. Louis;

- Sponsors community-building events and celebrations, such as pot-luck suppers, the annual House Tour in the spring, the North City Farmers' Market & 13th Street Community Garden, National Night Out, and outdoor movie nights in the summer.

- Has partnered with other organizations, such as UMSL, the Catholic Commission on Housing, and Sustainable Neighborhoods to provide home improvement loans, home repair and maintenance seminars, and financial literacy classes to help economically disadvantaged residents stay in their homes in the neighborhood.