Update: The Board of Aldermen has passed a bill approving the Grove Community Improvement District.
Neighborhood residents, business and property owners have joined together to form the Grove Community Improvement District (CID). The purpose of CID is to develop a comprehensive plan and budget to meet the needs of Manchester Avenue. After receiving feedback from various groups within the community, those involved in creating the CID aim to use funds to enhance security, plant trees and flowers along Manchester, repave and maintain new sidewalks, increase street cleaning, pursue marketing opportunities and coordinate economic development activities. The Grove Community Improvement District will allow Forest Park Southeast to compete with neighborhoods like the Central West End, South Grand and the University City Loop.
The proposed CID boundaries run along both sides of Manchester Ave., between S. Kingshighway Blvd. on the West and slightly past S. Vandeventer Blvd. on the East. The Grove is located in St. Louis city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
For a map of the Grove CID, click here.
To learn more, click here to visit the Grove Community Improvement District website.South Side Journal article 7/10/08: Special taxing district considered for Grove area