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HUD grants $29.5M for North Side Urban Strategies, McCormack Baron Salazar, city collaborate on winning proposal HUD Secretary Julian Castro connected with Richard D. Baron, co-founder and chairman of McCormack Baron Salazar, at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church on Monday, December 12, when Castro announced a $29.5 million grant for St. Louis’ near North Side. McCormack Baron Salazar and Urban Strategies worked with the city to develop the winning grant application.
By Joseph Leahy Of St. Louis Public Radio The Department Housing and Urban Development awarded St. Louis a $29.5 million grant on Monday, December 12 to help revive the city’s near North Side. HUD Secretary Julian Castro gathered with state and local leaders at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, 1413 N. 20th St., to announce the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant for a neighborhood that has long struggled with poverty and neglect. Castro said the grant will leverage other recent efforts to rebuild the area, including the Defense Department’s plan to build a $1.75 billion facility nearby for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. “St. Louis is doing a great job at connecting the dots of economic opportunity and quality of life,”
n “Choice Neighborhoods will serve as a catalyst to create critical pathways for Near North Side families, businesses and stakeholders to thrive.” – Esther Shin, Urban Strategies, Inc.
Castro said. “This North Side community is on a roll with the NGA, the Promise Zone, the Department of Justice grant and now today nearly $30 million to revitalize this community.” In 2015, areas of North St. Louis and North St.
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Protocols of a survivor Annalisa Melton overcame a family tragedy to advise U.S. Air Force generals By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
Case I. Grandmother is raising her grandchildren after her daughter passed in 2011. She struggles with getting them to
Annalisa Melton is chief of protocol at U.S. Transport Command, headquartered at Scott Air Force base in the Metro East. Since 2002, she has worked for a series of four generals, advising them on things like what gifts to prepare for visiting dignitaries from distant cultures and what nonverbal gestures might offend their guests. Though an U.S. Air Force veteran herself, she currently is a civilian employee. A 50-year-old from Ocala, Florida, Melton worked her way up in the field of protocol services, working in related fields like talent bookings (she would later need to keep track of generals’ busy calendars) and conference services (every day for an Air Force general poses the challenges of a major conference). But she was also reared mindful of protocol. She was raised by a man who will always loom larger to her than any U.S. general or foreign dignitary. Her uncle, whom she called her father, was Dr. Mack Photo by Robert Fehringer, U.S. Transport Command King Carter, the legendary leader of New Mount Olive Baptist Annalisa Melton is Church in Fort Lauderdale. chief of protocol When he died in 2013 at the age at U.S. Transport of 66, he was leading one of the Command, largest black churches in the headquartered at Scott Air Force base state of Florida and was widely mourned in news obituaries. in the Metro East. Martin Luther King Sr. – Daddy King, MLK’s powerhouse Baptist preacher father – had conducted Mack’s installation at New Mount Olive. “I was raised among monumental people,” Milton told The St. Louis American. Dr. Mack King Carter was married to Patricia Carter, a prominent educator long tied to Florida Memorial College (now university). They kept a house with strict protocols. Melton was taught how to dress properly and how to properly set a table for dinner. She grew up eating a formal
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Taking the symphony back to church Richard Smallwood and his vocal ensemble Vision took the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, its IN UNISON Chorus and a sold-out audience at Powell Hall back to church at the symphony’s annual Gospel Christmas concert on Thursday, December 8. See concert review on C1.
People Against Poverty Campaign
Give the gift of hope By Clarice Evans For The St. Louis American These remarkable families have faced the loss of loved ones and suffered severe depression, domestic violence, personal health issues and horrific tragedies. Community Women Against Hardship (CWAH) in partnership with The St. Louis American is seeking community support to offer encouragement and some of the needed resources to help them reach their goals.
Give the gift of hope to a family in need today. Send all donations to CWAH, 3963 West Belle Pl., St. Louis, MO 63108 or call 314-289-7523. Case H. Homeless mother of two is looking to start over, prepare for her GED, find a job and get an apartment. She suffers from diabetes, anxiety and depression. Mother needs a
gift card, gas card, Bath & Body Works. Boy, 13, needs pants 34/32, shirt 16, shoe 9 men, electronics, games, gift cards. Girl, 11, needs pants 10-12, shirt 14-16, shoe 3 kids, dolls, gift cards, DVD/Legos. Girl, 6 , needs pants 6-7, shirt 6-7, shoes 1 kids, dolls, learning games, blocks.