Continuing Education - Community Partnership Project

Join us in March for conversations, explorations of current issues, and the opportunity to meet local leaders in the field of community building.

• April 14, the Spring Brown Bag Series continues with “Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in the Age of Obama: Faith Based Activism”
• Announcing new 2010–2011 Community Building Fellow, Katie Etheridge.

Good Eats in Old North

Cultivating a Sustainable Neighborhood by Increasing Access to Healthy Foods

In the News: Learn more about this initiative in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article and a University of Missouri Extension video.

People flourish when they live in communities with parks, community gardens, access to nutritious food, and neighbors who know and support one another. Healthy and sustainable neighborhoods require healthy environments--public transit, grocery stores, schools, parks, and workplaces. The location of food resources and the built environment affects people’s ability to access healthy foods and incorporate physical activity in order to live a healthy life.

Read more: Old North Healthy Community Initiative

The Community Partnership Project provides support for Faculty in developing links with St. Louis area resources and organizations, and helps Students interested in connecting with St. Louis communities. We also publish a Community Tool Kit made up of more than 20 tools related to outreach, action planning, collaboration, building consensus, and more.

Read more: Resources