Invest STL
Invest STL facilitates investment in the power of people and their neighborhoods to develop communities of justice and opportunity in places that continue to endure the legacy of systemic anti-Black racism.
We generate trust-based, community-driven, and place-based investments focused on nurturing neighborhood leadership and power, growing capacity and sustainability of neighborhood anchors, supporting resident-driven neighborhood planning, green-lighting, catalytic real estate developments, and bolstering hyper local economies.
We foster the creation of sustainable systems and structures from local government through regional intermediaries and networks by investing in their capacity and shaping practices that advance equitable neighborhood development.
We identify, try, evaluate and facilitate potential solutions to systemic issues facing predominantly Black neighborhoods.
We replace the current, prevailing narratives of predominantly Black neighborhoods with narratives that inspire pride, engagement, personal agency, collaboration, community accountability, and public will by amplifying residents’ stories from the block to the world and challenging how media and other regional storytellers frame these communities.
