Updates from ONSLRG + Annual Old North Neighborhood Meeting, Potluck, & Good Neighbor Awards

Hello Neighbors

On February 16, Old North St. Louis Restoration Group (ONSLRG) will be hosting the Annual Old North Neighborhood Meeting & Potluck. Join neighbors for a shared meal, updates about the neighborhood, Good Neighbor Awards, and socializing. All neighbors and friends of Old North are invited and welcome to attend - please bring food or drink to share, if you are able. We hope to see you there! See below for more details, how to vote for a Good Neighbor, and updates from ONSLRG.

Annual Old North Neighborhood Meeting, Potluck & Good Neighbor Awards

February 16, 2026 6pm to 8pm 

My180, 1428 Warren Ave. Second Floor Meeting Room (ADA Accessible / Elevator) 

VOTE FOR A GOOD NEIGHBOR (Nominations close tomorrow at 5pm)

Do you know an individual, organization, or a business in Old North who has made a positive, ongoing contribution to the neighborhood? Old North Good Neighbor Awards are a way to recognize our Old North neighbors who have gone above and beyond in service to community. Nominate a Good Neighbor today! Nomination form: https://forms.gle/xtbDEpyvg6x2TmZE8

BECOME AN ONSLRG MEMBER

Become a sustaining member of ONSLRG through an annual membership - anything you can contribute goes directly into our mission. Becoming a member also gives you the ability to vote in the annual elections.​​​​​​​

BECOME A MEMBER

HOW TO GET INVOLVED W/ ONSLRG

Are you interested in joining your neighbors to help shape the future of Old North? Join us! You can get involved in many ways - by becoming a board member, a committee member, helping us take care of neighborhood trees, taking on a garden plot or helping with our gardens, joining us at events & meetings - and many other ways, anything helps. Join us at the annual meeting, and you can email info@onsl.org for more information on how you can get involved. 

ONSLRG UPDATES

Old North St. Louis Restoration Group is committed to encouraging equitable development, fostering community growth, and celebrating our historic, urban, and cultural character in Old North. We are excited to share some updates with you about what ONSLG has been up to this past year.

• We partnered with Habitat for Humanity on redevelopment and new construction of single family homes in the neighborhood. Habitat for Humanity completed the homes and new residents have moved in at 1312 Warren Street, 1302 Monroe and 1304 Monroe.

• Hebert Community Garden has been flourishing, community members filled additional garden beds with  native plants, built a gazebo from salvaged materials, and planted fruit and nut trees that will bear harvests for all of our neighbors. We are grateful for our funding partners Spire, Forest ReLeaf, Seed STL, and Brightside St. Louis, and all of our donors and volunteers who contributed to the garden’s success.

• We partnered with Lisa Mandel on an architectural design for a 2-bedroom, 1.5 bath, single story, senior friendly, energy efficient home to encourage more affordable home ownership within the neighborhood. 

• We continued to use grant funds from the Neighborhood Transformation Grant for beautification projects and building stabilization throughout the neighborhood. 

• We hired two part-time staff members through remaining Neighborhood Transformation Grant funds - a multi-faceted Community Asset Development Manager and an innovative Building Stabilization Project Manager. Through our ongoing partnership with Rise Community Development, we opened a temporary ONSLRG office at 2609 14th street for our new staff.

• We secured funding through Invest STL’s Small Change Big Impact grant and were awarded funding to support our annual Holiday events in Old North. ONSLG hosted free family photos with Santa and partnered with 14th Street businesses to host local artists and vendors, live music, and family friendly activities for the day. ONSLG hosted a Senior Luncheon for 50 of our neighbors and gave away artisan baskets filled with local gifts and goods.

• We began a partnership with Lutheran Development Group to bring for-sale, single family, prefabricated homes to Old North.

  
  

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