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Stephanie Herbers

  • Businesses of Shaw’s Past

    By Stephanie Herbers7 Comments on Businesses of Shaw’s Past

    Shaw Historical Business Map Are you curious about what businesses used to be in buildings throughout the neighborhood? Cara Jensen, Shaw resident and owner of Sherlock Homes, has started compiling this information in a Google map. To date she has added businesses that were present in 1956, their status in 2015, and is [...]

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  • August Conversation | Shaw’s Past, Present, and Future

    By Stephanie Herbers1 Comment on August Conversation | Shaw’s Past, Present, and Future

    Written by: Justine Collum Last week, I attended another Shaw Community Conversation. The topic was—as the title of this post indicates—Shaw's Past, Present, and Future. These Conversations are always complicated for me because I have a complicated relationship with Shaw. This discussion, however, was particularly fraught with emotion for me, because right now, my future [...]

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  • Shaw Community Center | Update & Thank You

    By Stephanie Herbers2 Comments on Shaw Community Center | Update & Thank You

    Written by: Becky Reinhart While monitoring the sign-in table at the Shaw Community Center recently, a couple of the young men coming in to play basketball thanked me for letting them use the space; I was caught off guard, because I really don't deserve any of the thanks! I would like to pass along all [...]

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  • Shaw Conversation(s) Update

    By Stephanie Herbers2 Comments on Shaw Conversation(s) Update

      Authored by: Chip Meyer, co-organizer of Shaw Conversations The most recent Shaw Conversation (Monday, July 20) at the Shaw Community Center in Mullanphy School welcomed several new voices. The kick-off topic, "My Shaw is...," encouraged folks to share during the open-mic portion of the conversation. These testimonies sparked discussion of how people experience different aspects [...]

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  • 2015 Helping Hands Awardees

    By Stephanie Herbers0 Comments on 2015 Helping Hands Awardees

    The Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association (SNIA) is happy to announce the following recipients of the 2015 Helping Hands Grants. City Garden Montessori for ColorBrave series (Primary Contact: Christie Huck) Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri for two seminars for adults and children on emotional intelligence (Primary Contact: Mark Utterback) Saint Louis University Micah Program for [...]

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  • Shaw Community Center Needs Support

    By Stephanie Herbers5 Comments on Shaw Community Center Needs Support

    Walk through door #6 on the west side of Mullanphy ILC on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday night in May and you will see Shaw teens and young adults playing basketball in the gym and younger children playing Jenga, checkers, or drawing in the cafeteria. Earlier this year, a group of residents saw the need [...]

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  • 2015 Helping Hands Grants— Applications Now Open!

    By Stephanie Herbers2 Comments on 2015 Helping Hands Grants— Applications Now Open!

    In keeping with Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association’s (SNIA) mission to “improve and maintain the quality of life of all Shaw residents,” we offer the Shaw Helping Hands Grant program to assist those who share that vision and are taking an active part in making it a reality. Helping Hands grants are made possible by proceeds from [...]

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  • A Bit of Shaw History: Henry Flad

    By Stephanie Herbers1 Comment on A Bit of Shaw History: Henry Flad

     Two of Shaw’s streets are named after engineers who made significant contributions to the City of St. Louis— Flad Avenue (Henry W. Flad) and Klemm Avenue (Richard Klemm). Below is a brief history of Henry Flad that first appeared in the January newsletter of the American Society of Civil Engineers- St. Louis Section. Henry Flad: A [...]

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  • Spotlight on Shaw: Highway Once Proposed for Tower Grove Park

    By Stephanie Herbers0 Comments on Spotlight on Shaw: Highway Once Proposed for Tower Grove Park

    “I think that I shall never see a highway as lovely as a tree…” This is the caption of an editorial cartoon that caught my attention as I looked through clippings in a binder marked A Bit of Shaw History from 1958-1971. With funds budgeted in a bond issue approved in a city-wide election in [...]

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