Shop Shaw Small Business Saturday for Your Holiday Gifts This holiday season avoid the annoying traffic backups and those early morning long lines in the cold. Instead, “Shop Shaw Small Businesses Saturday” on November 30th from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm and show your support for our neighborhood and Shop Shaw as part of the National [...]

At the October 7, 2019 Shaw neighborhood meeting, a company called Verano presented a proposal to open a medical marijuana retail location at 4100 Shaw Blvd (the former Imo's building). They have applied for a license, but do not yet have one. If they receive one, they will be seeking neighborhood support for this retail [...]

Please read the following announcement from the Green House Venture, a SNIA Helping Hands Grant recipient: We are happy to announce the new Facebook page for The Green House Venture. From its beginning in 2015, the program has been envisioned as a groundbreaking initiative, setting a nationwide standard for innovative elementary education in bioscience and [...]

When the first Historic Shaw Art Fair was held in the Fall of 1993, the Shaw Neighborhood was a very different place in many ways. Twenty-six years ago the urban neighborhood was struggling to recover from roughly 25 years of many of the things that had plagued urban neighborhoods around the country. Challenges were many, [...]

In celebration of Women's History Month and International Woman's Day, The Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association is sponsoring a Women in Business - Small Business Night on Thursday, March 21st at Fiddlehead Fern Cafe from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. This is an event where you can learn tactics such as hiring a Virtual Coworker. The [...]

Hey Shaw Residents! Show your neighborhood pride by buying a SHAW Flag to display in your yard or on your front door. Just $10 for SNIA Members, $15 for non-members. Poles and door hangers are available for an additional $10 each. Call or email Jenny Gerstner at the SNIA office (314-771-3101 or snia@shawstlouis.org) to order [...]

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. We thank you for your commitment to making [...]

Local rock band Keokuk is bound to be a crowd favorite at the fair next weekend. Their songs are groovy, high energy, and most importantly- originals. Lead singer and guitar player for the group, Curtis Hendricks, is not afraid to tell it like it really is in his lyrics. The songs of the group reflect [...]

Every year, the Historic Shaw Art Fair welcomes 135 talented, award-winning artists to the grounds. Though the fair could not be more proud of this overwhelming artistic talent, the art fair is not ONLY for visual artists! Multiple gifted music groups perform at the fair as well, adding to the atmosphere and providing authentic entertainment. [...]

The Historic Shaw Art Fair is extremely proud to announce that award-winning film photographer Bill Lemke will be in attendance again year. Bill has regularly participated in art fairs for over 40 years now, including the the Shaw Art Fair for the last 10. The artist shared, "I have always enjoyed the community feeling of [...]