Welcome to 17thwardslt.org! After months in the making we are proud to launch our website and our effort to create a virtual town hall meeting.
In the last seven years our ward has experienced an extraordinary rebirth with over $1.7 billion in new construction including 2800 new or renovated living units. That’s more than one new or substantially renovated living unit for each day. Now about one out of three residents are living in new or renovated homes.
Needless to say, managing that kind of transition can be challenging. I believe communication is the most effective tool to manage this rapid change. That is the reason for launching 17thwardstl.org. It is intended to augment not replace our current communication channels of neighborhood meetings, newsletters, and town hall meetings.
I’d like to think of this as a virtual town hall meeting that is always in session. It will be in session when you want to learn about planned developments, upcoming events, and gain insight into where our neighborhoods have been and where they are going. As we begin filling our website with content and learn its power please help us by sharing ideas about what you would find meaningful and let us know if the content is stale or outdated.
Joseph D. Roddy
Alderman, 17th Ward
City of St. Louis