community engagement

The Voluntary Action Center headquarters opened April 6, with other services on the campus to open in the coming months.

Columbia residents share memories of two community pillars: Main Squeeze and its founder Leigh Lockhart.

New University of Missouri and MU Extension program wants to bring Missourians together through classes and community programs.

The city also plans to announce changes to its strategic plan, with hopes to use resident feedback to make adjustments.

A Columbia resident will soon be deported to the Netherlands after a judge issued a lifetime ban on returning to the United States.

Owen Ramsingh's absence affected members of the community, who have tried to spread awareness about his detainment. Experts say those efforts come at an emotional cost.

The city of Columbia opened a website with a survey for residents to give feedback on proposed rebuilding plans.

Invest STL recently piloted a program called “Rooted: Cultivating Black Wealth in Place,” which aims to help long-term Black residents in St. Louis build wealth and stay in the neighborhoods they already live in.

Scott Shelton has lived in St. Louis his entire life, and he has firsthand experience with rent hikes and gentrification in the neighborhood where he grew up. He hopes Invest STL’s Rooted program can help keep Black residents in their homes.

The Stars and Stripes Museum and Library, in Bloomfield, Missouri, hosts an annual summer journalism camp for kids. This year the students took over Missouri School of Journalism microphones to interview each other about their families, their lives, and their hopes and dreams.