Posts from April 2020

Updated May 1st at 8am.

Read the rest of “Virtual Events in the Time of COVID” 

We reached out to Dutchtown resident Josh Burbridge, owner of the St. Louis-isms Instagram account. to see if he could share some of his wonderful photos of Dutchtown. Josh has an eye for great compositions and mundane details that might go unnoticed by most.

Read the rest of “Dutchtown in the Details” 

Read on to find out how you can win gift cards to Dutchtown businesses while helping to improve your neighborhood! Round Two ends on Sunday, April 26th.

Read the rest of “Trash and Tulips: #CleanDutch During COVID-19” 

Experts studying COVID-19 have already come to the conclusion that the disease is particularly dangerous for individuals with pre-existing conditions. In America, this means the existing health inequalities affecting minorities and our poorer neighbors puts them at a greatest risk for the worst of COVID-19. This holds true in St. Louis, where as of last Friday all those who had died from COVID-19 in the city were Black residents. These same effects will likely hold true in Dutchtown, which is predominantly Black, densely populated, and has high childhood poverty rates which function as a determinant for adverse health effects.

Read the rest of “Dutchtown Organizations Make Request for COVID-19 Resources” 

The 2020 Census is happening now, and your response is more important than ever. You can respond online, by telephone, or through the mail, all in a variety of languages. Complete your census today!

Read the rest of “2020 Census: Get Counted, Dutchtown!”