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Saint Louis (Mo.). Community Development Agency

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1974-1999
  • Existence: 1974 - 1999

Biography

Community Development Agency (CDA) was established by a St. Louis City ordinance in 1974 to manage federal block grants. It assumed the functions of four previous agencies: the City Plan Commission, Model City Agency, Municipal Business Development Commission, and the Beautification Commission. The CDA was overseen by a board called the Community Development Commission. The CDA was possibly replaced by the Community Development Administration in 1999.

Work on an Interim Comprehensive Plan for the City of St. Louis was begun by the City Plan Commission in the early 1970s, but was taken over by the CDA after its creation in 1974. Prior to the publication and adoption of a finalized comprehensive plan, Team Four consultants were brought in to advise on public policy guidelines and strategies for implementing proposals in the draft Interim Plan. However, a formal plan was never published due to controversial recommendations, including a recommendation to focus resources on neighborhoods that could still be rehabilitated, while allowing neighborhoods deemed past the point of rehabilitation to be starved of resources and continue to decline.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P0197
Scope and Contents The St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection contains photographs, negatives, printed material, original drawings and other items documenting 20th century city planning efforts and the resulting transformation of St. Louis. Strategic visions for tackling the challenges of a modern city were presented in both the 1907 and 1947 comprehensive plans, and many of the urban changes documented in the collection can be traced back to proposals in these plans. Issues documented in the collection...
Dates: ca. 1892-1985; Majority of material found within 1915-1970