Dutchtown STL

Just one week til our next Virginia Avenue Final Friday + Dutchtown Summer Vibes concert! Join your neighbors for a beautiful summer night on the 4700 block of Virginia!

This month, we've got Third Sight bringing jazz, blues, funk, and soul to the Dutchtown Common stage! Plus authentic Louisiana cuisine from Maddox House!

The concert and the food are FREE while supplies last! We'll also have vendors and community resources, and you can explore some of the improvements we've been making around Dutchtown Common this summer. You can also grab a beverage across the street at Intertwine Wine Bar and check out what else is popping up on the 4700 block of Virginia!

🗓️ Friday, June 26th
🕠 5:30pm–8:30pm
📍 Dutchtown Common, Virginia Avenue and Liberty Street
🔗 facebook.com/events/1465590825575041/

Final Fridays + Summer Vibes is presented by Dutchtown Main Streets with support from Employment Connection Saint Louis and the Dutchtown Opportunity Coalition for Youth.

Calling all architects: help bring Dutchtown homes back to life!

We are expanding incremental development across Dutchtown, and we are looking for architects who want to be part of it.

All over the neighborhood, neighbors are taking on vacant, structurally damaged buildings and doing the hard work of returning them to use. It is meaningful work. It is also risky, and most of these sweat equity developers carry that risk on their own. They rarely have the upfront capital to pay full price for architecture and design on top of everything else a rehab demands.

That is where the right partner can make the difference.

We want to connect with large firms or professionals ready to:

🏠 Bring architectural and design expertise to rehab projects led by neighbors

🏡 Help reduce the risk in the earliest and hardest stage of saving a damaged building

🔨 Build a lasting partnership in one of the most diverse and dense neighborhoods in St. Louis

If your firm wants to put its talent toward real neighborhood revitalization, we want to hear from you.

Reach out at [email protected].

Metro Market will be at Dutchtown Common from 3 pm to 5 pm. Grab your fresh fruit and veggies because you know you need them! 🍎 🥦

Young neighbors—head to Read A Book STL this Thursday for Dutchtown Opportunity Coalition for Youth's next DOCY In The Streets! Grab some books for those scorching summer days and stay sharp for the next school year!

South Side youth! 🗣️ Looking for some summer fun?

Join the Dutchtown Opportunity Coalition for Youth at Read A Book STL this Thursday, June 18th! Browse the collection of books just for young adults, find something unique on your favorite subject, or let something brand new catch your eye!

We'll have free snacks, drinks, and giveaways too!

🗓️ Thursday, June 18th, 2pm–4pm
📍 Read A Book STL, 3125 Meramec at Michigan

Can't make it on Thursday? We've got two more DOCY In The Streets events coming up in the neighborhood next week!

🗓️ Tuesday, June 23rd, 2pm–4pm
📍 Tiny Postcards, 4700 Virginia at Itaska
🎨 Creative expression through art!

🗓️ Friday, June 26th, 2pm–4pm
📍 VAL Community Garden, Virginia and Liberty
🍎 Grow your own food!

To learn more about these events and other DOCY programs, contact Carlette at [email protected] or (314) 766-2853.

Sign of the Times Tattoo is hosting a food truck at 4722 Virginia until 8 pm! Get dinner, get ink!

This Saturday at Marquette Park! The Dutchtown Opportunity Coalition for Youth will be at the Field House with video games, a DJ, food, drinks, and more!

Drop by between 11am and 2pm, hang out, and learn about the resources that DOCY and other South Side organizations have for young people in Dutchtown, Gravois Park, Mount Pleasant, and Marine Villa.

Want to own a home in Dutchtown and help us continue to build wealth in Dutchtown?

Then we want you 🫵 to apply for this free money toward a home! 🏡

We talk to neighbors all the time who want to buy a home here but feel held back by the upfront costs. HomeSTL, a City of St. Louis program, was made for exactly this.

What you get:

A forgivable loan with 0% interest and no monthly payments

Money toward your down payment, closing costs, or lowering your interest rate

Extra help available for Dutchtown addresses

Who it’s for: First time buyers (no home owned in the last three years) with moderate income.

How to start: Take a free homebuyer class, then connect with an approved lender. The lender handles the rest with the City. Check in with our partners at St. Joseph Housing Initiative, Lutheran Development Group, and Prosperity Connection to learn more about available himes and classes!

More homeowners means a stronger Dutchtown for all of us.

Learn more at

Buy a Home — St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) Buy a Home HomeSTL Homebuyer Assistance ProgramAs the economic development arm serving the City of St. Louis, SLDC believes that homeownership creates a pathway to building generational wealth. To bring the dream of homebuying within reach for qualified first time homebuyers purchasing a home in the...

Another Dutchtown Main Streets façade grant is brightening the South Side! Our friends at Iowa Buffet fixed the neon lights on the vintage Budweiser sign that's hung above the entrance for decades. They're also getting a new hand-painted mural on the Winnebago side of the building!

We're delighted to help beautify this neighborhood institution. Make sure to stop by for lunch and check out the mural, or come by at night and enjoy the neon glow and an ice-cold beer.

Dutchtown Main Streets, in partnership with St. Louis Development Corporation - SLDC, recently awarded $81,000 in grants for public-facing exterior improvements to 14 businesses throughout Greater Dutchtown. Learn more about the recipients at dutchtownstl.org/facade-grants and make sure to go see them in person!

If you've been by Dutchtown Common this week, you've seen some heavy-duty work going on!

Students from the WashU Sam Fox School's Summer Public Design Workshop are clearing the way for some exciting improvements around the bus stop area. Keep an eye out for a fun, functional, and artistic installation here soon!

And Fielder Electrical Services, Inc. is finishing up their electrical installation that will allow us to host more events and activities at Dutchtown Common!

Stop by anytime to check out all the exciting things happening in our new park! Our next event at Dutchtown Common is June's Final Friday + Summer Vibes, featuring live music, food, vendors, and more. Put it on your calendar: facebook.com/events/1465590825575041