Community Plan
In 2011, the West Side Community Organization devoted significant energy and resources to developing a comprehensive West Side Community Plan for District 3 in the City of Saint Paul. The organization is approaching the project as an opportunity to improve the quality of life for West Siders by increasing civic participation and creating a ‘working [...]
Urban Agriculture
WSCO’s efforts around urban agriculture began in early 2010 and were motivated by the desire of low-income residents living in St. Paul Public Housing’s (PHA) Dunedin Terrace and CommonBond Inc.’s Torre de San Miguel housing complexes to continue the traditional practice of growing their own food. Residents, leadership from both housing sites, WSCO staff, the [...]
Environmental Justice
Saint Paul Energy Challenge Success! West Side Community Organization is pleased to announce that it met it’s goal of recruiting more than 100 homeowners to participate in an energy saving Home Energy Squad Visit. Participant homeowners are now saving over $192 annually on their energy bills. Many have qualified for rebates allowing them to install [...]
About WSCO
Organization description: The West Side Community Organization (WSCO) is an action oriented, neighborhood-based organization empowering our residents to participate in and advocate for solutions to West Side community issues. Growing out of a movement in 1973 to save Humboldt High School, WSCO remains committed to its activist roots, using organizing and community economic development principles as a foundation for all of its work. The organization works to increase the civic participation of residents by initiating organizing campaigns, providing leadership development opportunities for youth and adults and by educating and building the power base of residents to tackle civic issues. WSCO also acts as a vehicle to inform and shape issues concerning the “built” environment through community economic development planning, organizing resources to clean up urban blight and advocating for equitable development. Finally, the organization works to promote a healthy natural and social environment...
