Nominations open for West Sider of the Year 2018!
Nominations are now open for the West Sider of the Year award 2018!
St. Paul Indigenous Womxn & Womxn of Color Summit 2018
Through generations Indigenous Womxn and Womxn of Color have been the backbone of our families and neighborhoods. This summit we are aiming to center the voices, stories, and lived experiences of IWWOC of color in our neighborhoods, our city, and government. This includes Femmes, Queer, Trans, and Gender Fluid people of color whom do not identify with or feel comfortable or safe in cis-male spaces. Join us as we create a space to honor what makes us up as IWWOC: our physical, our intellectual, our emotional and our spiritual.
Whats up At WSCO - August
Make your voice heard in a West Side legacy project!
WSCO is adapting the West Side Equitable Development Scorecard, a community document that needs your voice! The Equitable Development Scorecard is a tool that will answer the question, “Who benefits from any new development coming to the West Side?”. It ensures that the principles and practices of equitable development, environmental justice, and affordability are applied to our community and that plans for economic development and wealth creation benefit everyone. Make sure you have your voice reflected, review the scorecard and give your comments here! Keep an eye out for the Scorecard team out and about, in person engagement is happening through the fall.
Learn more about the scorecard here.
Smith Ave - Our Streets = Our Stories
On Tuesday, July 24 from 6pm to 8:30pm WSCO will host a space for West Siders to vision, to engage, and to share their stories about Smith Avenue.
West Side Equitable Development Scorecard Draft Out for Community Review!
The draft of the West Side Equitable Development Scorecard is now available to be reviewed by the community. The scorecard has been adapted for the West Side neighborhood by a team of residents over the last few months.
Please click here to review the scorecard draft and provide feedback.
June HEJ Meeting Rescheduled
The June Health & Environmental Justice (HEJ) meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 14th. The meeting will still take place at 6:30pm at Baker Center- 209 Page Street West.
Spring Events with WSCO
Are you aware of all the great events WSCO is involved with this Spring?
Zumba! | Our Streets = Our Stories: Stryker Ave! | Bike-A-Thon!
Coordinated trash collection coming October 1st
We are starting to see the signs of coordinated trash collection on its way! Starting May 9, information will arrive in mailboxes explaining the program and available garbage service levels. A postcard with instructions for how you can notify the City of your chosen service level will follow shortly thereafter.
Cinco de May Parade Line-Up Area Updates
Due to the Wabasha Street closing there is a NEW staging area for Cinco de Mayo parade participants. If you or your organization is marching in the parade please review this information to find where your group will be staging!
LINE UP WILL OCCUR ON HUMBOLDT AVENUE BETWEEN ELIZABETH STREET & TACO HOUSE
City Begins Initial Assessment of Wabasha Bluff
Wabasha Street remains closed between Plato and Cesar Chavez until further notice.
Saint Paul – The City of Saint Paul has begun work to assess the bluff and surrounding area
where a slope failure occurred on Saturday afternoon, April 28. Large pieces of rock debris from
the bluff were scattered across Wabasha Street prompting the city to close the street and evaluate
the condition of the bluff. There were no injuries or damage to private property.
ZUMBA with WSCO
Support WSCO, have fun, build community, and get fit! Attend this fundraiser for WSCO with instructor Cathy Molinett of CM's Fitness and Dance. $10 per session. Please register here! (click your desired days below). You may also choose to donate extra if you like!