Impact

  • In the past 10 years, the Emerson Park Neighborhood as has experienced nearly $100 million in investment activity.
  • In the past 7 years, over 377 units of affordable housing have been created, both rental and for-sale.
  • More than 40 families have received between $5,000 to $25,000 in Home Owner Occupied Rehabilitation funds.
  • EPDC was instrumental in bringing the Emerson Park MetroLink Light Rail Station to the neighborhood, making the neighborhood the most connected in the city of East St. Louis.
  • EPDC’s Tomorrows Builders YouthBuild Charter School ONLY SERVES youth who have been expelled or have dropped out of school. To date we have had over 130 students graduate with high school diplomas and another youth have earned their GED’s.
  • The first ever Black Female Cement Mason graduated from our program in 2001.
  • US Department of HUD named our YouthBuild Program as a HUD’s Best Practice in 2001!
  • 95% of youth who complete either the YouthBuild GED Program or the YouthBuild Charter School Program
Featured Development

  

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River City Place Phase II Continues to Bring Beautiful New Homes to Emerson Park

The success of the first phase of the River City Place Development shows that there is demand for new single family homes in the Emerson Park Neighborhood.  The resounding success of this development not only showed that more homes were needed, but that there is an immediate demand.

Enter CDC Development Corporation

CDC Development has been working in East St. Louis for over a decade and they are our new partners for River City Place Phase II.  This phase will consist of 12 addition 1,300 to 1,500 square foot homes.  Each will have 3 bedrooms, 2-2 ½ baths, a two car garage and a full brick front.  These homes will be for income qualified buyers and have a first mortgage between $90,000-100,000 after state and city subsidies have been applied.  Similar homes in St. Louis City would sell for $160,000-170,000 without these subsidies.  For more information visit the Homes For Sale page.

Due to the high demand for homes, we are also working on a second project with C.F. Vatterott as well as another development with CDC Development Corporation.  Stay tuned for more information.