3629 Hydraulic Ave was a long vacant / nuisance property with an out of state owner in Tower Grove South. Tower Grove Community Development Corporation’s goal was to purchase the property and restore it to affordable rate housing. The property was horribly damaged due to time, weather, and squatters over the years. After cleaning out and demoing the interior, TGCDC created 2 beautiful, 2 bedroom rental apartments. During construction they formed a new partnership with a local not for profit organization, Opportunity House. Opportunity House uses a community based approach towards supporting unhoused young adults by providing housing, creating stability, encouraging growth, and building community. The transformation of 3629 Hydraulic in partnership with Opportunity House gave a home to 4 unhoused young adults who identify under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella. Opportunity House will provide counseling, life skills training, and financial support to these young adults to create stability and opportunities for education and employment.
4063 Potomac Ave sat vacant and boarded up on a quiet Tower Grove South neighborhood street for over a decade. TGCDC identified the problem property and contacted Legal Services of Eastern Mo (LSEM). They filed a lawsuit in City court and obtained the right to make improvements to the property to address years of building code violations. TGCDC was given title to the property to complete the full renovation. The property was recently finished and sold to new homeowners. Without TGCDC’s intervention and our partnership with LSEM, 4063 Potomac would continue as a neighborhood nuisance and eventually lost. Now there is tax generating, a renovated home, and new stakeholders in our community.
