Lunch & Learn-MetroLink Extension & Jeff-Vander-Lou’s Fight to Preserve Its Community & History

Wednesday, October 16, noon
Virtual event hosted by
Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
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Mrs. Carla Alexander, co-president of the Jeff-Vander-Lou (JVL) Neighborhood Association, will briefly discuss the history of JVL and describe the association’s current fight to protect the majority-Black JVL neighborhood and historic district. Bi-State Development and the East-West Gateway Council of Governments are proposing a $1.1 billion MetroLink extension along the Jefferson Corridor to serve the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. As part of this plan, a less than one-mile extension of the line is proposed across the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood that will significantly impact the community and its historical legacy. Join us to learn how this proposal will affect this historically Black neighborhood and why the community’s residents are opposing this expansion. We will also learn ways that St. Louis City and County residents can support the JVL Neighborhood Association in this struggle.

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