The City of St. Louis awarded $1.14 million for four community-planned projects spanning seven neighborhoods on Wednesday.

The city's Community Development Administration awarded Neighborhood Plan Implementation grants to projects set for development in the Skinker DeBaliviere, West End, Downtown, Downtown West, Covenant Blu-Grant Center, Jeff-Vander-Lou and St. Louis Place neighborhoods.

The plans were adopted after community engagement to advance the priorities of the Neighborhood Plans previously adopted by the city, according to a statement on the grants.

Funding for the projects comes from the city’s economic development sales tax, which dedicates 10% of sales tax revenue to neighborhood plan implementation awards.

In a news release, Nahuel Fefer, executive director of the Communi

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