BUILDING A STRONGER ST. LOUIS. ONCE AND FOR ALL.
Our region is only as successful as all of its communities. Which is why we believe creating strong, successful communities is in everyone’s best interests and vital to our region as a whole.
The 24:1 Initiative is a nationally-recognized community development effort created by Beyond Housing to address the fundamental challenges within the municipalities in the Normandy school district in North St. Louis County.
The 24:1 Initiative was influenced in part by the Aspen Institute’s Voices from the Field III, which is based on two decades of community change efforts. Within the study, the Aspen Institute identified several critical areas of focus necessary in making communities better places to live.
Our comprehensive approach addresses the key areas identified as crucial to community success—education, housing, health, job training and access, economic development, and personal finance—and integrates strategies at multiple levels, from individual programs to broader systemic and policy efforts.
We also believe in the power of collective impact. Beyond Housing works with a broader network of partner organizations that provide complementary services and institutional strengths.
No matter how informed our approach, no one knows a community better than the people who live there. Community engagement is another key point of difference and why our approach has been so successful where other efforts in our region and nationwide have fallen short. The voice of the community drives our actions because we know that the support and trust of the community is essential to the initiative’s success, its stakeholders and the residents we serve.
The 24:1 Initiative is a nationally-recognized community development effort created by Beyond Housing to address the fundamental challenges within the municipalities in the Normandy school district in North St. Louis County.
Website: https://our241.com
