UCity Directory 2024

4 2024-25 | University City Community Directory Thanks for checking out the University City 2024-25 Community Directory published by the St. Louis-based STL Programs LLC. Welcome to University City! An inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, University City has survived much change and turmoil over the past 116 years to become what it is today — a city of diversity, learning and culture. We are committed to a tradition of strong community, progressive leadership and a desire to be a model community for this region and the nation. From our founding in 1906 by the charismatic visionary Edward Gardner Lewis to today, residents have worked to build a community that welcomes everyone. We have a racially and ethnically diverse population of nearly 35,000 residents. We have a strong history of volunteerism in University City. Our neighborhoods are surrounded by community gardens installed by the volunteers of U City in Bloom, a homegrown nonprofit organization, and maintained by residents committed to making this community the most beautiful in the St. Louis region. Residents can also volunteer on a whole range of boards and commissions, where they serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council. The people of University City and the entire St. Louis region take advantage of a wide range of shops and restaurants found in thriving commercial districts. We are home to the well-known University City Loop and the Olive Boulevard shopping district that attracts those interested in shopping with an international bent and dining at dozens of ethnic restaurants. You can find just about anything you need at one of the hundreds of businesses throughout our community. University City features a Council-Manager form of government. Our City Council is composed of seven members — six elected from the three city wards (two per ward) and a Mayor, who is elected citywide. Our government is housed in the historic City Hall, which was built in 1903-04. Designed by Herbert C. Chivers, the five-story octagonal building originally housed the Lewis Publishing Co. The cornerstone was laid on Aug. 29, 1903, by David. R. Francis, the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Make sure you stay up to date on all things U. City and follow us on social media or check out our website, www.ucitymo.org . And if you have any questions or comments, let me know. I would love to hear from you — please feel free to email me at mayor@ucitymo.org or call me at (314) 505-8606. Take time to read this directory to check out all the opportunities and the help that is available to you in University City. If we’ve missed something, or if you see a mistake, let us know so we can make sure next year’s issue is updated. Let us know by emailing STL Programs LLC at JeffF@stlprograms.com. Mayor’s Welcome By Mayor Terry Crow