St. Louis Preservation Square社区合作启动：695套混合收入住房改造进入最后一期动工
密苏里州 St. Louis——Home State Health、开发商 McCormack Baron Salazar（MBS）与非盈利机构 Urban Strategies, Inc.（USI）10月22日宣布，在 St. Louis 北区的 Preservation Square 社区启动本地合作，为该社区现有、原有与未来的居民家庭对接医疗、居民服务与社区资源。宣布当日，该改造项目最后一期工程动工，第四期已接近完工，动工仪式上午11时在 1405 North 16th St., St. Louis, MO 63106 举行。
Preservation Square 是美国住房与城市发展部（HUD）「选择性社区」（Choice Neighborhoods）计划在 St. Louis Near North Side 的组成部分，整体改造涵盖约9个街区、约695套混合收入住房，把住房投资与居民服务、社区改善结合。
合作的优先事项由居民意见与 USI 在社区长期工作积累的数据决定，包括就医可及性、慢性病支持、用药可及性与可负担性、粮食保障、交通与经济流动性。最后一期得到 Centene Foundation 与 MBS 多年合作的支持，基金会以低于市场利率的贷款支持前期开发设计与规划。此前合作方已在社区举办健康赋能活动，协助居民办理 Medicaid 申请与健康筛查，并对接食品银行的粮食资源与 SNAP 申请协助。
Home State Health 总裁兼首席执行官 Shawn Furey 表示，这一合作展示了住房、医疗与居民服务围绕社区自己确定的优先事项协同时的可能性。USI 总裁兼首席执行官 Esther Shin 表示，稳定住房是健康的根基。USI 是一家全国性非盈利机构，同时是社区发展金融机构（CDFI），自1978年以来从事以居民为中心的社区改造工作。
Preservation Square Partnership Launches in St. Louis: Family Services Expand as Final Phase of 695-Unit Redevelopment Breaks Ground
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — Home State Health, developer McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS) and the nonprofit Urban Strategies, Inc. (USI) announced on October 22 a local collaboration at Preservation Square in North St. Louis to connect current, former and future resident families to healthcare, resident services, community resources and opportunities supporting long-term stability and well-being. The announcement coincided with the groundbreaking of the final phase of Preservation Square and the near completion of Phase IV.
Preservation Square is part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods effort in St. Louis' Near North Side, a redevelopment encompassing approximately 695 mixed-income housing units across nine city blocks, combining housing investment with resident services and neighborhood improvements. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 22 at 11 a.m. at 1405 North 16th St., St. Louis, MO 63106.
Partnership priorities, informed by resident input and data from USI's longstanding work in the community, include access to care, chronic-condition support, medication access and affordability, food security, transportation and economic mobility. The final phase is supported through the Centene Foundation's multiyear partnership with MBS, under which the foundation provides below-market-rate loans for predevelopment design and planning, including site analysis, design, community engagement and financial planning. The partners have already engaged residents through events including a Health Empowerment Event that supported Medicaid applications and health screenings, alongside food-access resources and SNAP application assistance from the St. Louis Area Foodbank.
Shawn Furey, president and CEO of Home State Health, said the partnership reflects what is possible when housing, healthcare and resident services work together around priorities identified by the community. Esther Shin, president and CEO of USI, said stable housing is a critical foundation for good health, and that the partnership aligns housing, health and supportive services around residents' needs. USI, founded in 1978, is a national nonprofit and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with nearly five decades of experience in resident-centered neighborhood transformation.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：美国一处保障性住房建筑（资料图，Calderoliver 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 3.0）
