This looks promising; Bevo area businesses and residents are trying to create a special taxing district to fund improvements. Park Central Community Development Corporation is helping them get things started. With a little TLC, there's no reason this area can't make a strong comeback:

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ ... 8d879.html

Bevo needs help. Its so sad to see the neighborhood I once lived in going down hill. So many buildings are crumbling and businesses are leaving. I hope the remaining Businesses can come up with something to rehab the area and make it a place to go Shop, Eat and have fun, much like South Grand.

^ That's awesome! Bevo has so much potential. There was a fair bit of traffic calming on Gravois, yeah?