Prosperity Connection is hosting a free Community Open House event next Tuesday for neighbors to tour and meet the staff of the brand new South City Wealth Accumulation Center, a cooperative initiative with St. Louis Community Credit Union.

The new Wealth Accumulation Center (or WAC) is located at 2828 Gravois in the Benton Park West neighborhood, just north of Dutchtown, at the corner of Gravois and Oregon across from QuikTrip. The open house runs from 4:00—6:30, and light refreshments and kid-friendly activities will be available.

Read on to learn more about Prosperity Connection and the Wealth Accumulation Center.

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The Dutchtown South Community Corporation needs you to get involved! Several opportunities are currently available.

First, there is always a need for volunteers in the office or for neighborhood outreach. If you have an hour or two to spare every month, please sign up here to volunteer.

DSCC is also looking for Junior and Senior Community Champions to work on their So Fresh, So Clean, So Creative Southside initiative. Click here for a youth application or here for an adult application.

Finally, there is an Americorps VISTA position available for a Development and Partnerships Manager beginning this summer. Find out more about this opportunity here.

Join the Downtown Dutchtown Business Association for their monthly After Hours on Wednesday, May 17th at the new Arcades Market. Peruse their expansive inventory of arcade video games for sale. Some will be available to play!

Arcades Market is located at 4664 South Grand just north of Itaska.

Residents are coming together to craft a vision for the future of Benton Park West, Gravois Park and North East Dutchtown. This will be the third working meeting on the theme of “Neighborhood”: Join us for an open conversation and planning session about our neighborhood and how we can partner to make a long term impact in the area. We are building a formal neighborhood plan to guide our community’s development over the next 10 years and beyond.

Childcare and food will be provided. Please RSVP for childcare to 314-779-6251.

For more information about the Gravois-Jefferson Historic Neighborhoods Plan, visit their website or attend the meeting!

On Wednesday, April 19th, join the Downtown Dutchtown Business Association at Resalat Community Center for their monthly After Hours event! Resalat works side by side with the International Institute to help refugees from Afghanistan settle into their new city. Members of the community center pool their resources to help provide refugees with essentials such as furniture, clothing and food as well as help provide translation and transportation services as these newcomers try to find their footing in St. Louis. Enjoy an open house at Resalat from 5:30—6:30.

At 6:30 head across the parking lot to the Feasting Fox for a trivia night hosted by DT2 to benefit Resalat! A donation of $10 is suggested with all proceeds going to Resalat Community Center to continue its generous work in the community. Beer will be provided to After Hours participants thanks to DT2 and delicious food will be available for purchase through the restaurant. Show off your knowledge of history, the middle east, and Dutchtown to win a fabulous prize and DT2 bragging rights!

We’ll see you there!